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.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: ASKO
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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 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
Shut the refrigerator door and check that the seal is not caught on a shelf or container.
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 -18°C on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Shut the refrigerator door and check that the seal is not caught on a shelf or container.
Open it again briefly to see whether the interior light works.
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
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.
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
then the refrigerator compartment door sensor has failed.
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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