Kenmore 795 French door
showing Er IS
Er IS on the temperature display of a Kenmore 795 points at the sensor inside the ice maker.
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What Er IS
actually means.
Er IS on the temperature display of a Kenmore 795 points at the sensor inside the ice maker. Sears lists a shorted sensor or a wiring problem, and because the sensor is built into the ice maker, the usual part is the whole ice maker assembly.
Kenmore ice maker display · also shown as ErIS
What to do when Er IS shows on the ice makerKind of codeTemperature sensors
The control lost track of how cold the ice mold or the ice compartment is, because a thermistor reads nonsense or its wire lost contact. Without that reading the ice maker cannot tell when a batch is frozen, so it stops or harvests at the wrong time. Frost packed around the sensor and a loose plug are checked before the sensor itself is changed.
Usually leads toIce maker control and sensor repair
The control board, the thermistors, the bin sensor and the wiring that decide when an ice maker fills, freezes and stops, tested and repaired when a light flashes, a code shows, a breaker trips or the ice never stops coming.
Shows up asNo Ice Coming From the Ice Maker
The mold sits empty or holds one frozen batch that never drops, the bin stays bare for days, and the dispenser gives water as usual: an ice maker not making ice while the rest of the appliance carries on normally.
MakeKenmore
Kenmore ice maker repair, with the series identified from the printed model number before a part is chosen.
SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 795 bottom-freezer error codes (Wayback copy, Jan 2021)
Kenmore and Kenmore Elite bottom-freezer models whose number begins 795, with an ice maker in the French door.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Er IS on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Write down the code and the full model number from the rating label.
Unplug the refrigerator for a minute and plug it back in to see if Er IS returns.
Look for ice built up around the ice maker in the door compartment and let it thaw if you find any.
If Er IS comes back, book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice maker control and sensor repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Er IS is not the ice compartment fan; that is Er IF. It also does not say the freezer is warm, so the food is not at risk from this code alone.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems Er IS tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
No Ice Coming From the Ice Maker
7 causes, cheapest first
Where Er IS usually leads
Ice maker control and sensor repair.
Kenmore
ice makers.
Kenmore ice maker repair, with the series identified from the printed model number before a part is chosen.
Kenmore ice maker repair
Door ice maker
The ice maker that feeds the dispenser on the outside of a door: tucked into an insulated box in the left door of a French door model, or at the top of the freezer side of a side-by-side, with a chute and an auger carrying cubes to your glass.
Freezer ice maker
The ice maker that sits inside the freezer compartment itself, a tray that twists or a mold with a heater and an ejector, dropping cubes into a bin or drawer you open by hand, with no dispenser on the door.
In Kenmore's own words
Ice maker sensor
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore and Kenmore Elite bottom-freezer models whose number begins 795, with an ice maker in the French door.
Kenmore Er IS ice maker repair,
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The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
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Questions
about Er IS.
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Can the ice maker sensor on a Kenmore 795 be replaced by itself?
Will a Kenmore 795 keep cooling with Er IS showing?
Could a loose plug in the door cause Er IS on a Kenmore French door?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Er IS?
Book with the code or the blink pattern written exactly as the ice maker shows it, the full model number, and whether there is any water on the floor — when there is a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.