Samsung refrigerator
showing 88 88
Samsung groups 88 88 with its voltage and power codes.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Communication
- Controls and sensors
- Source: Samsung
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What 88 88
actually means.
Samsung groups 88 88 with its voltage and power codes. On its own it means a communication problem that can follow a power disruption while the refrigerator was starting up. The related 83E, 85E and 86E point at abnormal current, low voltage and high voltage reaching the compressor, typically after a surge or brown-out.
Samsung refrigerator display · also shown as 83E, 85E, 86E
What to do when 88 88 shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeCommunication
Two boards that stopped hearing each other — the main control and the display, or the inverter. A harness is checked before a board.
Usually leads toControls and sensors
A refrigerator cools to what it believes the temperature is, and a sensor reading wrong is obeyed perfectly.
Shows up asRefrigerator Control Panel Not Responding
Buttons do nothing, the display is blank or frozen, or settings will not hold.
MakeSamsung
French door refrigeration with large displays, flexible compartments and complex ice systems.
SourceSamsung US support: refrigerator error codes
Samsung lists 88 88 together with 83E, 85E and 86E under one heading; which one appears depends on the model and on what the power did.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for 88 88 on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Switch the refrigerator off at the breaker, or unplug it, for 60 seconds and then restore power.
Note whether there was a storm, an outage or a flickering light around the time it appeared.
If the code comes back after the restart, book a visit.
What not to do
Do not keep cycling the power over and over. Samsung's instruction is one 60-second restart; if the code returns, the next step is a visit.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problem 88 88 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
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Where 88 88 usually leads
Controls and sensors.
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before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
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refrigerators.
French door refrigeration with large displays, flexible compartments and complex ice systems.
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Communication on other makes
In Samsung's own words
88 88: Communication Fault This error can occur if power is disrupted during bootup.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Samsung lists 88 88 together with 83E, 85E and 86E under one heading; which one appears depends on the model and on what the power did.
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