Kenmore refrigerator
showing Er rS
Er rS points at the sensor that tells the control how cold the fresh food side is.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
- Source: Kenmore
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What Er rS
actually means.
Er rS points at the sensor that tells the control how cold the fresh food side is. Sears lists the sensor, its wiring and the connectors between them as the places to look. With that reading gone, the fresh food side can drift too warm or too cold.
Kenmore refrigerator display
What to do when Er rS shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeSensor circuit
A temperature sensor reading outside its range, or the wiring to it. The reading is confirmed with a meter before any part is ordered.
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 Freezing Food
Lettuce frozen solid and milk with ice in it, in a compartment that is not supposed to freeze.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021)
Kenmore and Kenmore Elite models whose number starts 795 (built by LG); Er rS appears on the Sears 795 chart and in the 795.7756x service manual.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Er rS on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Look at the number on the label inside the fresh food compartment; this meaning of Er rS belongs to models starting 795.
Check the fresh food side with a thermometer twice a day while you wait, and move milk and meat elsewhere if it climbs past 40°F.
Book a visit so the rS sensor lead can be traced back to the main board.
What not to do
Turning the fresh food setting colder will not fix Er rS. The control cannot act on a setting when it cannot read the compartment.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems Er rS tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Refrigerator Freezing Food
5 causes, cheapest first
Where Er rS usually leads
Controls and sensors.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
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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 rS appears on the Sears 795 chart and in the 795.7756x service manual.
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Still showing Er rS?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.