--- title: "Maytag refrigerator showing Demo | RefrigeratorRepair.center" description: "What Demo means on Maytag refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/maytag-demo/" --- # Maytag refrigerator showing Demo Demo, also called showroom mode, is for retail display: lights and display work, but cooling is disabled. ## What Demo actually means. Demo, also called showroom mode, is for retail display: lights and display work, but cooling is disabled. Temperatures will not drop even if you turn the setting down. Nothing is broken; the mode has to be switched off. Maytag refrigerator display · also shown as Showroom, Shwrm What to do when Demo 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 for the telltale signs: normal display and lights, warm compartments and very little compressor sound. ### Shows up as Refrigerator Not Cooling The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise. ### Make Maytag Freestanding refrigeration from the Whirlpool family, sold on durability. ### Source Maytag Product Help (producthelp.maytag.com): Demo Mode - Side by Side Refrigerator Only some Maytag models show Demo, Showroom or Shwrm; some side-by-side models run a showroom animation on the panel instead. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Maytag's own guidance for Demo on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Check for the telltale signs: normal display and lights, warm compartments and very little compressor sound. 02 Follow the exit steps in the owner's manual for your model number; they vary between models. 03 Allow several hours after leaving the mode before judging the temperature. 04 If you cannot find the steps, have the model number handy when you ask for help. ### Cleared? Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem. ### What not to do Do not treat it as a cooling failure or order parts for it. ## What you may notice with it. The refrigerator problems Demo 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 ## Maytag refrigerators. Freestanding refrigeration from the Whirlpool family, sold on durability. [Maytag refrigerator repair](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/brands/maytag/) More Maytag codes [PO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/maytag-po/) [Flashing F](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/maytag-flashing-f/) [Temperature Alarm](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/maytag-temperature-alarm/) [Door Ajar](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/maytag-door-ajar/) [COOLING OFF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/maytag-cooling-off/) Mode, not a failure on other makes [Samsung OF OF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/samsung-of-of/) [LG OF F](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/lg-of-f/) [Whirlpool PO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-po/) [KitchenAid PO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-po/) [GE PF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/ge-pf/) [Frigidaire PF](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-pf/) [Sub-Zero H2 LO](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-h2-lo/) [Viking CL](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/viking-cl/) [All 80 codes of this kind](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode) Maytag 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. Maytag 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 Maytag's own words > The display and interior lights work normally; some models may show “Demo,” “Showroom,” or “Shwrm.” [Maytag Product Help (producthelp.maytag.com): Demo Mode - Side by Side Refrigerator](https://producthelp.maytag.com/Refrigeration/Full-size_Refrigerators/Product_Info/Product_Assistance/Demo_Mode_-_Side_by_Side_Refrigerator) [Maytag Product Help (producthelp.maytag.com): Demo Mode - Side by Side Refrigerator](https://producthelp.maytag.com/Refrigeration/Full-size_Refrigerators/Product_Info/Product_Assistance/Demo_Mode_-_Side_by_Side_Refrigerator) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. 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