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showing ES
ES is a dispenser failure on the Trio.
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What ES
actually means.
ES is a dispenser failure on the Trio. Sears describes the telltale sign: the indicator cycles through Water, Crushed Ice and Cubed Ice on its own because the Water/Ice button is stuck. If the button cannot be freed, the user interface board is replaced.
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What to do when ES shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeService indication
A light or a message asking for a visit. It says that something wants attention, not what, so the visit starts with a diagnosis.
Usually leads toDiagnostic visit
The visit that decides what the repair actually is, before any part is ordered.
Shows up asRefrigerator Water Dispenser Not Working
No water, slow water, or water that tastes wrong — three different problems sharing one button.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 111 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)
Kenmore bottom-freezer Trio models whose number starts 111; ES is the dispenser code in the diagnostic mode.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for ES on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm the 111 prefix on the model label; ES on this family refers to the dispenser.
Watch the dispenser panel for the selection lights stepping through Water, Crushed Ice and Cubed Ice by themselves.
Press around the Water/Ice button in several spots to free it if it is stuck.
Book a visit if the button stays stuck or ES keeps showing.
What not to do
ES is not a water supply code. The chart ties it to the dispenser button and the board behind it.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems ES tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
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ES Dispenser failure
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore bottom-freezer Trio models whose number starts 111; ES is the dispenser code in the diagnostic mode.
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Questions
about ES.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing ES?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.