Kenmore refrigerator
showing F dS
F dS is about the small sensor on the freezer coil that tells the control when a defrost has melted enough frost.
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- Sensor circuit
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What F dS
actually means.
F dS is about the small sensor on the freezer coil that tells the control when a defrost has melted enough frost. Sears lists a short in that sensor or a wiring problem. The part sits on a controller assembly that also carries the defrost fuse, according to the same Sears page.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as Er dS
What to do when F dS 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 asFrost Building Up in the Refrigerator
Ice on the back wall, around the door, or over the whole freezer — and each location means something different.
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SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021)
Kenmore models whose number starts 795 (built by LG); the 795.7756x service manual prints the defrost sensor code as Er dS.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for F dS on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm on the model label that the number starts 795 before reading anything more into F dS.
Check the back wall of the freezer for a white sheet of frost, which tells a technician the coil has already started to ice.
Book a visit before frost builds far enough to choke the air leaving the freezer.
What not to do
F dS is not the same as F dH. This one reports the sensor's circuit, while F dH reports a defrost that ran and failed to warm the coil.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems F dS tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where F dS 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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In Kenmore's own words
F dS Freezer defrost sensor Check/Repair Sensor short or wiring problem
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); the 795.7756x service manual prints the defrost sensor code as Er dS.
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Still showing F dS?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.