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Hitachi Refrigerator Troubleshooting Guide – Not Cooling – Does Not Freeze – No Ice – Error Codes

This Hitachi fridge troubleshooting guide will assist you in repairing your Hitachi Refrigerator. If you have issues with your Hitachi refrigerator not cooling, not producing ice cubes, shows error code FO 12, or does not freeze, have a look at the guide below to troubleshoot your Hitachi refrigerator.

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If you need Hitachi refrigerator specifications you can find them here. You can download the Hitachi Refrigerator Service Owners Manual in PDF form below. This guide will also show you how to use the Hitachi display panel and what each button functions are.

 

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If you are getting error codes flashing that begin with the letter “F”, this means that there is an issue with the FREEZER section of your Hitachi refrigerator. Above are error code definitions for F3 01 & F3 02.

If you need more error code definitions, please leave us a comment below and we will tell you what the error code means.

If you follow the troubleshooting guide above, you can understand the issue with your Hitachi refrigerator and fix it yourself.

The following Hitachi Refrigerator Model numbers apply for troubleshooting: R-S700E8H, R-S700G8H, R-M700E8H, R-M700G8H, R-S700ERU8, R-S700GRU8, R-S800ES8V, R-S800GS8V, R-S800EY8, R-S800GY8, R-S700EK8, R-S700GK8, R-S700EUK8, R-S700GUK8, R-M700ERU8, R-M700GRU8, R-M800ES8V, R-M800GS8V, R-M800EY8, R-M800GY8R-M700EK8, R-M700GK8, R-M700EUK8, R-M700GUK8.

If you are having problems with your Hitachi refrigerator that are not listed above, please leave a comment or question below and we will be happy to assist you in fixing or repairing your Hitachi refrigerator.

Keith Schneerer

Written by Keith Schneerer

Certified Appliance Tech · Founder, RemoveAndReplace.com

Keith has spent 30+ years repairing machines, starting as a military mechanic and later maintaining food processing equipment before moving into appliance repair. He founded RemoveAndReplace.com to share field-tested repair advice.

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93 thoughts on “Hitachi Refrigerator Troubleshooting Guide – Not Cooling – Does Not Freeze – No Ice – Error Codes”

  1. I have a HITACHI Refrigerator, Model No. RW660ERU9.
    There is a problem with cooling and ENERGY SAVING Light flickers four times after a short interval of about 1-2 seconds, continuously.
    What is the problem and what should I do?

  2. Isameldin Elhassan

    Hi, I have a hitachi fridge model R-S700GUK8 when trying to start it by pluging it to electricity i hear a sound like the compressor trying to start and stop, in general now is not working

    Nothing wrong shown on the fridge screen everything looks normal but not starting

    Need your help

  3. angelbert alban

    Hitachi side by side fridge
    Model: R-s700pg2 gbk
    Problem: No Power, suspected damage PCB motherboard.

  4. Hi, my hitachi fridge model R-VG560P3MS is only 3 years old. The fridge is working all fine, but the light bulb died and have no idea how to replace it, help please ):

  5. Hi
    I get error code fo 12.
    I have hitachi rs800gm
    Side by side minus zero cooling

    What does fo 12 mean?
    What to do?

  6. My Hitachi refrigerator Model number S-R800GM is showing me the code “F013”.
    I just replaced the fan and compressor.
    May i know what happened to it?
    I don’t think it’s the door problem as well.

  7. Did you find out the reason for the 7 times blinking LED?

    I have the same problem with Hitachi R-VG470PUK3 Refrigerator

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