--- title: "Kenmore refrigerator showing Er IF" description: "What Er IF 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-if/" --- # Kenmore refrigerator showing Er IF Er IF reports that the fan blowing cold air into the ice compartment has failed. ## What Er IF actually means. Er IF reports that the fan blowing cold air into the ice compartment has failed. Sears lists a blocked fan, a defective fan motor, a wiring problem in the circuit or a failed control board. The 795 service manual sets the code when the fan sends back no running signal for 115 seconds. Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as Er If What to do when Er IF 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 Ice Maker Not Making Ice When the freezer is cold, the question is whether water is arriving — not whether the appliance can freeze. ### 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 models whose number starts 795 (built by LG) with an ice compartment in the door; Er IF is on the Sears chart and in the 795.7756x service manual. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Er IF on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Look at the model label: Er IF has this meaning on refrigerators numbered 795. 02 Check the ice compartment for ice or frost packed around the fan cover, since a blocked fan is the first cause Sears names. 03 Book a visit if the compartment is clear and Er IF still returns. ### 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 IF is not the freezer's main fan. That one has its own code, Er FF, on the same chart. ## What you may notice with it. The refrigerator problems Er IF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Ice Maker Not Making Ice](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-not-making-ice/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-not-making-ice/) It also comes with - [**Refrigerator Showing an Error Code**](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/) Problem ### Ice Maker Not Making Ice 6 causes, cheapest first Where Er IF 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/) [Er FF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-ff/) [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/) [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 IF The fan for the ice compartment 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 models whose number starts 795 (built by LG) with an ice compartment in the door; Er IF is on the Sears chart and in the 795.7756x service manual. ## Kenmore Er IF refrigerator repair, where we come out. 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Look at the model label: Er IF has this meaning on refrigerators numbered 795. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Can I clear Er IF on my Kenmore by removing ice around the fan? Possibly, because a blocked fan is the first cause Sears names. If the ice compartment is clear and Er IF still returns, the fan motor, its wiring or the control board needs checking. ### Is Er IF the same as the freezer fan code on my Kenmore? No, Er IF is the fan that blows cold air into the ice compartment. The freezer's main fan has its own code, Er FF. --- **[Read on the site: Kenmore refrigerator showing Er IF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-er-if/)** **[Book a visit with RefrigeratorRepair.center](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/schedule/)**