Easy Samsung Refrigerator Fan Noise program mode rd
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ค. 2020
- This video will show you how to enter into programing or service mode with your Samsung refrigerator. My model is the RF24FSEDBSR/AA and had the Fan noise issue recently so I searched hard to find the solution which was to enter programing mode and start the rd or Refrige Defrost mode. Took me lots of searching to find out how to enter in for this model as well as the RF26... and RF28... models. Hope this helps someone else cure their problem.
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Thank you so much. Worked like a charm for about 3 months. I’ll repeat the steps again, including the freezer. My next fridge will definitely not be a Samsung!
Thank you for this! I ran it twice. The first time it must have loosened the ice because it actually got louder but the second time did the trick. When this happened last year I called Samsung repair and it was $240! All the other videos have you taking the inside of the fridge apart and I was not about to go that route. Between the ice maker freezing up every other month and the fridge fan issue I will NEVER buy another Samsung refrigerator... EVER!
Michael, I had the ice maker problem, too. I called 1-800-SAMSUNG and they sent a repairman who replaced parts and fixed it FOR FREE! My refrigerator is 7 years old and out beyond warranty, but they fixed it. I have the ice build up fitting the fan problem, too. That is not a free fix, unfortunately.
@@stlanderson Thanks for the update. I did contact them for the ice maker after someone DM'd me about my post with the 1-800-SAMSUNG suggestion.. The person who came replaced the entire ice unit as well as a circuit board in the back of the refrigerator no charge. He made a colossal mess of my kitchen but the fridge and ice maker have been working flawlessly for about 6 months now. I still won't buy another!
@@stlanderson - Can you elaborate what exactly was the problem with ice maker ? I have a Samsung RF28 model which is 7 years old. It was not making ice for a while and wondering if that's the same here
Perfect! After watching your vid and reading through the comments, I ran the RD mode 4 times in a row. Fridge is back to cooling normally and no fan noises. A lot easier than taking the interior apart, that’s for sure. Thanks a bunch!
I had this problem once before, and used this method to rid ourselves of the ice. We're back to this being the second time, so I thought I'd double check to make sure I'm doing it correctly. Thanks for the video, as over the years, I'm sure it will help numerous folks for sure! Appreciated!
About once a year, my Model 28 starts making the noise I remember as a young boy riding my bike with a playing card taped to the wheel spokes! ARRRRGGGGGHHHH! Wife not happy! This defrost mode trick worked, but I had to repeat it about 6 times. I'm going to make this a once a month exercise as preventive maintenance. Easy enough to do and it does work. Much better option than emptying the fridge, pulling out all the shelves, taking the inner back plate off . . . . Thanks for posting this, Rick! Wife is back into happy mode! :)
Thank you! I had it serviced before and they changed the assy cover evap (out of warranty) and after just over a year, it happened again. Your video sir, saved me repair cost. Different menu for my refrigerator, I had to use Freezer/ Lighting. I will do this monthly.
Great video! Just tried it last night. Seems to be working now. Had to do it twice. Glad you mentioned that in the video. Simplest solution I found on internet. Thanks much! Why doesn't Samsung put this in the manual. Also, PS&G tec had no idea about this. So much for Worrying Free service!
Thank you, Rick! I just came across your video. Looks like a simple ingenious method. I’m trying it for the first time. My next fridge will not be a Samsung!
Thanks for being quick and to the point on the demo! too many people do a long dissertation to get to the point.
I also am glad I looked here after seeing videos on dismantling the fridge to get to the evaporator fan. THANK YOU this worked perfectly.
Genius! Took a long time to find this setting for my / your model refrigerator. Funny that the manual does not have this information. Really annoying and frustrating. Thanks for an informative, helpful video.
Great concise video, worked to solve the fan noise problem without having to take the entire back panel out where the condenser coils are located. Very helpful.. Thanks for sharing this information.
I got the same issue with my fridge, seen other videos saying its bad temperature sensor needs to get replaced. This is great if you just want to defrosted it and get it back going. But it eventually it will do it again. Great video thanks.
Thanks for the video. For RF25 models it's the "Freezer" and "Lighting" simultaneously for 8 secs.
Thank you I was almost giving up failing at this. But looks like mine was RF25
RF28 is the same also
Hi Mine is RF 28H... i tried the Freezer and Lightning- but its not working for me....any idea what else could work? TIA
Thank you 🙏. I saw other videos that brought out their screwdrivers and what nots. Saw another one with a blow dryer. I’ll try this and pray.
Sherri if you run this a couple times back to back it seems to help. I’ve even done it 3 times and stopped the noise for several weeks. Good luck.
I had same problem. Very time consuming ti empty refrigerator and freezer. Then unscrew, remove shelves. Hair dryer. Thankful to find this video.
Thank you so much. You're much more helpful than the samsung customer service reps. They make no mention of this.
Glad to help.
Thanks for the video. The fan sounds like an airplane taking off inside the fridge. I hope it works so I can sleep tonight but I know it's just a very short term, temporarily fix as I've tried it the past (I forgot how to get to the RD mode, so thank you for the upload). I've had this same problem with my fridge for over a year now. I took it apart to get rid of the ice completely. The ice built up again after a couple of weeks. I called Samsung and they had certified technician came out twice. I had to pay for it first time since the fridge was past warranty just by a couple of months. I paid about $430 to fix it which was ridiculous, but they told me I'll never have the problem again. After 6 months or so same problem. Samsung sent a company to fix it and covered the cost for the 2nd time. "One time, out of warranty allowance" they called it. They replaced the sensor, drain hose, the whole panel and some other parts. This was on June 20th, 2020. We now have December 9, 2020 (barely 6 moths past) and we have the same problem. I'm trying to have Samsung come out again after 4 different calls to support and hours spent taking with them. They did not want cover the cost of the repair but after 4th call they said they'll issue "one-time accommodation to cover the Labor and Parts." Well, at least I know I will never buy another Samsung refrigerator again, or any other Samsung product for that matter. This refrigerators should not break so easily and Samsung should stand behind their product. This should be some sort of recall and should be addressed by Samsung and repaired permanently free of charge. This should be an easy fix for them.
Very helpful young man. I have this fridge. I was gonna throw it out but it’s only 2 years old.
What a GREAT instructional video !! It Immediately solved a fan noise issue that I had expected to need an $$ appliance tech to resolve. Thanks a LOT
Finally someone with the exact button layout as mine. Thank you. I ordered a fix kit from Ben’s Appliance that adds a second heater to the upper copper line and a better drain defroster.
Do you have a link for Ben's Appliance and a stock/part number for the fix kit? Thanks!
We have a similar model with icing up and that loud fan in the back of the fridge. We now just defrost it once a year and all the problems are solved. There is no true frost-free refrigerator. Thanks for this info!!
Thanks dude !! Finally found someone with the same model as mine !!
Awesome find! Thanks for sharing with us!
I purchased a house that the previous owner left this type of fridge . We have lived here 10 months and have had to take the back panel inside the fridge and defrost with a heat gun. Why is it freezing? What we discovered was that the vertical hinge flap that seals the gap between the 2 doors was not engaging when closing the left door. This left a small gap between the 2 doors causing the fridge to run constantly, thereby freezing up the unit. A door adjustment was needed with a shim at the bottom pivot hinge of the left door did the trick. This fridge has too many issue for the average person to spend that kind of money and get a product that needs to have so many service calls. Just give me an older fridge with no perks. I have plastic ice trays.😂
Got 2013 RF323TEDBBC/AA Samsung bought 9/22/13. Leaking ice from inside twin cool+ panel. Spent 3 days trying to find out how to do a rd even thru Samsung and absolutely no help. Wouldn't give me any help in which buttons to push simultaneously to get to rd. Rick, thanks sooooo much for this video. It worked and in the process of 2nd rd. Oh, Samsung wanted me to have a Samsung repair guy come to the house. Guess that's how they make their money, huh?
Thanks for this. Greatly appreciated!! mine is an RF28: i had to user the Freezer and Lighting buttons, with the Lighting button being the one to toggle through the options.
Thank You for posting this about the RF model, I did like they said and nothing happened. The manual doesn't show how to do this.
Well done and thanks for sharing with us!
Thank you, this worked👍
This is fantastic info. Thank you
I have had problems with Samsung appliance products in general, both washer and dryer that was only 2 yrs old, they weren’t the most expensive Samsung offers but they definitely weren’t the cheapest by far, I have had old g e / Maytag last for 20+ yrs. I hope my fridge is an easy fix with the fan noise.
Thank you very much for your kindness. NOTE: For RF28 (RF28HFEDBSR) model, hold both the "Freezer" and "Lighting" buttons at the same time for 8 seconds, then toggle the Lighting button to the rd position and leave it there for about 30 minutes. It works well for me.
Did the beeping go on for the whole cycle?
I have the same question @QD.
@@adrianelosua5227 - Can you confirm what happened ? I have RF28 model and once I did this , fridge is beeping all the time.
@@sreenathnagarur Hi, the fridge ended up not working in the Long Term... the cycle did help for a while but then the sound would come back... once the technician came and opened the back panel I was shocked at the quantity of ice stored back there... he defroze the whole thing and the fridge never worked like it should again, we changed it out...
@@adrianelosua5227 thank you. What was the model of fridge and how old was it before u considered replacing it ? Also you think it's best to get that opened and defrosted than trying RD mode.
So this will only defrost the fridge and leave the freezer cold? Thanks for the video. These Samsungs are terrible. We've had ours for maybe 7 years, but the ice maker broke after a month. They fixed it under warranty and then it broke the next year. I threw it in the trash and just left a gaping hole there.
Perfect, thanks a lot 🙏
Thank you!
Very Helpful video!!! works on other Samsung Models as well.
Thank You
Yes except u dont see RD. U just see a snow flake and no beeping. Hope this works not planning on getting 4 guys here and 500 dollars later. Learned th hard way w my Samsung Dryer which issue always came back and still exists to this date but was under warranty so paid 0 but was a hassle to have dryer panel replaced. Hope this works!!🙏🙏
PS I have model RFG237 2012
Thanks for sharing 👍🏾
Did you empty food out or 30min it didn't heat up interior very much? I see a lot of vids taking the back twin cool cover off and letting it defrost but I'll try this first in case mine is iced fan. I have a fan not working. Fridge cools fine overnight but slow to cool during day because fan isn't blowing in fridge section.
Thanks
I been having issues with ice maker
I replaced the maker my self with upgraded part and worked find for a few years but now freezes up
And have to take a ice scraper to it and. FD mode then it might make ice. I wonder if RD might help.
THANK YOU!!
Have an RF28HMDWW/AA. Fan making noise after defrosting 3 weeks ago. I can't get the options to cycle through to rd or FD. I've tried the Energy Saver and Fridge buttons, also the Freezer and lighting buttons. When I try to cycle through, the screen goes back to the temperature settings.??? Need suggestions and thanks
Question-in your video it appeared that an icon on your control panel was red. Can you tell us why? My ice maker was frozen over and doesn't work, but the icon is not red. (Samsung is sending someone free of charge to fix the ice-maker). I am so happy for your video showing us the RD mode to fix the fan and ice issue. Thanks so much. I followed your directions 3 times...it is much quieter but may need to do it three more times! Thanks again Rick.
It's probably the symbol for water filter replacement.
I did this a few times and the ice kept coming back. I finally opened the back side of the fridge and cleaned the coils. They were filled with dust, etc. After doing this, I have not had ice build up for over 6 months now. CLEAN the COILS and then run the defrost fridge option.
LIfesaver! For my fridge the combination was Freezer + Lighting ;) and then pressed Cubed for options
We actually just bought a new refrigerator right before I found this video. I’ve done it two times in a row and it’s still making the awful fan noise. Really sick and tired of this Samsung.
Hello,
I have the same model. My frig fan is quiet, but never stops running. Temp is fine and so are door seals. Does your fan run continuously even when set at recommended temps? Just wondering if this is normal on this Samsung frig. Thanks
Do you have to empty your fridge food when doing this?
Can you keep food in the fridge and freezer while doing this?
Thank you so much, Rick!! Does it help to defrost the freezer as well?
Tina, if you are just wanting to stop the fan noise then defrosting the freezer won’t help. The noise is the fan located behind the back panel which circulates the cool air throughout the fridge. Run the rd (refrigerator defrost) program two or three times in a row and hopefully it will melt the ice around the fan where it is ticking and making the noise. Unfortunately it’s a flaw (as well as the ice maker freeze up) in this Samsung line of several models that they won’t fix. Good luck!
It will work as long as the heater wire is good. If not, the heater wire will need replaced. Its a design defect.
Dumb question but do I need to remove everything from the fridge when doing this?
No!
Do the fridge continue to beep while in the RD mode?
Oh yes. Every second for about 30 minutes. I usually activate it just before I leave the house.
There is a class action lawsuit for these models going on right now, for anyone who doesn’t already know
How do I get attached to the lawsuit ??
@@wendyware2158 bypass the lawsuit and join the Facebook group called Samsung Refrigerator Recall USA Now. Many are geting refunds from Samsung.
If you are not the original owner you are s.o.l. samsung will send a tech for 300 plus ... Lol. Never again
Simple question. Where does the water from the melted ice go?!
Sorry for late response but wanted to answer anyway. Under the cooling cover is the fan, cooling elements and a heat coil. Below all this is a sheet metal tray routing the water that gets melted or defrosted down a tube and to the bottom rear of your refrigerator into a catch tray near the floor. If you are seeing water accumulation in your produce trays or below then this area is also frozen and blocked which is another problem in itself. If no water is present then yours is draining “normal”. I wish you the best of luck with all these issues. Rick
This may be a dumb question, but where does the water go when you defrost the ice? It seems as if you can leave the food in the fridge while running the RD mode, but I'm assuming the water drains to the bottom of the fridge and will require a clean up? Anyone have experience with this?
There is a drain tube that leads to a pan at the bottom of the fridge where the water evaporates. Usually this works fine, but it can sometimes freeze and you'll get some water inside your fridge.
Never a dumb question, when you don't have the knowledge. I was wondering the same thing. Now I'm getting ready to try this defrost technique.
My fridge beeps in sync with this video, trippy
Does anyone know if we should take our food out while doing this?
Did anyone have model 28T?? There is no light button.
Does anyone know if you can do this while the fridge has food in it? Holiday emergency :) Thanks!
yes, it only defrost the Cooling coil behind the back of the fridge that's under the center back plastic cover. He recommends doing it twice (about one hour.
Yes you definitely can. Sorry for late response. I run it about 2-3 times in a row.
@@rickalford how frequently do you recommend we doing this on periodic basis ?
I have hated my Samsung refrigerator since I got it five years ago.
Yes we all have. If Samsung would step up and do a recall and correct the know problems with the ice maker and fan freeze up they’d have so much support from their customers.
What's the difference between rd and fd?
Refrigerator defrost and freezer defrost.
@@moeharri I had the same question. I found out the expansion earlier but question is how when do you use one mode vs other ?
@@sreenathnagarur this didn't work for me at all. I had to take apart the interior to get at and melt all of the ice that had built up.
Samsung sucks man, but the trick does the job
Set the fridge temperature at 6 degrees Celsius , this fridge gets too cold and it built lots of ice around the fan and back panel
Use the screen code to defrost as needed , leave temperature on 6 degrees , it might take couple days .... on the screen press lighting and freezer for 12 seconds it will beep ... than let go and press freezer until you see code RD , this code will defrost the fridge for 20 minutes ... you can also use code FD ... so no need to take a fridge apart .... but also set temperature at 6 than when you feel comfortable bring back to 5 then to 4 , it’s not big deal ... fridge is too cold maybe from factory ...
Note ! When the code Rd on ,, fridge will beep for 20 mins it’s defrosting ... than automatically it will go back to normal setting...
You can leave fridge set temp at 6 so it doesn’t build ice ... it still cold
Omg I am going crazy for last 2 months. Why isnt this on google. Why Samsung site does not have this. One guy loaded a video showing how they put the defroster wires incomplete and not fully covering all the coils. Huge defect. I paid $3000 for this loud fridge. Always was loud but now it is absurd.
what happens to the defrosted water?
@@niratul1 there’s a drain in the back ... the best solution ... is to unplug the fridge and let it completely defrost ... I mean literally... might take couple days ... if you have lots of ice built up ... you gotta do it ... coz the code defrost mode won’t do it completely...
also most likely you have serious ice built up coz leaving fridge door open for too long and so on lol , good luck
@@kirasmix6528 I have done RD twice so far. The noise has reduced a bit. It’s not consistent.
Will try a few times tomorrow again.
And then if needed will try your suggestion
Thank You!
When do you use RD vs FD ?
This issue should have generated a recall by Samsung because it's a known issue and has been for years. Bad engineering IMO. You can purchase a metal part for less than $15 that keeps the condensation from freezing in the tiny water drain lines so this doesn't keep happening. It requires you to take apart the inside of the refrigerator, a huge pain in the a** and, I imagine, a hefty repair bill. I did a lot of research and did it myself. A $3K refrigerator should be better than this. My next one, and last I hope, will be Miele. My Miele dishwasher was expensive but is 12 years old and has never had a problem and that is worth the price.
Lost hundreds of dollars in defrosted meat and more after coming home from work to find my samsung french doors fridge making that horrific noise and everything in the freezer melted. So thanks Samsung for destroying a month's worth of meals. Unfortunately, the fix in this video lasted less than an hour. Noise back. Tried the FD defrost. Same result. Finally unplugged the useless thing and defrosted it overnight. Noise started back up within 3-4 hours after being plugged in. Tore open the back panel. No ice, nothing impeding the fan but it sounds like its hitting something, so I give up. This is the worst refrigerator i have ever bought, my 3rd in 20 years. Crap manufacturers keep turning out crap products. Lazy workers, pathetic designers .They are all to blame for such a piece of garbage making its way to the consumer. This should be a crime! I will never buy an appliance with an onboard diagnostic tool again! It signifies the manufacturers know how flawed their product is, and to try to turn it into a viable product they let the owners figure out whats wrong, and make more buisiness for the repair business when they call for help. Between this and my whirlpool cabrio washer and dryer which are also dying. I am fed up with the crap being sold in this country and am firing off letters of complaint to the BBB, FTC, and if I can find an address, the CEO of samsung. Noone should have to accept an appliance breaking down like this when less than 3 years of age!
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Hold this down! WTF!