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The control panel on the door of a refrigerator seen close, its display softly lit with no readable characters, the stainless door falling out of focus around it.

Amana refrigerator
showing COOLING OFF

The cooling function is switched off, so the refrigerator and freezer will not get cold until it is turned back on.

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  • Mode, not a failure
  • No repair needed
  • Source: Amana

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What COOLING OFF
actually means.

The cooling function is switched off, so the refrigerator and freezer will not get cold until it is turned back on. It can be switched off by accident during cleaning, and some models need it turned back on after an outage or surge. It is a setting rather than a breakdown.

Amana refrigerator display · also shown as Cooling Off

What to do when COOLING OFF shows on the refrigerator

Kind of codeMode, not a failure

A setting somebody chose, or an alert it raised on purpose — a showroom mode, a door or power alarm. Nothing has broken and no part is needed.

Usually leads toNo repair

Try the common method: press and hold LOCK and MEASURED FILL together for 3 seconds.

Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling

The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.

MakeAmana

Value freestanding refrigeration from the Whirlpool family.

SourceAmana Product Help (producthelp.amana.com): Cooling Off Indicator Light - Refrigerator

LOCK plus MEASURED FILL is the common Amana method; it varies by model and refrigerator type.

Before you book,
in this order.

Each step comes from Amana's own guidance for COOLING OFF on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Try the common method: press and hold LOCK and MEASURED FILL together for 3 seconds.

02

Press them at exactly the same time so you do not lock the dispenser by mistake.

03

If your model has other buttons, the owner's manual for your model number gives the steps.

04

Give it a few hours to cool back down.

Cleared?

Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem.

What not to do

A warm cabinet with COOLING OFF showing is not a failed compressor. Switch cooling on before calling.

What you may
notice with it.

The refrigerator problems COOLING OFF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.

All problems

Before you call

Refrigerator Not Cooling

All 7 causes, cheapest first

It also comes with

A gloved hand holding a thermometer probe on the middle shelf of an open refrigerator compartment. Food safety applies

Refrigerator Not Cooling

7 causes, cheapest first

No repair indicated

Nothing to repair.

A setting somebody chose, or an alert it raised on purpose — a showroom mode, a door or power alarm. Nothing has broken and no part is needed.

How to read what your refrigerator is telling you

Read these
before the visit.

Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.

All guides
What you can check yourself

Where the model number hides, and why nothing works without it

 Error codes

All 247 codes, by make

Amana
refrigerators.

Value freestanding refrigeration from the Whirlpool family.

Amana refrigerator repair

More Amana codes

POFlashing FTemperature AlarmDoor AjarDemo

Mode, not a failure on other makes

Samsung OF OFLG OF FWhirlpool POKitchenAid POGE PFFrigidaire PFSub-Zero H2 LOViking CL
All 80 codes of this kind
A French door refrigerator with both upper doors swung open and the lower freezer drawer pulled out. Amana builds this

French door refrigerator

Two fresh-food doors over a freezer drawer — the most common premium layout, and the one with the most to go wrong at the door line.

 A side-by-side refrigerator with a tall freezer door on the left carrying an ice and water dispenser recess. Amana builds this

Side-by-side refrigerator

Full-height freezer beside full-height fresh food, with the ice maker and dispenser built into the freezer door.

In Amana's own words

Your refrigerator and freezer will not cool when the cooling is turned off. … “COOLING OFF” will appear on the display screen.
Amana Product Help (producthelp.amana.com): Cooling Off Indicator Light - Refrigerator Amana Product Help (producthelp.amana.com): Cooling Off Indicator Light - Refrigerator

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. LOCK plus MEASURED FILL is the common Amana method; it varies by model and refrigerator type.

Amana COOLING OFF refrigerator repair,
where we come out.

The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.

All service areas

Tampa BayFL · 31 areas

OrlandoFL · 30 areas

Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas

New York MetroNY · 75 areas

HoustonTX · 36 areas

ChicagoIL · 50 areas

Los AngelesCA · 95 areas

San DiegoCA · 31 areas

San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas

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Questions
about COOLING OFF.

Can I clear COOLING OFF myself?
Try the common method: press and hold LOCK and MEASURED FILL together for 3 seconds.
How do I turn Amana cooling back on?
Amana's common method uses the LOCK and MEASURED FILL buttons pressed as one and held briefly. Pressing them at the same time avoids locking the dispenser.
Is a warm Amana with COOLING OFF a failed compressor?
No, the compressor has simply been told not to run. Once cooling is back on, the compartments need a few hours to recover.

Back to your everyday

Still showing COOLING OFF?

Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.

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