--- title: "Kenmore refrigerator showing High Temp" description: "What High Temp 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-high-temp-253/" --- # Kenmore refrigerator showing High Temp High Temp on a 253.7034 or 7044 French door lights when the freezer reaches 26°F or the fresh food side reaches 55°F; the alarm sounds and the temperature flashes. ## What High Temp actually means. High Temp on a 253.7034 or 7044 French door lights when the freezer reaches 26°F or the fresh food side reaches 55°F; the alarm sounds and the temperature flashes. The Set key silences the tone, but the indicator stays lit until that compartment is colder than its threshold again. Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as High Temp alarm What to do when High Temp shows on the refrigerator ### Kind of code Service 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 to Diagnostic visit The visit that decides what the repair actually is, before any part is ordered. ### Shows up as Refrigerator Not Cooling The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise. ### Make Kenmore A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers. ### Source Kenmore 253.7034 / 7044 French door use & care guide (archive.org copy) Kenmore French door models whose number starts 253.7034 or 253.7044 (built by Frigidaire); the 26°F and 55°F limits are the ones in their guide. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for High Temp on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Check the model label shows 253; these two thresholds come from that family's guide. 02 Close every door firmly and look for anything holding one open. 03 Sort perishables by how long they may have sat above 40°F. 04 Book a visit if High Temp keeps returning with the doors closed. ### Still there? It usually turns into [diagnostic visit](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do Pressing Set only quiets the alarm. It does not mean the compartment has cooled down. ## What you may notice with it. The refrigerator problems High Temp tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Refrigerator Not Cooling](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-not-cooling/) [All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-not-cooling/) It also comes with - [**Refrigerator Door Not Sealing**](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/door-not-sealing/) Food safety applies ### Refrigerator Not Cooling 7 causes, cheapest first Where High Temp usually leads ## Diagnostic visit. Book a visit [What the job involves](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/) ## Read these before the visit. Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper. [All guides](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/guides/) Is this dangerous, and is the food still good ### What to do with the food when the refrigerator fails How not to need us ### Door seals, checked twice a year Error codes ### All 247 codes, by make ## Kenmore refrigerators. A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers. 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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 > If the freezer temperature reaches 26°F or greater, the alarm will sound and the temperature will flash. [Kenmore 253.7034 / 7044 French door use & care guide (archive.org copy)](https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7020886) [Kenmore 253.7034 / 7044 French door use & care guide (archive.org copy)](https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7020886) [Kenmore 253.7034 / 7044 French door use & care guide (archive.org copy)](https://archive.org/details/manualzilla-id-7020886) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore French door models whose number starts 253.7034 or 253.7044 (built by Frigidaire); the 26°F and 55°F limits are the ones in their guide. ## Kenmore High Temp refrigerator repair, where we come out. 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Check the model label shows 253; these two thresholds come from that family's guide. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### At what temperatures does High Temp come on on my Kenmore 253? The guide sets the limits at 26°F for the freezer and 55°F for the fresh food side. At either point the alarm sounds and the temperature flashes. ### Why is High Temp still lit on my Kenmore after I pressed Set? Set only silences the tone; the indicator stays until that compartment drops below its threshold again. If High Temp keeps coming back with the doors closed, book a visit. --- **[Read on the site: Kenmore refrigerator showing High Temp](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-high-temp-253/)** **[Book a visit with RefrigeratorRepair.center](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/schedule/)**