LG refrigerator
showing Sb
Sb is Sabbath mode, a setting for the Jewish Sabbath and holidays.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: LG
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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 refrigeratorKind of codeMode, 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 toNo repair
Check whether the compartments are cold; in this mode they should be.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
MakeLG
French door refrigeration with linear compressors and heavily instrumented controls.
SourceLG 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.
Check whether the compartments are cold; in this mode they should be.
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).
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
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.
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.
LG refrigerator repairMore LG codes
All 14 LG codesMode, not a failure on other makes
In LG's own words
Selecting the sabath mode automatically turns off the alarm functions and the dispenser is also disabled.
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.
LG Sb 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
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Sb?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.