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title: "LG refrigerator showing ER rS | RefrigeratorRepair.center"
description: "What ER rS means on LG refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-er-rs/"
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# LG refrigerator showing ER rS

The temperature sensor in the fresh-food compartment is shorted or disconnected, so the board no longer knows how cold that side is.

## What ER rS actually means.

The temperature sensor in the fresh-food compartment is shorted or disconnected, so the board no longer knows how cold that side is. LG gives no owner fix for it.

LG refrigerator display · also shown as E rS, rS

What to do when ER rS 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 Refrigerator Freezing Food

Lettuce frozen solid and milk with ice in it, in a compartment that is not supposed to freeze.

### Make LG

French door refrigeration with linear compressors and heavily instrumented controls.

### Source LG US support: refrigerator error code list (archived January 2025)

LG uses FS for the freezer sensor and F dS or r dS for the defrost sensors; the prefix varies by model.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from LG's own guidance for ER rS on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Check whether the fresh-food side is too warm or too cold, and keep an eye on the food.

02

Have the full model number ready when you book.

03

Book a visit — this one is a sensor or its wiring.

### 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

Do not keep adjusting the temperature setting. The board cannot act on a setting while it cannot read the compartment.

## What you may notice with it.

The refrigerator problems ER rS tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.

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

Before you call

### [Refrigerator Freezing Food](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-too-cold/)

[All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-too-cold/)

It also comes with

- [**Refrigerator Not Cooling**](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-not-cooling/)

Problem

### Refrigerator Freezing Food

5 causes, cheapest first

Where ER rS 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

## LG refrigerators.

French door refrigeration with linear compressors and heavily instrumented controls.

[LG refrigerator repair](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/brands/lg/)

More LG codes

[dH](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-dh/) [ER IF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-er-if/) [ER FF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-er-ff/) [ER rF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-er-rf/) [ER CO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-er-co/) [OF F](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-of-f/) [CF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-cf/) [FS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-fs/) [dS](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-ds/) [rT](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-rt/) [Sb](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-sb/) [C1](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-c1/)

[All 14 LG codes](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#codes-lg)

Sensor circuit on other makes

[Samsung 5E](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/samsung-5e/) [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/) [Bertazzoni E1](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/bertazzoni-e1/)

[All 49 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor-circuit)

LG 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.

LG 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 LG's own words

> A rS error code indicates a short or disconnection of the refrigerator sensor.

[LG US support: refrigerator error code list (archived January 2025)](https://web.archive.org/web/20250117230657/https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-library/lg-refrigerator-error-code-list--1441392048805)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. LG uses FS for the freezer sensor and F dS or r dS for the defrost sensors; the prefix varies by model.

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## Questions about ER rS.

### Can I clear ER rS myself?

Check whether the fresh-food side is too warm or too cold, and keep an eye on the food. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Is there anything I can do at home about ER rS on my LG?

LG offers no owner fix, because the sensor or its wiring is shorted or disconnected. Keep an eye on the food and book a visit with the model number handy.

### Why does changing the temperature not help with LG ER rS?

The board can no longer read the fresh-food compartment, so it has nothing to compare a new setting against. Adjusting the dial just adds guesswork until the sensor circuit is repaired.

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