--- title: "Whirlpool refrigerator showing Temperature Alarm" description: "What Temperature Alarm means on Whirlpool refrigerators, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-temperature-alarm/" --- # Whirlpool refrigerator showing Temperature Alarm The refrigerator has stayed above 48°F, or the freezer above 15°F, for more than an hour and a half. ## What Temperature Alarm actually means. The refrigerator has stayed above 48°F, or the freezer above 15°F, for more than an hour and a half. The beeping stops on its own once the cabinet cools back down, but the light keeps flashing until someone presses Alarm, so a flashing light can mean the warm spell has already passed. If the temperature never comes back down, the cabinet is not keeping up and food is at risk. Whirlpool refrigerator display · also shown as Over Temperature What to do when Temperature Alarm shows on the refrigerator ### Kind of code Service indication A light or a message asking for a visit. It says that something wants attention, not what, so the visit starts with a diagnosis. ### Usually leads to Diagnostic visit The visit that decides what the repair actually is, before any part is ordered. ### Shows up as Refrigerator Showing an Error Code A code narrows the search, but only the manufacturer's own table gives it meaning. ### Make Whirlpool The most widely installed freestanding refrigeration in American kitchens. ### Source Whirlpool Product Help (producthelp.whirlpool.com): Temperature Alarm - Refrigerator The 48°F / 15°F thresholds and 1½-hour delay are the ones Whirlpool gives for its full-size French door and side-by-side models. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for Temperature Alarm on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Check the food first: anything in the fresh food side that sat above 40°F for hours should be judged before it is eaten. 02 Think back over the last few hours for an outage, a door left open or a big grocery load, any of which can trigger it without a failure. 03 Press Alarm to clear the light, then watch whether the temperature returns to normal over the next few hours. 04 If it stays warm or the alarm returns, book a visit and describe how long it has been running warm. ### Still there? It usually turns into [diagnostic visit](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do It is not a reminder or a mode. It reports that the cabinet actually got warm, and it does not say why. ## What you may notice with it. The refrigerator problem Temperature Alarm tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Refrigerator Showing an Error Code](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/) [All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/problems/refrigerator-error-code/) Problem ### Refrigerator Showing an Error Code 5 causes, cheapest first Where Temperature Alarm usually leads ## Diagnostic visit. Book a visit [What the job involves](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/) ## Read these before the visit. Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper. [All guides](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/guides/) How not to need us ### The condenser, the grille, and the one job that prevents the most calls Why it is doing that ### A refrigerator that never stops running Error codes ### All 247 codes, by make ## Whirlpool refrigerators. The most widely installed freestanding refrigeration in American kitchens. 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Whirlpool 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 Whirlpool's own words > … the refrigerator temperature rises above 48°F (9°C) or the freezer temperature rises above 15°F (-9°C) for more than 1¹⁄₂ hours. [Whirlpool Product Help (producthelp.whirlpool.com): Temperature Alarm - Refrigerator](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Refrigeration/Full-Size_Refrigerators/French_Door_Bottom_Freezer_Refrigerator/Control_Concerns/Error_Codes%2C_Blinking%2C_Flashing_Lights/Blinking_Lights/Temperature_Alarm_-_Refrigerator) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. The 48°F / 15°F thresholds and 1½-hour delay are the ones Whirlpool gives for its full-size French door and side-by-side models. ## Whirlpool Temperature Alarm refrigerator repair, where we come out. 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Check the food first: anything in the fresh food side that sat above 40°F for hours should be judged before it is eaten. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Why is my Whirlpool alarm light flashing but the fridge is cold? The beeping stops once temperatures recover, but the light keeps flashing until Alarm is pressed. It may be reporting a warm spell that is already over, such as an outage. ### What triggers the Whirlpool Temperature Alarm? It sounds once the fresh food side passes 48°F, or the freezer passes 15°F, and stays there longer than 90 minutes. Judge food that sat above 40°F for hours before eating it. --- **[Read on the site: Whirlpool refrigerator showing Temperature Alarm](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-temperature-alarm/)** **[Book a visit with RefrigeratorRepair.center](https://refrigeratorrepair.center/schedule/)**