Kenmore 106 refrigerator
showing Door Ajar
On the Kenmore Elite 106 counter-depth side-by-side, Door Ajar sounds once the fresh food or freezer door has been open for five minutes while cooling is on, and it repeats every two minutes until both doors are shut.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Kenmore
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What Door Ajar
actually means.
On the Kenmore Elite 106 counter-depth side-by-side, Door Ajar sounds once the fresh food or freezer door has been open for five minutes while cooling is on, and it repeats every two minutes until both doors are shut. Pressing any panel button mutes the sound, but the Door Ajar icon stays on the dispenser panel.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as Door Ajar Alarm
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
Check the label for a 106 prefix; this five-minute timing is the one in that family's guide.
Shows up asRefrigerator Door Not Sealing
A gap of a few millimeters is enough to frost an evaporator and run a compressor continuously.
MakeKenmore
A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers.
SourceKenmore Elite 106.4116 / 106.5171 use & care guide (archive.org copy)
Kenmore Elite counter-depth side-by-side models whose number starts 106.4116 or 106.5171; the timing comes from their use and care guide.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Door Ajar on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the label for a 106 prefix; this five-minute timing is the one in that family's guide.
Shut both doors fully and see whether the icon clears.
If you need a door open for cleaning, press any control panel button to quiet the tone.
Book a visit if the icon stays up with both doors closed.
Cleared?
Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem.
What not to do
Door Ajar on this panel is not reporting a cooling problem. The alarm only runs while cooling is on, and it resets once both doors are shut.
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 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.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesKenmore
refrigerators.
A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers.
Kenmore refrigerator repairMore Kenmore codes
All 51 Kenmore codesMode, not a failure on other makes
All 75 codes of this kind
In Kenmore's own words
The Door Ajar Alarm feature sounds an alarm when the refrigerator or freezer door is open for 5 minutes …
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore Elite counter-depth side-by-side models whose number starts 106.4116 or 106.5171; the timing comes from their use and care guide.
Kenmore Door Ajar refrigerator repair,
where we come out.
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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.