Error code
Samsung refrigerator: Self diagnostic after power on
Samsung refrigerator — reported by blinking lights rather than by a code. Every icon on the panel lighting up after the refrigerator has been plugged in or has come back from an outage is the cabinet running its own self-check.
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What we can confirm
Code All icons flashing, from the manufacturer's own documentation
This code has no number, because this equipment has no display to put one on. The appliance signals it instead — an alarm, a symbol or a pattern of lights — and what it means is recorded in the documentation that ships with it.
The code
All icons flashing
Every icon on the panel lighting up after the refrigerator has been plugged in or has come back from an outage is the cabinet running its own self-check. Samsung says plainly that this is normal. It is worth knowing because it looks exactly like a machine in distress, and it is the opposite.
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What it narrows down to
not an error — the cabinet is checking itself
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What else belongs to the refrigerators
On this make a code belongs to the appliance rather than to a product line. These are the other conditions this machine can display, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this appliance can display
not an error — the cabinet is waiting to be paired with a phone
the freezer fan is not turning, or not being seen to turn
the fresh-food fan is not turning, or not being seen to turn
the screen, with the interior lights flashing blue
the screen's software, on three-door French door Family Hub cabinets
water where the Autofill pitcher lives
a dip in the supply, seen by Family Hub
a surge, a brown-out, or a boot-up interrupted
components inside the cabinet have stopped talking
not an error — the cabinet is in shop mode and is not cooling
the ice bucket is out, or not pushed home
the sensor that watches the defrost cycle
The same digits mean different things on different equipment. Search the full code list
In more detail
About Samsung refrigerator: Self diagnostic after power on
What the appliance is actually reporting
Every icon on the panel lighting up after the refrigerator has been plugged in or has come back from an outage is the cabinet running its own self-check. Samsung says plainly that this is normal. It is worth knowing because it looks exactly like a machine in distress, and it is the opposite.
Where this appears, and why not to clear it
On the cycle lights, on a machine with no digital display. Samsung publishes what each combination means, and on those models the combination is the entire diagnosis — it disappears the moment the power is cut. Write it down or photograph the panel before switching anything off. Samsung adds one caution of its own and it saves service calls: on some models the lights blink to show cycle status, so treat it as an error only if the machine is misbehaving as well.
What to do about it
- Wait. It finishes by itself.
- If icons are still flashing much later, note which ones and read them out when you call.
- No service is needed for the self check itself.
Where this goes next
The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call (305) 506-1256 and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards