Kenmore refrigerator
showing CF
CF on the freezer display of a 106 model is a communication failure between the main control board and the user interface control.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Communication
- Controls and sensors
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What CF
actually means.
CF on the freezer display of a 106 model is a communication failure between the main control board and the user interface control. Sears has the harness connections at both ends checked first, then the user interface replaced, and the main board only if the trouble persists.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as CF on the freezer display
What to do when CF shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeCommunication
Two boards that stopped hearing each other — the main control and the display, or the inverter. A harness is checked before a board.
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 Control Panel Not Responding
Buttons do nothing, the display is blank or frozen, or settings will not hold.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 106 refrigerator error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore models whose number starts 106; Sears lists CF on the freezer display of that family.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for CF on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check that the model label starts 106; on a 795 panel the similar-looking Er CF is a fan code.
Turn the power off for a minute and back on, then watch whether CF returns.
Book a visit if it does; the connectors are reseated before any board is changed.
What not to do
CF on this family does not stand for a fan. It is about two controls that have lost touch with each other.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems CF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where CF usually leads
Controls and sensors.
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before the visit.
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CF on the freezer display Communication failure between main control board and user interface control
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 CF on the freezer display of that family.
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Still showing CF?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.