---
title: "Frigidaire refrigerator showing HI"
description: "What HI means on Frigidaire refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-hi/"
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# Frigidaire refrigerator showing HI

A blinking HI, or H, with a tone means a compartment has been too warm for over an hour.

## What HI actually means.

A blinking HI, or H, with a tone means a compartment has been too warm for over an hour. Frigidaire sets the limits at 26°F for the freezer and 55°F for the refrigerator. A door left open is the usual reason; a moved temperature setting or a gasket that is not sealing can also cause it.

Frigidaire refrigerator display · also shown as H, High Temp

What to do when HI shows on the refrigerator

### Kind of code Service indication

A light or a message asking for a visit. It says that something wants attention, not what, so the visit starts with a diagnosis.

### Usually leads to Diagnostic visit

The visit that decides what the repair actually is, before any part is ordered.

### Shows up as Refrigerator Showing an Error Code

A code narrows the search, but only the manufacturer's own table gives it meaning.

### Make Frigidaire

Freestanding refrigeration and one of the most common standalone freezer brands.

### Source Frigidaire owner support: refrigerator error codes and alarms guide

Blinks with a tone on most panels; models with a Clear Alerts button repeat the alarm every 60 seconds until it is acknowledged.

## Before you book, in this order.

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

01

Shut the doors properly and check the gaskets seal all the way round.

02

Press Clear Alerts; the first press shows the warmest temperature the cabinet reached.

03

Use that figure to decide what food to keep.

04

If it keeps returning with the doors shut, book a visit.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [diagnostic visit](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

Muting the alarm does not end it. The indicator stays lit until the temperature is back to normal.

## What you may notice with it.

The refrigerator problem HI tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.

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

Before you call

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

[All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/)

Problem

### Refrigerator Showing an Error Code

5 causes, cheapest first

Where HI usually leads

## Diagnostic visit.

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/)

## Read these before the visit.

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

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

How not to need us

### The condenser, the grille, and the one job that prevents the most calls

Why it is doing that

### A refrigerator that never stops running

Error codes

### All 247 codes, by make

## Frigidaire refrigerators.

Freestanding refrigeration and one of the most common standalone freezer brands.

[Frigidaire refrigerator repair](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/brands/frigidaire/)

More Frigidaire codes

[SY CE](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-sy-ce/) [SY EF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-sy-ef/) [PF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-pf/) [SY CF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-sy-cf/) [OP](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-op/) [SH](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-sh/) [SB SB](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-sb-sb/) [77 77](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-77-77/) [Door Ajar](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-door-ajar/)

Service indication on other makes

[Sub-Zero Service](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-service-light/) [Viking High Temperature Alarm](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/viking-high-temperature-alarm/) [Bosch E03](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e03/) [Gaggenau ALARM symbol](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/gaggenau-alarm-symbol/) [Miele F0](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/miele-f0/) [Liebherr F1 to F5](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/liebherr-f1-to-f5/) [U-Line Temp Hi 6H+](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/u-line-temp-hi-6h/) [True Residential REF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/true-ref/)

[All 57 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-service-indication)

Frigidaire 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.

Frigidaire 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 Frigidaire's own words

> HI blinking on the refrigerator temp indicates the temperature is too high in the refrigerator or freezer for over one hour.

[Frigidaire owner support: refrigerator error codes and alarms guide](https://owner.frigidaire.com/support-articles/article/1847088-refrigerators-error-codes-and-alarms) [Frigidaire owner support: alarms and error messages on French door refrigerators](https://owner.frigidaire.com/support-articles/article/1853035-what-do-the-alarms-or-error-messages-mean-on-my-french-door-refrigerator-)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Blinks with a tone on most panels; models with a Clear Alerts button repeat the alarm every 60 seconds until it is acknowledged.

## Frigidaire HI refrigerator repair, where we come out.

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## Questions about HI.

### Can I clear HI myself?

Shut the doors properly and check the gaskets seal all the way round. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### How long has my Frigidaire been warm when HI blinks?

HI means a compartment has been over its limit for more than an hour. The first Clear Alerts press shows the warmest temperature reached.

### What limits trigger HI on a Frigidaire?

26°F in the freezer and 55°F in the refrigerator. A door left open is the usual reason, but a changed setting or a poor gasket can do it too.

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