All brands Freezers with indicator lights fault codes
Chest and upright freezers with a green, amber and red light panel and no display. Still very common in UK homes, and none of the manufacturers publish codes for them because there are none.
Codes on the Freezers with indicator lights follow the same All brands scheme as the rest of the range. Where a code behaves differently on this generation, the code page says so.
All brands fault codes
Every published All brands code. Open a code to see which models and years it applies to.
- Demo modeA shop-floor setting that lights the display and disables cooling. It is the commonest reason a fridge that looks perfectly healthy is quietly not cold.Get it checked
- Red light on the freezerA high temperature warning. Two manufacturers publish the same three-light scheme independently: green is power, amber is fast freeze, red is the warning.Get it checked
- Ice building upReal fault, and one where the obvious remedy is the dangerous one. Never chip ice out with anything metal — the pipework carrying flammable refrigerant runs through the walls you would be hitting.Stop — call an engineer
- Smell of gas near the fridgeModern fridges are charged with flammable isobutane. Ventilate, keep flames and switches away, and do not use the appliance again until it has been checked.Stop — call an engineer
- Fridge in a garageA fridge in an unheated garage stops working properly in winter, and it is not a fault. Cold ambient temperature is why, and manufacturers publish the limits.Usually simple to fix