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title: "Kenmore refrigerator showing i5 Lo or i5 Hi"
description: "What i5 Lo or i5 Hi 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-i5-111/"
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# Kenmore refrigerator showing i5 Lo or i5 Hi

i5 Lo or i5 Hi reports the ice maker's temperature sensor on the Trio bottom-freezer.

## What i5 Lo or i5 Hi actually means.

i5 Lo or i5 Hi reports the ice maker's temperature sensor on the Trio bottom-freezer. The sensor is built into the ice maker and is not sold separately, so once the wiring between ice maker and control board checks out, Sears calls for a new ice maker.

Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as i5 Lo, i5 Hi

What to do when i5 Lo or i5 Hi shows on the refrigerator

### Kind of code Sensor 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 to Controls and sensors

A refrigerator cools to what it believes the temperature is, and a sensor reading wrong is obeyed perfectly.

### 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 111 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)

Kenmore bottom-freezer Trio models whose number starts 111; i5 Lo and i5 Hi come from the control's diagnostic mode.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for i5 Lo or i5 Hi on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Check that the model label starts 111; the i5 reading applies to the bottom-freezer Trio models.

02

Use trays or bagged ice while the ice maker is out of action.

03

Book a visit so the wiring to the ice maker is ruled out before the ice maker is replaced.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [controls and sensors](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/controls-and-sensors/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

i5 is not a water supply code. The chart puts it on the ice maker's own sensor.

## What you may notice with it.

The refrigerator problems i5 Lo or i5 Hi 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 i5 Lo or i5 Hi usually leads

## Controls and sensors.

**Control board · moderate.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/controls-and-sensors/)

## Read these before the visit.

Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.

[All guides](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/guides/)

What you can check yourself

### Five observations that narrow a refrigerator problem down before anyone visits

What you can check yourself

### Where the model number hides, and why nothing works without it

Error codes

### All 247 codes, by make

## Kenmore refrigerators.

A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers.

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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)

Sensor circuit on other makes

[Samsung 5E](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/samsung-5e/) [LG ER rS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-er-rs/) [Sub-Zero 10 R 00](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-10-r-00/) [Viking E3](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/viking-e3/) [Gaggenau Sensor fault](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/gaggenau-sensor-warning/) [Miele F114](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/miele-f114/) [U-Line Zone T Open](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/u-line-zone-t-open/) [Frigidaire OP](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-op/)

[All 32 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor-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

> i5 Lo or i5 Hi Ice maker temperature sensor failure

[Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 111 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Nov 2019)](https://web.archive.org/web/20191119031439/https://www.searspartsdirect.com/diy/error-codes/refrigerator-repair/1234589/kenmore-111-model-bottom-freezer-refrigerator/0582)

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; i5 Lo and i5 Hi come from the control's diagnostic mode.

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## Questions about i5 Lo or i5 Hi.

### Can I clear i5 Lo or i5 Hi myself?

Check that the model label starts 111; the i5 reading applies to the bottom-freezer Trio models. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Why would i5 on my Kenmore Trio mean a new ice maker?

The ice maker's temperature sensor is built into the ice maker and is not sold on its own. Once the wiring checks out, Sears calls for the whole ice maker.

### Does i5 on a Kenmore 111 mean a water supply problem?

No, the chart ties i5 to the ice maker's own sensor. Trays or bagged ice will cover you until the repair.

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