Kenmore refrigerator
showing C
On a 106 model a C is a thermistor failure, and where it appears matters: on the refrigerator display it is the fresh food sensor, on the freezer display the freezer sensor.
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What C
actually means.
On a 106 model a C is a thermistor failure, and where it appears matters: on the refrigerator display it is the fresh food sensor, on the freezer display the freezer sensor. Sears has a loose or damaged harness dealt with first and the sensor replaced only if the wiring is sound.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as C on the refrigerator display, C on the freezer display
What to do when C 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 106 refrigerator error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore models whose number starts 106; Sears lists C for both the refrigerator and the freezer display.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for C on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Read the model plate and confirm the 106 prefix; this letter code is taken from the Sears chart for that family.
Note which display the C is on, refrigerator or freezer, and whether it is on both.
Check both compartments with a thermometer so you know how they are really doing.
Book a visit and pass on which display showed the C.
What not to do
C is not a request to clean the condenser. On this chart it stands for a failed compartment sensor.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems C tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Refrigerator Freezing Food
5 causes, cheapest first
Where C usually leads
Controls and sensors.
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before the visit.
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In Kenmore's own words
C on the refrigerator display Refrigerator compartment thermistor (temperature sensor) failure
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 C for both the refrigerator and the freezer display.
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Still showing C?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.