

Asko refrigerator
showing Flashing light above -16°C
On the RFN23841 a flashing light above -16°C means the freezer door was open for too long.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: ASKO
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What Flashing light above -16°C
actually means.
On the RFN23841 a flashing light above -16°C means the freezer door was open for too long. Leaving it more than ten minutes also puts the appliance into safe mode so it can keep cooling despite the open door.
ASKO refrigerator display
What to do when Flashing light above -16°C shows on the refrigeratorKind 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
Close the freezer door fully, then check that no bag or ice tray is holding it away from the cabinet.
Shows up asRefrigerator Door Not Sealing
A gap of a few millimeters is enough to frost an evaporator and run a compressor continuously.
MakeASKO
Scandinavian integrated refrigeration, mostly behind furniture panels.
SourceAsko Instructions for use, models RFN23841 / RFN232041, troubleshooting table (PDF on the Gorenje Group document server)
Asko RFN23841 and RFN232041, which report problems with flashing signal lights instead of letters.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from ASKO's own guidance for Flashing light above -16°C on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Close the freezer door fully, then check that no bag or ice tray is holding it away from the cabinet.
Feel the frozen food for soft edges if the door may have been open a long time.
Book a visit if the light keeps flashing with the freezer door properly closed.
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 freezer reading of -16°C. The light is being used as a signal, and here it points at the freezer door.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problem Flashing light above -16°C tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problemsNo 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.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesASKO
refrigerators.
Scandinavian integrated refrigeration, mostly behind furniture panels.
ASKO refrigerator repair
Built-in refrigerator
Flush with the cabinets, serviced from the front, and almost always repaired rather than replaced.
Refrigerator column
Separate refrigerator and freezer towers, each with its own sealed system — so a failure stays on one side.
Undercounter refrigerator
A single 15 to 24 inch unit under the worktop — front-vented, tightly enclosed, and easily starved of air.
In ASKO's own words
Freezer compartment door was open for too long. Close the door.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Asko RFN23841 and RFN232041, which report problems with flashing signal lights instead of letters.
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Questions
about Flashing light above -16°C.
Can I clear Flashing light above -16°C myself?
Is my Asko freezer really at -16°C when that light flashes?
What happens if the Asko RFN23841 freezer door stays open more than ten minutes?
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Still showing Flashing light above -16°C?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.