Whirlpool refrigerator
showing PO
A power-outage alert, not a failure.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Whirlpool
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What PO
actually means.
A power-outage alert, not a failure. The refrigerator lost power for long enough that the freezer warmed to 18°F or above, and it is telling you so. What it carries is information about the food.
Whirlpool refrigerator display
What to do when PO 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
Judge the food before clearing anything: how long the power was out, and what was in the freezer.
Shows up asRefrigerator Showing an Error Code
A code narrows the search, but only the manufacturer's own table gives it meaning.
MakeWhirlpool
The most widely installed freestanding refrigeration in American kitchens.
SourceWhirlpool product help: PO error code
Documented for Whirlpool French door bottom-freezer and side-by-side models with a display.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for PO on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Judge the food before clearing anything: how long the power was out, and what was in the freezer.
Press the button under the blinking Confirm to acknowledge the alert — which button that is depends on the model.
If the unit does not come back to temperature afterwards, that is a separate problem and worth a visit.
Cleared?
Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem.
What not to do
Do not clear the alert before reading it. It is the one record of how warm the freezer got.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems PO tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
All problems
Refrigerator Showing an Error Code
5 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 guidesWhirlpool
refrigerators.
The most widely installed freestanding refrigeration in American kitchens.
Whirlpool refrigerator repairMore Whirlpool codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
In Whirlpool's own words
The Power Outage indicator lets you know if the power supply to the refrigerator has been off and the freezer temperature has risen to 18°F (-8°C) or higher.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Documented for Whirlpool French door bottom-freezer and side-by-side models with a display.
Whirlpool PO 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
about PO.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing PO?
Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.