Liebherr refrigerator
showing Two dashes (- -)
The freezer display only shows a number once the temperature is below freezing.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Liebherr
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What Two dashes (- -)
actually means.
The freezer display only shows a number once the temperature is below freezing. Until then it shows two dashes. That is normal on a newly started freezer, and it can also happen after a power failure. Liebherr says it takes three to five hours to reach freezing, depending on the room.
Liebherr refrigerator display · also shown as - -, --
What to do when Two dashes (- -) 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
If the freezer was just started or the power just came back, wait three to five hours.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
MakeLiebherr
Refrigeration specialists: columns, integrated units and wine cabinets, with no cooking line at all.
SourceLiebherr Use and Care Manual, NoFrost combined refrigerator-freezer CS 1640 (7082 481-01), Liebherr service document PDF
Documented in Liebherr's manual for the CS 1640 NoFrost combined refrigerator-freezer. Other Liebherr models use different controls.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Liebherr's own guidance for Two dashes (- -) on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
If the freezer was just started or the power just came back, wait three to five hours.
Keep the door closed so the freezer can get down to temperature.
If the dashes are still there well past that time, check the not-cold-enough causes in the manual and then call customer service.
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 an error code. The dashes only mean the freezer is not below freezing yet.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems Two dashes (- -) 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 guidesLiebherr
refrigerators.
Refrigeration specialists: columns, integrated units and wine cabinets, with no cooking line at all.
Liebherr refrigerator repair
Built-in refrigerator
Flush with the cabinets, serviced from the front, and almost always repaired rather than replaced.
Refrigerator column
Separate refrigerator and freezer towers, each with its own sealed system — so a failure stays on one side.
Undercounter refrigerator
A single 15 to 24 inch unit under the worktop — front-vented, tightly enclosed, and easily starved of air.
In Liebherr's own words
When initially starting the freezer it will not be below freezing.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Documented in Liebherr's manual for the CS 1640 NoFrost combined refrigerator-freezer. Other Liebherr models use different controls.
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Still showing Two dashes (- -)?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.