--- title: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore refrigerator signal PF" description: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore refrigerator signal PF — pF is an indicator rather than an error." url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/frigidaire-refrigerator-pf/" date_modified: "2026-09-01" Appliance type: "Freezers, Refrigerators" --- # Frigidaire-built Kenmore refrigerator 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 refrigerator that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Four different manufacturers built refrigerators under this badge, and several of them use an F with a number for unrelated conditions. That is the single most convincing way to reach the wrong component. ### What the appliance is telling you Frigidaire's own wording: the power failure light indicates an outage or a surge, and warns that this could have resulted in a high temperature inside the cabinet. 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 refrigerator whose model number begins 253 — 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 - Clear the alert at the panel. - The point of it is the food rather than the appliance — it tells you the cabinet was warm while you were out. - In storm season here it appears often, and it is doing its job when it does. ### Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is [temperature sensor replacement](/services/temperature-sensor-replacement/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore refrigerator in this humidity hands its defrost circuit more work than it was sized for, and in a Miami kitchen a floor-level condenser blocks well ahead of any published interval. 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: *Refrigerator Error Codes and Alarms, 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 refrigerator that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Four different manufacturers built refrigerators under this badge, and several of them use an F with a number for unrelated conditions. That is the single most convincing way to reach the wrong component. What the appliance is telling you Frigidaire's own wording: the power failure light indicates an outage or a surge, and warns that this could have resulted in a high temperature inside the cabinet. 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 refrigerator whose model number begins 253 — 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 Clear the alert at the panel. The point of it is the food rather than the appliance — it tells you the cabinet was warm while you were out. In storm season here it appears often, and it is doing its job when it does. Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is temperature sensor replacement, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore refrigerator in this humidity hands its defrost circuit more work than it was sized for, and in a Miami kitchen a floor-level condenser blocks well ahead of any published interval. 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: Refrigerator Error Codes and Alarms, Frigidaire owner support. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead. --- **[Read full article: Frigidaire-built Kenmore refrigerator signal PF](https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/frigidaire-refrigerator-pf/)**