Kenmore refrigerator
showing LED 6 flashes
Six flickers from the main board of a 111 top-freezer say the defrost heater has failed.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Defrost
- Defrost system repair
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What LED 6 flashes
actually means.
Six flickers from the main board of a 111 top-freezer say the defrost heater has failed. Sears measures the heater circuit from the control board and replaces the heater if it reads outside 50 to 70 ohms.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as Main board LED flickers 6 times
What to do when LED 6 flashes shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeDefrost
The defrost cycle did not finish in the time the board allows. A heater, its thermostat or the sensor that ends the cycle.
Usually leads toDefrost system repair
The failure behind most slow, gradual losses of cooling — and behind most visible frost.
Shows up asFrost Building Up in the Refrigerator
Ice on the back wall, around the door, or over the whole freezer — and each location means something different.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 111 top-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore top-freezer models whose number starts 111; six flashes of the main board LED name the defrost heater.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for LED 6 flashes on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm the 111 prefix and a top freezer on the model label.
Expect the fresh food side to warm gradually as frost spreads, and keep a thermometer there.
Book a visit and pass on the six-flash count.
What not to do
Six flashes do not call for a new control board. The board is reporting the heater, not itself.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems LED 6 flashes tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where LED 6 flashes usually leads
Defrost system repair.
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before the visit.
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In Kenmore's own words
Main control board LED flickers 6 times Defrost heater 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; six flashes of the main board LED name the defrost heater.
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Questions
about LED 6 flashes.
Can I clear LED 6 flashes myself?
Does six LED flashes on my Kenmore top-freezer mean a new board?
What will I notice while six flashes go unrepaired on my Kenmore 111?
Back to your everyday
Still showing LED 6 flashes?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.