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title: "Kenmore refrigerator showing Er FF"
description: "What Er FF means on Kenmore refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-ff/"
---

# Kenmore refrigerator showing Er FF

Er FF says the evaporator fan, which pushes air across the freezer coil and on through the cabinet, is not running.

## What Er FF actually means.

Er FF says the evaporator fan, which pushes air across the freezer coil and on through the cabinet, is not running. Sears lists the fan motor, the control board and the wiring harness between them. The 795 service manual defines it by the fan motor's missing feedback signal.

Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as ER FF

What to do when Er FF shows on the refrigerator

### Kind of code Fan circuit

A fan the control board expected to be turning is not — a motor that has failed, or ice holding the blade still.

### Usually leads to Fan and airflow repair

Two fans, two completely different failures — one stops the cold arriving, the other stops the heat leaving.

### Shows up as Fresh Food Section Warm, Freezer Cold

The single most diagnostic pattern on a refrigerator, and almost never the compressor.

### Make Kenmore

A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers.

### Source Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021)

Kenmore and Kenmore Elite models whose number starts 795 (built by LG); Er FF is listed by Sears and in the 795.7756x service manual as the freezer fan motor.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Er FF on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Confirm the model number on the fresh food label starts 795; this is how Er FF reads on that series.

02

Keep new groceries away from the rear freezer wall so the little air that moves can still circulate.

03

Book a visit; the fan, its harness and the board are each tested before a part is chosen.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [fan and airflow repair](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/fan-and-airflow-repair/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

Er FF is not a condenser fan code. The fan in the compartment at the back near the floor reports as Er CF instead.

## What you may notice with it.

The refrigerator problems Er FF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Fresh Food Section Warm, Freezer Cold](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/fresh-food-warm-freezer-cold/)

[All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/fresh-food-warm-freezer-cold/)

It also comes with

- [**Freezer Not Freezing**](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/freezer-not-freezing/)

Food safety applies

### Fresh Food Section Warm, Freezer Cold

5 causes, cheapest first

Where Er FF usually leads

## Fan and airflow repair.

**Evaporator or condenser fan · low.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/fan-and-airflow-repair/)

## Read these before the visit.

Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.

[All guides](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/guides/)

Why it is doing that

### Fridge warm, freezer cold — the most diagnostic pattern there is

Why it is doing that

### Why refrigerators stop cooling, in order of likelihood

Error codes

### All 247 codes, by make

## Kenmore refrigerators.

A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers.

[Kenmore refrigerator repair](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/brands/kenmore/)

More Kenmore codes

[COOLING OFF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-cooling-off/) [F dH](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-dh/) [Door Ajar](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-frigidaire-door-ajar/) [Sb](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-frigidaire-sb-sb/) [Er FS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-fs/) [Er rS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-rs/) [F dS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f-ds/) [r dS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-r-ds/) [Er HS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-hs/) [Er IS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-is/) [Er SS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-ss/) [Er rt](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-rt/)

[All 51 Kenmore codes](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#codes-kenmore)

Fan circuit on other makes

[Samsung 21E](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/samsung-21e/) [LG ER IF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-er-if/) [Frigidaire SY EF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-sy-ef/) [Sub-Zero 35 R 33](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-35-r-33/) [Viking E2](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/viking-e2/) [Fisher & Paykel F15](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-f15/) [ASKO F1](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/asko-f1/)

[All 21 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-fan-circuit)

Kenmore builds this

### French door refrigerator

Two fresh-food doors over a freezer drawer — the most common premium layout, and the one with the most to go wrong at the door line.

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

> Er FF Evaporator fan failed

[Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021)](https://web.archive.org/web/20210125062551/https://www.searspartsdirect.com/diy/error-codes/refrigerator-repair/1234589/kenmore-795-model-bottom-freezer-refrigerator/0582) [Kenmore Elite 795.7756x service manual, LG Electronics circuit diagram (archive.org copy)](https://archive.org/details/Kenmore_795.775626_Refrigerator_User_Manual)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore and Kenmore Elite models whose number starts 795 (built by LG); Er FF is listed by Sears and in the 795.7756x service manual as the freezer fan motor.

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## Questions about Er FF.

### Can I clear Er FF myself?

Confirm the model number on the fresh food label starts 795; this is how Er FF reads on that series. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Can I keep using my Kenmore while it shows Er FF?

You can, but expect the freezer and fresh food side to struggle, because the fan that carries cold air off the freezer coil is not turning. Leaving space in front of the back freezer wall helps whatever air still moves reach the food.

### Which part usually turns out to cause Er FF on a Kenmore 795?

Sears names three candidates: the fan motor, the main board and the harness joining them. The service manual sets the code when the motor sends no feedback, so each of those is tested before one is replaced.

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