Frigidaire refrigerator
showing Door Ajar
Door Ajar comes on, with a tone, once a door has stood open for five minutes or more.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Frigidaire
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What Door Ajar
actually means.
Door Ajar comes on, with a tone, once a door has stood open for five minutes or more. It is there to protect the food, not to report a broken part. Shutting the door clears it.
Frigidaire refrigerator display
What to do when Door Ajar 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 door and look for a bin, shelf or package keeping it from closing.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
MakeFrigidaire
Freestanding refrigeration and one of the most common standalone freezer brands.
SourceFrigidaire owner support: refrigerator error codes and alarms guide
Models with an electronic display; the Set key resets it on the panels Frigidaire describes.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Frigidaire's own guidance for Door Ajar on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Close the door and look for a bin, shelf or package keeping it from closing.
Press Set to reset the alarm.
If the alarm will not stop with every door shut, contact Frigidaire support.
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 control or sensor problem when a door was genuinely left open.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems Door Ajar tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
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.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesFrigidaire
refrigerators.
Freestanding refrigeration and one of the most common standalone freezer brands.
Frigidaire refrigerator repairMore Frigidaire codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
In Frigidaire's own words
Door has been left open for over 5 minutes. Close the door and the alarm should shut off.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Models with an electronic display; the Set key resets it on the panels Frigidaire describes.
Frigidaire Door Ajar 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 areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
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ChicagoIL · 50 areas
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Questions
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Door Ajar?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.