--- title: "Asko refrigerator showing a flashing light above -18°C" description: "What Flashing light above -18°C means on Asko refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-light-above-minus-18c-rfn23841/" --- # Asko refrigerator showing Flashing light above -18°C A flashing light above -18°C on the RFN23841 usually means the refrigerator door was left open too long: after ten minutes the alarm stops, this light starts flashing and the appliance switches to safe mode to protect the food. ## What Flashing light above -18°C actually means. A flashing light above -18°C on the RFN23841 usually means the refrigerator door was left open too long: after ten minutes the alarm stops, this light starts flashing and the appliance switches to safe mode to protect the food. If the interior light is not working either, Asko says the refrigerator door sensor has failed. ASKO refrigerator display What to do when Flashing light above -18°C 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 Shut the refrigerator door and check that the seal is not caught on a shelf or container. ### Shows up as Refrigerator Door Not Sealing A gap of a few millimeters is enough to frost an evaporator and run a compressor continuously. ### Make ASKO Scandinavian integrated refrigeration, mostly behind furniture panels. ### Source Asko 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 -18°C on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Shut the refrigerator door and check that the seal is not caught on a shelf or container. 02 Open it again briefly to see whether the interior light works. 03 If the inside stays dark, book a visit for the door sensor; safe mode keeps things cold until then. ### Cleared? Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem. ### What not to do -18°C reads like a freezer setting, yet this signal is about the refrigerator door. The freezer door has its own light, above -16°C. ## What you may notice with it. The refrigerator problem Flashing light above -18°C tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Refrigerator Door Not Sealing](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/door-not-sealing/) [All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/door-not-sealing/) Problem ### Refrigerator Door Not Sealing 5 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 ## ASKO refrigerators. Scandinavian integrated refrigeration, mostly behind furniture panels. [ASKO refrigerator repair](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/brands/asko/) More ASKO codes [LL](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-ll/) [PF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-pf/) [E0](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e0-r31442i/) [E1](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e1-r31442i/) [E9](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e9-r31442i/) [E0](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e0-rbr276/) [E8](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e8/) [E9](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-e9-rbr276/) [F1](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-f1/) [F2](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-f2/) [t1](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-t1/) [t3](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-t3/) [All 25 ASKO codes](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#codes-asko) 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 77 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode) ASKO builds this ### Built-in refrigerator Flush with the cabinets, serviced from the front, and almost always repaired rather than replaced. ASKO builds this ### Refrigerator column Separate refrigerator and freezer towers, each with its own sealed system — so a failure stays on one side. ASKO builds this ### 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 > then the refrigerator compartment door sensor has failed. [Asko Instructions for use, models RFN23841 / RFN232041, troubleshooting table (PDF on the Gorenje Group document server)](https://partners.gorenje.com/fts/GetDigitDoc.aspx?sifra=737707&jezik=en&tipVsebine=1&docName=838279en.pdf) 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. ## ASKO Flashing light above -18°C refrigerator repair, where we come out. 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Shut the refrigerator door and check that the seal is not caught on a shelf or container. ### Does the light above -18°C on my Asko RFN23841 have to do with the freezer? No, despite the freezer-style number, it signals the refrigerator door. After the door has been open for ten minutes the alarm stops, this light flashes and safe mode begins. ### When does the light above -18°C mean a part has failed? If the door is shut and the interior light will not come on, Asko reads that as a failed refrigerator door sensor. The appliance keeps cooling in safe mode until a technician replaces it. --- **[Read on the site: Asko refrigerator showing a flashing light above -18°C](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-light-above-minus-18c-rfn23841/)** **[Book a visit with RefrigeratorRepair.center](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/schedule/)**