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title: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore dishwasher signal PF"
description: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore dishwasher signal PF: pF is an indicator rather than an error."
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/frigidaire-dishwasher-pf/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Dishwashers"
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# Frigidaire-built Kenmore dishwasher signal PF

### Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write PF, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Frigidaire’s, and it appears on the dishwasher that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, Frigidaire and Bosch all built dishwashers for this badge, and their numbering overlaps enough to be convincing while meaning entirely different things.

### What the appliance is telling you

Loss of power — the machine experienced an interruption.

This one is an indicator rather than an error. It is published in the same table as genuine problems, and treating it as one is how a working appliance gets a service call.

### Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore dishwasher whose model number begins 587 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Frigidaire’s, which is why Frigidaire’s table is the one that applies to PF and no other manufacturer’s does.

### Nothing is broken here

This clears on its own or after the appliance is restarted, and no part is involved. If it keeps coming back without anything obvious causing it, that repetition is the finding rather than the message itself.

### Worth trying yourself, in this order

- Start the cycle again.

### Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dishwasher on this water scales its heater and its spray arms faster than the manual assumes, so codes about temperature and wash performance are read here with the supply in mind first. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears PF, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis.

### Where this meaning came from

Frigidaire’s own documentation: *Dishwasher Error Codes and Alarms Guide, Frigidaire owner support*. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

What the machine is telling you

Whose code this actually is

Kenmore did not write PF, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Frigidaire’s, and it appears on the dishwasher that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Whirlpool, Frigidaire and Bosch all built dishwashers for this badge, and their numbering overlaps enough to be convincing while meaning entirely different things.

What the appliance is telling you

Loss of power — the machine experienced an interruption.

This one is an indicator rather than an error. It is published in the same table as genuine problems, and treating it as one is how a working appliance gets a service call.

Which Kenmore models can raise it

The Kenmore dishwasher whose model number begins 587 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Frigidaire’s, which is why Frigidaire’s table is the one that applies to PF and no other manufacturer’s does.

Nothing is broken here

This clears on its own or after the appliance is restarted, and no part is involved. If it keeps coming back without anything obvious causing it, that repetition is the finding rather than the message itself.

Worth trying yourself, in this order

Start the cycle again.

Where this usually goes

The job this most often becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore dishwasher on this water scales its heater and its spray arms faster than the manual assumes, so codes about temperature and wash performance are read here with the supply in mind first. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears PF, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis.

Where this meaning came from

Frigidaire’s own documentation: Dishwasher Error Codes and Alarms Guide, Frigidaire owner support. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead.

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