--- title: "Kenmore refrigerator showing r dS" description: "What r dS 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-r-ds/" --- # Kenmore refrigerator showing r dS r dS is the fresh food twin of F dS: the defrost sensor on the coil that cools the fresh food side has shorted or its wiring has failed. ## What r dS actually means. r dS is the fresh food twin of F dS: the defrost sensor on the coil that cools the fresh food side has shorted or its wiring has failed. With that reading missing, the control has no way to judge when a defrost on that coil is finished. Kenmore refrigerator display What to do when r dS 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 Frost Building Up in the Refrigerator Ice on the back wall, around the door, or over the whole freezer — and each location means something different. ### Make Kenmore A retail badge on appliances built by several different manufacturers. ### Source Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021) Kenmore and Kenmore Elite models whose number starts 795 (built by LG), bottom-freezer and French door; r dS is listed on the Sears 795 page. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for r dS on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Read the model number on the label; r dS has this meaning on units numbered 795. 02 Look for frost on the rear wall of the fresh food section and note whether it is spreading. 03 Book a visit and mention that the code begins with r, which points the technician to the fresh food side. ### 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 r dS is not a freezer code. The lowercase r at the front puts it on the fresh food side of the cabinet. ## What you may notice with it. The refrigerator problems r dS tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Frost Building Up in the Refrigerator](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/frost-buildup/) [All 4 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/frost-buildup/) It also comes with - [**Fresh Food Section Warm, Freezer Cold**](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/fresh-food-warm-freezer-cold/) Problem ### Frost Building Up in the Refrigerator 4 causes, cheapest first Where r dS 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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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 > r dS Refrigerator defrost sensor Check/Repair Sensor short or wiring problem [Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021)](https://web.archive.org/web/20210125062551/https://www.searspartsdirect.com/diy/error-codes/refrigerator-repair/1234589/kenmore-795-model-bottom-freezer-refrigerator/0582) [Kenmore Elite 795.7756x service manual, LG Electronics circuit diagram (archive.org copy)](https://archive.org/details/Kenmore_795.775626_Refrigerator_User_Manual) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore and Kenmore Elite models whose number starts 795 (built by LG), bottom-freezer and French door; r dS is listed on the Sears 795 page. ## Kenmore r dS refrigerator repair, where we come out. 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Read the model number on the label; r dS has this meaning on units numbered 795. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Why does r dS on my Kenmore start with a lowercase r? The r places the code on the fresh food side, so it concerns the defrost sensor on that section's coil. It is not a freezer code. ### What happens if I leave r dS on my Kenmore unrepaired? The control has no reliable way to tell when a defrost on the fresh food coil has finished. Frost on the back wall of the fresh food section is worth watching and mentioning when you book. --- **[Read on the site: Kenmore refrigerator showing r dS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-r-ds/)** **[Book a visit with RefrigeratorRepair.center](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/schedule/)**