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.
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- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
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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.
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What to do when r 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 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.
Read the model number on the label; r dS has this meaning on units numbered 795.
Look for frost on the rear wall of the fresh food section and note whether it is spreading.
Book a visit and mention that the code begins with r, which points the technician to the fresh food side.
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
Where r 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
r dS Refrigerator 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 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.
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Questions
about r dS.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing r 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.