Kenmore refrigerator
showing C1
C1 is a sealed-system code: the Trio's control has detected low refrigerant charge or a defective compressor.
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What C1
actually means.
C1 is a sealed-system code: the Trio's control has detected low refrigerant charge or a defective compressor. Sears notes this repair needs a refrigerator technician, because the refrigerant has to be recovered and recharged.
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What to do when C1 shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeService indication
A light or a message asking for a visit. It says that something wants attention, not what, so the visit starts with a diagnosis.
Usually leads toDiagnostic visit
The visit that decides what the repair actually is, before any part is ordered.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 111 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore bottom-freezer Trio models whose number starts 111; C1 is the sealed refrigerant system code in the diagnostic mode.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for C1 on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check the model label for the 111 prefix; C1 has this meaning in the bottom-freezer Trio diagnostic list.
Move perishable and frozen food to another refrigerator or a cooler with ice now.
Do not try to add refrigerant or open any tubing yourself.
Book a visit promptly and say it is C1, so a sealed-system repair is planned from the start.
What not to do
C1 is not a sensor or a setting that a reset will clear. It points at the refrigerant circuit itself.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems C1 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Refrigerator Not Cooling
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In Kenmore's own words
C1 Sealed refrigerant system failure Check/Repair The control detects low refrigerant charge or a defective compressor.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore bottom-freezer Trio models whose number starts 111; C1 is the sealed refrigerant system code in the diagnostic mode.
Kenmore C1 refrigerator repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about C1.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing C1?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.