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title: "Amana refrigerator showing Demo | RefrigeratorRepair.center"
description: "What Demo means on Amana refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/amana-demo/"
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# Amana refrigerator showing Demo

In demo, or showroom, mode an Amana refrigerator lights up and its display works, but it does not cool.

## What Demo actually means.

In demo, or showroom, mode an Amana refrigerator lights up and its display works, but it does not cool. Stores use the mode on the sales floor. It must be switched off; nothing is broken.

Amana refrigerator display · also shown as Showroom, Shwrm

What to do when Demo shows on the refrigerator

### Kind of code Mode, 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 to No repair

Check the signs: normal display, warm compartments, compressor quiet or nearly so after several hours.

### Shows up as Refrigerator Not Cooling

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

### Make Amana

Value freestanding refrigeration from the Whirlpool family.

### Source Amana Product Help (producthelp.amana.com): Demo Mode - Bottom Freezer Refrigerator

Only some Amana models print Demo, Showroom or Shwrm.

## Before you book, in this order.

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

01

Check the signs: normal display, warm compartments, compressor quiet or nearly so after several hours.

02

Find the exit steps in the owner's manual for your model number, as they vary.

03

After exiting, give the refrigerator several hours before checking temperatures.

04

Keep the model number at hand if you need help with the steps.

### Cleared?

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

### What not to do

It is not a cooling failure, and no part is needed.

## What you may notice with it.

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

[All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Refrigerator Not Cooling](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-not-cooling/)

[All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-not-cooling/)

It also comes with

- [**Refrigerator Showing an Error Code**](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/)

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](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/)

## Read these before the visit.

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

[All guides](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/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](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/brands/amana/)

More Amana codes

[PO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/amana-po/) [Flashing F](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/amana-flashing-f/) [Temperature Alarm](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/amana-temperature-alarm/) [Door Ajar](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/amana-door-ajar/) [COOLING OFF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/amana-cooling-off/)

Mode, not a failure on other makes

[Samsung OF OF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/samsung-of-of/) [LG OF F](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-of-f/) [Whirlpool PO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-po/) [KitchenAid PO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-po/) [GE PF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/ge-pf/) [Frigidaire PF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-pf/) [Sub-Zero H2 LO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-h2-lo/) [Viking CL](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/viking-cl/)

[All 80 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode)

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.

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

> The display and interior lights work normally; some models may show “Demo,” “Showroom,” or “Shwrm.”

[Amana Product Help (producthelp.amana.com): Demo Mode - Bottom Freezer Refrigerator](https://producthelp.amana.com/Refrigeration/Full-Size_Refrigerators/Product_Info/Product_Assistance/Demo_Mode_-_Bottom_Freezer_Refrigerator) [Amana Product Help (producthelp.amana.com): Demo Mode - Bottom Freezer Refrigerator](https://producthelp.amana.com/Refrigeration/Full-Size_Refrigerators/Product_Info/Product_Assistance/Demo_Mode_-_Bottom_Freezer_Refrigerator)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Only some Amana models print Demo, Showroom or Shwrm.

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## Questions about Demo.

### Can I clear Demo myself?

Check the signs: normal display, warm compartments, compressor quiet or nearly so after several hours.

### Why does my Amana light up but not cool?

Demo or showroom mode is on, which keeps cooling off while the panel looks healthy. Ending the mode with the steps in your manual is the whole fix.

### Does every Amana show Demo on the display in this mode?

No, the Demo, Showroom or Shwrm label is missing on many Amana panels. On the rest, a warm cabinet with a quiet compressor after several hours is the only clue.

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