Kenmore refrigerator
showing 18°F
A freezer display stuck at 18°F (or -8°C) on a 106 model is an over-temperature notice rather than a live reading.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Kenmore
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What 18°F
actually means.
A freezer display stuck at 18°F (or -8°C) on a 106 model is an over-temperature notice rather than a live reading. Sears says the usual cause is a power failure. Once the freezer is back to its normal temperature, pressing the freezer temperature keypad resets the display.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as -8°C, 18 on the freezer display
What to do when 18°F 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 model number starts 106 before treating the 18°F reading as this notice.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
MakeKenmore
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 106 refrigerator error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore models whose number starts 106; Sears lists the 18°F (-8°C) freezer reading as an over-temperature condition.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for 18°F on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the model number starts 106 before treating the 18°F reading as this notice.
Make sure the power cord is pushed firmly into the outlet, as Sears suggests first.
Decide about the frozen food from how long the power was out and whether packages have softened.
Reset the display with the freezer temperature keypad once the freezer is cold again, and book a visit if it never gets there.
Cleared?
Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem.
What not to do
18°F here is not a setting somebody chose. It is the control's way of saying the freezer got warm while nobody was watching.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems 18°F tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Refrigerator Not Cooling
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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.
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In Kenmore's own words
18 degrees F (or -8 degrees C) temperature reading on the freezer display Over-temperature condition
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore models whose number starts 106; Sears lists the 18°F (-8°C) freezer reading as an over-temperature condition.
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Questions
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Still showing 18°F?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.