Samsung refrigerator
showing 85C
85C appears on the Family Hub screen when the refrigerator saw low voltage on its power supply.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Samsung
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What 85C
actually means.
85C appears on the Family Hub screen when the refrigerator saw low voltage on its power supply. Samsung says a brief outage can cause it and calls it harmless. Nothing has failed.
Samsung refrigerator display
What to do when 85C 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
Press and hold OK on the screen for three seconds to clear it.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
MakeSamsung
French door refrigeration with large displays, flexible compartments and complex ice systems.
SourceSamsung US support: refrigerator error codes
Family Hub models.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for 85C on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press and hold OK on the screen for three seconds to clear it.
Check the compartments are cold if the outage was more than momentary.
If it keeps coming back, mention it to Samsung support along with your model number.
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 85E. 85E is the compressor under-voltage code in Samsung's power group and calls for a restart and, if it returns, service.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems 85C 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 guidesSamsung
refrigerators.
French door refrigeration with large displays, flexible compartments and complex ice systems.
Samsung refrigerator repairMore Samsung codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
In Samsung's own words
This could be caused by a brief power outage. It is harmless, and can be cleared by pressing OK for 3 seconds.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Family Hub models.
Samsung 85C refrigerator repair,
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Questions
about 85C.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing 85C?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.