--- title: "Kenmore 795 refrigerator showing Door Alarm" description: "What Door Alarm means on Kenmore 795 refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-door-alarm-795/" --- # Kenmore 795 refrigerator showing Door Alarm On the Kenmore Elite 795 bottom-freezer the door alarm tone sounds once the fresh food or freezer door has stayed open for over a minute, and closing the door stops it. ## What Door Alarm actually means. On the Kenmore Elite 795 bottom-freezer the door alarm tone sounds once the fresh food or freezer door has stayed open for over a minute, and closing the door stops it. The Door Alarm button switches the feature off entirely, and the display then shows OFF for it. Kenmore refrigerator display What to do when Door Alarm shows on the refrigerator ### Kind of code Mode, 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 to No repair Look for 795 at the start of the model number; other Kenmore families wait longer before they sound. ### Shows up as Refrigerator Door Not Sealing A gap of a few millimeters is enough to frost an evaporator and run a compressor continuously. ### Make Kenmore A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers. ### Source Kenmore Elite 795.7303 use & care guide (archive.org copy) Kenmore Elite bottom-freezer models whose number starts 795.7303 (built by LG); the 60-second delay is the one in that guide. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Door Alarm on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Look for 795 at the start of the model number; other Kenmore families wait longer before they sound. 02 Close both doors and listen for the tone to stop. 03 Check the door edges and bins for anything that keeps a door from shutting fully. 04 Book a visit only if the tone sounds with every door properly closed. ### Cleared? Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem. ### What not to do The door alarm does not mean the refrigerator is warm. It counts seconds of open door, not degrees. ## What you may notice with it. The refrigerator problems Door Alarm tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked. 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[All guides](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/guides/) What you can check yourself ### Where the model number hides, and why nothing works without it Error codes ### All 247 codes, by make ## Kenmore refrigerators. A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers. 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Kenmore builds this ### Side-by-side refrigerator Full-height freezer beside full-height fresh food, with the ice maker and dispenser built into the freezer door. ## In Kenmore's own words > When either the refrigerator or the freezer door is left open for more than 60 seconds, the alarm tone will sound … [Kenmore Elite 795.7303 use & care guide (archive.org copy)](https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7020637) [Kenmore Elite 795.7303 use & care guide (archive.org copy)](https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7020637) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore Elite bottom-freezer models whose number starts 795.7303 (built by LG); the 60-second delay is the one in that guide. ## Kenmore Door Alarm 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. 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Look for 795 at the start of the model number; other Kenmore families wait longer before they sound. ### Why does my Kenmore Elite door alarm go off so quickly? On the 795.7303 bottom-freezer the tone starts after a door has been open for more than 60 seconds. Other Kenmore families wait longer before they sound. ### Can I turn off the door alarm on my Kenmore 795? Yes, pressing the Door Alarm button switches the feature off, and the display then shows OFF for it. The alarm only counts time with a door open, not temperature. --- **[Read on the site: Kenmore 795 refrigerator showing Door Alarm](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-door-alarm-795/)** **[Book a visit with RefrigeratorRepair.center](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/schedule/)**