Kenmore refrigerator
showing Power Fail
The power fail alert on a 253.7034 or 7044 French door lights after the electricity has been off.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Kenmore
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What Power Fail
actually means.
The power fail alert on a 253.7034 or 7044 French door lights after the electricity has been off. Other modes may stay off until you acknowledge it with Alarm Reset, and the High Temp indicator can stay lit too until the cabinet is back in a safe range.
Kenmore refrigerator display · also shown as Power Failure, Power fail alert
What to do when Power Fail shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeMode, not a failure
A setting somebody chose, or an alert it raised on purpose — a showroom mode, a door or power alarm. Nothing has broken and no part is needed.
Usually leads toNo repair
Confirm the model label starts 253 before following these steps.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
MakeKenmore
A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers.
SourceKenmore 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 guide describes an indicator, not a letter code such as PF.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Power Fail on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm the model label starts 253 before following these steps.
Press Alarm Reset to acknowledge the alert and let the refrigerator return to normal operation.
Judge the food by how long the power was off and whether the High Temp indicator came on.
Book a visit only if the cabinet will not cool back down once the alert is cleared.
Cleared?
Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem.
What not to do
The power fail alert does not mean a part inside the refrigerator broke. It records that the house supply was interrupted.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems Power Fail tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Refrigerator Not Cooling
7 causes, cheapest first
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
A setting somebody chose, or an alert it raised on purpose — a showroom mode, a door or power alarm. Nothing has broken and no part is needed.
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
In the event of a power failure, the power fail alert will be illuminated. Press alarm reset to acknowledge the alarm.
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 guide describes an indicator, not a letter code such as PF.
Kenmore Power Fail refrigerator repair,
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Questions
about Power Fail.
Can I clear Power Fail myself?
Why do some features stay off after a power failure on my Kenmore 253?
Does the power fail alert on my Kenmore mean something broke?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Power Fail?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.