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title: "LG refrigerator showing Sb | RefrigeratorRepair.center"
description: "What Sb means on LG refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
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# LG refrigerator showing Sb

Sb is Sabbath mode, a setting for the Jewish Sabbath and holidays.

## What Sb actually means.

Sb is Sabbath mode, a setting for the Jewish Sabbath and holidays. While it is on, the alarms are silenced and the dispenser does not work, which can look like a breakdown. It switches itself off after 96 hours.

LG refrigerator display · also shown as S6, 5b, 56

What to do when Sb shows on the refrigerator

### Kind of code Mode, 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 to No repair

Check whether the compartments are cold; in this mode they should be.

### Shows up as Refrigerator Not Cooling

The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.

### Make LG

French door refrigeration with linear compressors and heavily instrumented controls.

### Source LG US support: refrigerator error code list (Wayback copy, Feb 2024)

The display may read Sb, S6, 5b or 56. The button combination varies by model.

## Before you book, in this order.

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

01

Check whether the compartments are cold; in this mode they should be.

02

Hold the button pair LG gives for your model to leave the mode (on the model LG describes, Freezer and Wi-Fi for three seconds).

03

If you are not sure which buttons apply, check the owner's manual for your model before pressing combinations at random.

### Cleared?

Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem.

### What not to do

It is not a sign of a failed dispenser or control panel. Nothing needs repairing.

## What you may notice with it.

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

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

Before you call

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

[All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-not-cooling/)

It also comes with

- [**Refrigerator Showing an Error Code**](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/)

Food safety applies

### 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.

[How to read what your refrigerator is telling you](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/)

## 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

### 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.

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

Mode, not a failure on other makes

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[All 82 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode)

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

> Selecting the sabath mode automatically turns off the alarm functions and the dispenser is also disabled.

[LG US support: refrigerator error code list (Wayback copy, Feb 2024)](https://web.archive.org/web/20240224143857/https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-library/lg-refrigerator-error-code-list--1441392048805) [LG US support: refrigerator error code list (Wayback copy, Feb 2024)](https://web.archive.org/web/20240224143857/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. The display may read Sb, S6, 5b or 56. The button combination varies by model.

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## Questions about Sb.

### Can I clear Sb myself?

Check whether the compartments are cold; in this mode they should be.

### Why does my LG dispenser not work while Sb is showing?

Sabbath mode disables the dispenser and silences the alarms on purpose. The compartments should still be cold, and the mode ends on its own after 96 hours.

### How do I get my LG out of Sb mode early?

Hold the button pair LG gives for your model; on the model LG describes it is Freezer and Wi-Fi for three seconds. Check the owner's manual rather than trying random combinations.

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