Is your Kenmore refrigerator bottom-freezer model displaying an error code? If your Kenmore refrigerator is showing a fault code, we can help. New style Kenmore Elite refrigerators have built in diagnostic systems. If your refrigerator finds, sees, or detects a fault or error in the system, it will show an error or fault code. The error code will display where the usual numbers are on the display screen. When an error code is displayed, your Kenmore refrigerator is telling you a specific fault.
There are many different model numbers of Kenmore refrigerators (side-by-side, bottom-freezers, french doors) with digital displays so when you see an error code write down what is flashing or displaying. Don’t pull the power from the fridge if it shows an error code. If you pull the power plug it will erase the fault code. NOTE: Most of the error codes below are for Kenmore 795 models.
Kenmore refrigerator error codes
The error codes below can help you to troubleshoot a fault with your Kenmore bottom-freezer refrigerator and fix it yourself.
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = er 1F or er If
Error Condition = Main control board lost a feedback signal from the icing fan motor for over 114 seconds
Repair or Check = Fan – located in the rear of the freezer section and supplies cold air for the compartment where the ice maker is located
Parts Needed = The error code can be cleared by removing power from the refrigerator for 5 minutes, then plugging it back in. The code will be cleared, but can come back if the icing fan does not start to run. If the error continues to come back after the power has been reset. There may be ice formed around the fan housing preventing the fan from running. The fan cover can be removed. You can unplug the unit for 24 hours and leave the doors open. This will allow any ice build up to melt and return the unit to proper operation.
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er FF
Error Condition = Evaporator fan failed
Repair or Check = Fan motor, control board – wiring harness
Parts Needed = Evaporator fan motor – Power control board – Wiring harness
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er FS
Error Condition = Freezer sensor error
Repair or Check = Sensor – wiring – connector problems
Parts Needed = Thermistor (temp sensor) – Wiring harness – Power control board
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er rS
Error Condition = Refrigerator sensor error
Repair or Check = Sensor – wiring – connectors
Parts Needed = Thermistor (temp sensor) – Wiring harness – Main power control board
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = F dS
Error Condition = Freezer defrost sensor
Repair or Check = Sensor short – wiring problem
Parts Needed = Controller assembly is a component that has the defrost thermistor (temp sensor) and fuse for the defrost system
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = r dS
Error Condition = Refrigerator defrost sensor
Repair or Check = Sensor short – wiring problem
Parts Needed = Controller assembly is a component that has the defrost thermistor (temp sensor) and fuse for the defrost system
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Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er HS
Error Condition = Humidity sensor
Repair or Check = Sensor short – wiring problem
Parts Needed = Humidity sensor
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er IS
Error Condition = Ice maker sensor
Repair or Check = Sensor short – wiring problem
Parts Needed = Complete Ice maker assembly
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er SS
Error Condition = Pantry sensor
Repair or Check = The pantry is the deli drawer. Short in sensor or wiring problem.
Parts Needed = Pantry temperature sensor
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er rt
Error Condition = Room temperature sensor
Repair or Check = Short in sensor or wiring problem
Parts Needed = Room temperature sensor
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er It
Error Condition = System error inside ice maker
Repair or Check = Self-test ice maker routine
Parts Needed = ice maker assembly
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er gF
Error Condition = Flow meter error code
Repair or Check = Water pressure – flow of water
Parts Needed = Flow meter
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = F dH
Error Condition = Sensor did not get over 40F in defrost
Repair or Check = Faulty fuse – heater – control board
Parts Needed = Controller assembly – defrost heater – relay on control board
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = r dH
Error Condition = Sensor did not get over 40F
Repair or Check = Faulty fuse – heater – control board
Parts Needed = Controller assembly – defrost heater – relay on control board
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er 1F
Error Condition = The fan for the ice compartment failed
Repair or Check = Icing fan blocked – ice fan motor is defective – wiring in the circuit is defective – control board has failed
Parts Needed = Ice fan motor – Wiring harness – Power control board
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er IF
Error Condition = The fan for the ice compartment failed
Repair or Check = Icing fan blocked – ice fan motor is defective – wiring in the circuit is defective – control board has failed
Parts Needed = Ice fan motor – Wiring harness – Power control board
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er CF
Error Condition = Condenser fan motor is defective
Repair or Check = Condenser fan motor – wiring – control board
Parts Needed = Condenser fan motor – Power control board – Wiring harness
Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code = Er CO
Error Condition = Communication error
Repair or Check = Communication error between main board and display board
Parts Needed = Display control board – Power control board – Wiring harness
Kenmore refrigerator display panel and dispenser
Do you know of any other Kenmore refrigerator error codes we have not mentioned or are you having trouble with your Kenmore fridge? Please leave a question or comment below and we can assist.
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Sarah Allendorf,
Kenmore error code Er FF indicates a problem with the evaporator fan motor but it can also be with the main control board.
When the power cord is disconnected for 30 seconds and then reconnected, it resets the board.
Sometimes this procedure corrects the problem and sometimes it does, for only a short period of time.
Usually in this case, the main board will need to be replaced.
-RR
I have a 3 year old Kenmore Elite French door refrigerator, part 975720-53110. It has had problems since 12/29/2015. Initial problem was no ice, then freezer slowly failed, followed by fridge compartment. Sears Repair has been over a number of times, has replaced freezer evaporator, condenser, the step valve, compressor, the freezer grill assembly (this was a service recall), and most recently the defrost assembly. Of course this has occurred over a painful series of appointments. The most recent service, replacing the defrost assembly (ok, this is a wiring harness with two thermocouples) just happened, and was ordered by a technician who spent time on the phone with his tech support and checking voltages on the circuit board. I was puzzled about this decision because at this point the fridge gives the dreaded ER FF on the front…so why replace the defrost assembly? Technician wasn’t interested in explaining anything to me. As predicted, replacing that part hasn’t changed anything. Current status is same as when the last diagnostic happened: Fridge is good, runs about 35-38 F. Freezer hangs around 20F (it eventually makes ice but that’s all it’s good for). The air blowing into the ice maker is around 10F. I’ve unplugged and replugged it in. Do I call Sears again, and push them to replace the circuit board? Is this something I can get local help with?
Are there any other reasons for the ER FF?
Because most of the repairs involved the sealed refrigerant system, i haven’t paid for anything until the last visit – the defrost sensor. And I am determined to not just pitch this fridge and buy a new one! But, now I am having to pay bills, and I don’t want to pay Sears’ rate…particularly when it appears they are grasping at straws…
What does error code Er nd mean. I get that plus Er rf. We have kenmore Elite french door bottom freezer model 7957401
George despres,
Kenmore refrigerator error code ER FF (er ff) means a problem with the evaporator fan motor.
This can also be an issue with the main control board.
Disconnect power for 30 seconds and then reconnect, it may reset the board.
Usually the main board will need to be replaced but check the fan first.
Determine if the fan is running.
If the fan is not running then replace the fan.
If the fan motor is running then the main board will need to be replaced.
The main board is located behind the unit.
-RR
Kenmore side by side bottom freezer error code ER FF. Please help!
Tom,
Sounds as if the Main PCB board is malfunctioning. From what you have described, this is most likely the issue. What is the model number of your Kenmore Elite refrigerator?
-RR
Kenmore Elite Refrigerator.
Got the Er rf error code.
Opened inside lower back freezer panel, Unplugged 2 fans (1 fan to the ice maker, 1 blow air inside the freezer) and the freezer sensor.
And here are the fun parts:
If I plugged in the 2 fans back and left the freezer sensor unplugged, both fans worked then the Er rs (freezer sensor appeared after 3-4 hours?
If I plugged in the 2 fans and the freezer senor, the whole refrig seemed to stop reset, then only the fan blow air to the ice maker worked. The fan that blows air inside the freezer did not work and the code Er rf reappear in few hours.
So the issue is not the fans. Don’t know if it is the freezer sensor or the board?
Help