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.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Sensor circuit
- Controls and sensors
- Source: LG
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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 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 asRefrigerator Freezing Food
Lettuce frozen solid and milk with ice in it, in a compartment that is not supposed to freeze.
MakeLG
French door refrigeration with linear compressors and heavily instrumented controls.
SourceLG 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.
Check whether the fresh-food side is too warm or too cold, and keep an eye on the food.
Have the full model number ready when you book.
Book a visit — this one is a sensor or its wiring.
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
Refrigerator Freezing Food
5 causes, cheapest first
Where ER rS usually leads
Controls and sensors.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesLG
refrigerators.
French door refrigeration with linear compressors and heavily instrumented controls.
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In LG's own words
A rS error code indicates a short or disconnection of the refrigerator sensor.
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.
LG ER rS refrigerator repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about ER rS.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing ER rS?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.