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Frigidaire Refrigerator Error Codes

All Frigidaire refrigerator error codes with step-by-step troubleshooting, multimeter specs, and OEM part numbers.

52 error codes

CodeMeaning
BEEPINGYour fridge is basically saying something crossed a line. Either the temp climbed above 55°F, the door sensor stopped registering a closed door, or the control board caught a power interruption. It's the board's way of flagging a problem before your food goes bad.
moderateeasy
BEEPING-3-TIMESThe 3-beep sequence is the fridge's notification alarm telling you one of three things: the door's been hanging open too long, the internal temp climbed above the safe threshold, or a power failure happened and it needs acknowledgment. The board won't quit until you tell it you got the message.
moderateeasy
BEEPING-AFTER-POWER-OUTAGEThe refrigerator's control board logged a power interruption or high-temperature event. The beeping's an audible alert waiting for you to acknowledge it, basically the fridge's way of making sure you know the power went out and you've thought about whether your food's still safe.
moderateeasy
BLINKING-GREENThe green light blinks when the internal temp climbs above 21°F. The control board's monitoring temperature constantly, and when it can't keep things cold enough, it trips this alert so you know something's wrong before your food turns. Could be airflow, could be the cooling system itself.
highintermediate
CECE means the main control board and the user interface board in the door can't communicate. They're supposed to talk back and forth constantly to sync settings and display status. When that data line drops, the CE code fires and the display either goes haywire or locks up entirely.
moderateintermediate
COOLING-ISSUEThe fridge isn't maintaining safe food temps because cold air can't circulate from the freezer side to the fresh food section. That happens when frost chokes off the evaporator coils, the fan dies, airflow gets physically blocked, or in worse cases the sealed refrigerant system itself is leaking or failing.
highintermediate
EPTWFU01The EPTWFU01 (PureSource Ultra II) water filter is the primary filtration component for the GRSS2652AF, responsible for removing lead, pesticides, and chlorine from your drinking water and ice.
loweasy
EPTWFU01The EPTWFU01, which Frigidaire also calls the PureSource Ultra II, is a carbon block cartridge that sits in the top right corner of your fresh food compartment. It scrubs out lead, chlorine, cysts, and pesticides from your tap water before it hits your glass or ice molds.
moderateeasy
F3F3 means a temperature sensor has failed or is sending readings so far off that the control board won't trust them. The sensor's either open circuit, shorted, or reading something obviously wrong like 150 degrees inside a cold fridge.
moderateintermediate
FILTER-REPLACEThe water filter is either reaching the end of its life, improperly installed, or the housing has a mechanical failure preventing proper flow to the dispenser and ice maker. Basically, water can't push through fast enough to fill a glass or make full ice cubes.
loweasy
FPPWFU01The FPPWFU01 is the push-in PurePour Connect filter that sits in the upper right corner of your fresh food compartment. It uses activated carbon to pull chlorine, sediment, and trace contaminants out of your water. The 'Connect' part means there's an RFID chip inside that talks to your fridge's control board to track filter age automatically.
moderatebeginner
FRIG-COOL-GUIDEThe fridge isn't maintaining temp in one or both compartments. Something in the refrigeration loop, the fans, the defrost system, or the sensors is broken and the cooling cycle either can't run or can't move cold air where it needs to go.
highintermediate
FRSS26L3AF0-WATER-FILTERThe water filter is a replaceable carbon cartridge that physically traps contaminants, sediment, lead, and chlorine from your incoming water supply before it hits your glass or ice maker. When it's clogged, water pressure drops and nothing downstream works right.
loweasy
H1H1 on a Frigidaire refrigerator means the internal temperature has risen above the safe threshold. This is a temperature alarm, not necessarily a component fault. H1 is the most common Frigidaire fridge code.
moderatebeginner
H1The H1 code is a high temperature alert indicating the freezer has risen above 26 degrees Fahrenheit or the fresh food section has exceeded 55 degrees Fahrenheit for an extended period.
highintermediate
HIThe fridge's control board monitors cabinet air temp constantly and fires this alert the moment it climbs above the safe threshold, usually above 55°F in the fresh food section or above 26°F in the freezer. Something caused the inside to get warm, and now the board's telling you about it.
moderatebeginner
HIThe HI error fires when the thermistor detects the temperature climbed above 55°F long enough that the board decided to flag it. Either the fresh food section, the freezer, or both got too warm. The unit isn't broken yet, but it's telling you something's off with the cooling cycle.
moderatebeginner
HIThe freezer temperature climbed above 26 degrees Fahrenheit, which is the threshold Frigidaire set for the high-temp alarm. The board's not broken and the sensor isn't necessarily bad. It's just saying: hey, something let warm air in or stopped the cold air from moving around the way it should.
moderatebeginner
HOHO stands for High Temp. The control board is seeing that your freezer climbed above 26°F and stayed there long enough to trigger the warning. It's the fridge saying 'hey, something's wrong in here' before your ice cream turns into soup and your meat starts going bad.
moderatebeginner
HOW-TO-RESETA system reset reboots the refrigerator's electronic control board to clear temporary software glitches, frozen displays, or persistent error codes after a power event.
low
HUBThese are Frigidaire's built-in diagnostic alerts. H1 fires when the cabinet temp climbs above the safe threshold. F3 means a thermistor or sensor has gone open or shorted. CE is a communication error between the control board and another component, usually the evaporator fan motor or the compressor inverter board.
moderatebeginner
MINI-COOL-FAILA cooling failure in a Frigidaire compact refrigerator usually means the compressor can't start due to a failed relay, the thermostat's not sending signal, or the condenser coils are so clogged the compressor keeps shutting itself off from overheating.
moderatebeginner
OFF-MODEOff mode is a manual setting on Frigidaire refrigerators that shuts down the cooling system including the compressor and fans while maintaining power to the interior lights and control display.
lowbeginner
PFPF stands for Power Failure. The control board detected that incoming voltage dropped to zero and came back. It's not a malfunction code, it's basically the fridge saying 'hey, power went out, just so you know.' Nothing inside broke to trigger this.
lowbeginner
PFPF stands for Power Failure. The control board detected that incoming power got cut or dropped below the threshold it needs to stay running. Could've been a split second, could've been 8 hours. The board doesn't know how long, it just knows it happened.
lowbeginner
PFPF stands for Power Failure. It means the control board lost its 120V supply and then got it back. The fridge is basically saying 'hey, something happened while you weren't looking.' It's not broken, it just wants you to acknowledge the event before it goes back to showing temperatures.
lowbeginner
PFPF stands for Power Failure. The control board monitors the incoming 120V supply constantly, and the second it drops out or gets interrupted, even for just a half second, it logs it and throws this code on the display so you know it happened.
lowbeginner
PFPF means Power Failure. Plain and simple. The control board lost voltage, came back online, and it's now waving a flag so you know the cooling cycle got interrupted. It won't go away by itself because Frigidaire designed it to stay until you physically clear it.
lowbeginner
PF-POYour Frigidaire's control board saw the 120V power get cut and then come back. It stores that event and throws up PF or PO so you know to check food temps. The fridge didn't break, it just logged an interruption. PF is Power Failure, PO is Power Outage. Same deal, different model generation.
loweasy
POWER-OUTAGEThe refrigerator has detected a loss of incoming voltage. It may be in a safety lockout mode (PF code), or a component like the start relay or control board may have been damaged by a voltage spike when the power returned.
higheasy
PROBLEMSBasically this covers the most common ways Frigidaire refrigerators break down. Cooling problems, ice maker failures, weird noises, water leaks. These things fail in pretty predictable patterns, and once you know what to look for, you can usually nail the cause before you even pull a panel.
moderatebeginner
PUREPOUR-PW-1The PurePour PW-1 (part number FPPWFU01) is a push-lock carbon block filter sitting in the upper right corner of your fridge compartment. It cleans water going to both the door dispenser and the ice maker. When the carbon inside gets saturated, it can't trap chlorine, lead, or sediment anymore and the flow slows to a trickle.
loweasy
PUREPOUR-PWF-1The PurePour PWF-1 (FPPWFU01) is the specific filtration cartridge designed for your Frigidaire side-by-side refrigerator to remove sediment, chemicals, and heavy metals.
moderateeasy
PW1-FILTERThe PurePour PW1 water filter is a specialized filtration component used in modern Frigidaire refrigerators to remove contaminants and ensure clear ice and water production.
lowbeginner
PWF-1The PWF-1 is the push-in carbon block filter for the FRSS2323AS. It pulls chlorine, lead, cysts, and sediment out of your water supply before it hits the dispenser or your ice maker. When it's exhausted, those contaminants just pass right through.
loweasy
PWF-1The PWF-1 (PurePour) water filter is the primary filtration component for your Frigidaire refrigerator, responsible for removing contaminants from both the dispenser water and the ice maker supply.
moderateeasy
RESET-NEEDEDThe control board has hit a state it can't get itself out of, whether that's a software loop, a stuck alarm, or a filter timer needing manual acknowledgment. The fridge isn't broken. It just needs you to clear the buffer and let it start fresh.
moderateeasy
SHThe SH code fires when the control board reads near-zero resistance from a thermistor circuit. A healthy sensor at room temp reads 5,000-10,000 ohms. When the board sees something close to 0, it knows the sensor's shorted internally or the wires are touching somewhere they shouldn't be.
moderateintermediate
SLOW-WATER-FLOWYour filter's carbon block is so clogged it's basically a cork in your supply line, starving both the dispenser and ice maker of pressure. Could be a saturated filter, could be a cracked housing that's not seating the filter pins correctly.
loweasy
SY CEThe SY CE error code stands for System Communication Error. It indicates that the main electronic control board and the user interface display panel are unable to communicate with each other over the data lines.
highintermediate
SY EFThe evaporator fan motor sits in your freezer behind the back panel. It's supposed to spin and send a speed signal back to the main board continuously. When the board doesn't get that signal, or gets something unexpected, it throws SY EF. A dead motor, frozen blade, or broken wire in the harness will all trigger it.
highintermediate
SY EFThe SY EF error code indicates a System Evaporator Fan failure where the main control board detects that the fan motor in the freezer is not spinning at the correct speed or the communication signal is lost.
highintermediate
SY EFThe main control board sends power to the evaporator fan motor in the freezer and waits for a tachometer pulse back confirming it's spinning at the right RPM. No signal, or a bad signal, and the board logs SY EF and kills the fan circuit. That fan's job is moving cold air from the freezer into the fresh food section, so when it stops, the whole fridge warms up fast.
highintermediate
SY EFSY EF stands for System Evaporator Fan fault. The main control board sends 12V DC to the freezer fan motor and waits for an RPM feedback signal on the yellow wire. If it doesn't get that signal back within a set timeframe, it throws this code and shuts down.
highintermediate
TROUBLESHOOTINGGeneral ice maker failure or lack of ice production in a Frigidaire side-by-side refrigerator.
moderatebeginner
WATER-FILTERThe WFCB PureSource Plus filter is the main filtration system for both the water dispenser and the ice maker on your FRSC2333AS. It's a carbon block filter, meaning it traps sediment, chlorine, and other contaminants as water passes through. When it's saturated, flow drops and filtration basically stops working.
loweasy
WATER-FILTERThe water filter is a replaceable carbon-media canister that strips out chlorine, lead, sediment, and other contaminants before water reaches the dispenser and ice maker. When the carbon gets saturated, it stops working and can actually start releasing what it already captured back into your glass.
moderateeasy
WATER-FILTERThe water filter is a carbon-based purification cartridge designed to remove lead, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals from your water supply while protecting the ice maker from sediment buildup.
moderateeasy
WATER-FILTERThe water filter (PureSource Ultra ULTRAWF) is a replaceable mechanical and chemical barrier that removes sediment, chlorine, and lead from your home water supply before it reaches the dispenser or ice maker.
loweasy
WATER-FILTER-ISSUESThe water filtration system is experiencing a restriction or the internal timer has signaled that the filter's carbon media is no longer effective at removing contaminants.
loweasy
dIdI stands for Defrost Issue. The control board tracks evaporator temperature during each defrost cycle, and when the heater runs its full allotted time without the bi-metal thermostat tripping off at around 55°F, the board logs the fault and surfaces the dI code on the display.
highintermediate
dOdO stands for Door Open. The control board monitors a switch or magnetic sensor that tells it the door's shut. When that signal drops out for more than a few minutes, the board throws the dO code and starts cutting cooling to stop wasting energy. Simple concept, usually a simple fix.
lowbeginner