Kenmore refrigerator
showing LED 1 flash
On a Kenmore 111 top-freezer the main control board's LED flickers once and pauses when the refrigerator temperature sensor has failed.
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- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
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What LED 1 flash
actually means.
On a Kenmore 111 top-freezer the main control board's LED flickers once and pauses when the refrigerator temperature sensor has failed. That sensor sits on the back wall inside the fresh food compartment; Sears checks its wiring and expects 5,000 to 40,000 ohms from it.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as Main board LED flickers 1 time
What to do when LED 1 flash shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeSensor circuit
A temperature sensor reading outside its range, or the wiring to it. The reading is confirmed with a meter before any part is ordered.
Usually leads toControls and sensors
A refrigerator cools to what it believes the temperature is, and a sensor reading wrong is obeyed perfectly.
Shows up asRefrigerator Freezing Food
Lettuce frozen solid and milk with ice in it, in a compartment that is not supposed to freeze.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 111 top-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore top-freezer models whose number starts 111; the flash count is read from the LED on the main control board.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for LED 1 flash on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm the model number starts 111 and the freezer is on top; the flash codes belong to that layout.
Leave the board cover alone while the refrigerator is plugged in; the main board is live and Sears warns against touching anything behind it.
Book a visit and mention the single flash if you or someone else counted it.
What not to do
A single flash is not a general check-me blink. It points to one part: the fresh food temperature sensor.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems LED 1 flash tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Refrigerator Freezing Food
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Where LED 1 flash usually leads
Controls and sensors.
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Main control board LED flickers 1 time Refrigerator temperature sensor failure
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore top-freezer models whose number starts 111; the flash count is read from the LED on the main control board.
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Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.