Found out the hard way that Samsung fridges lie about error codes

Had a Samsung fridge at a rental property in Denver last week that kept giving me a 22E error code for the ice maker. Spent 3 hours testing the auger motor and wiring harness based on what the manual said. Turns out the actual issue was a tiny crack in the main control board that only showed up when the compressor kicked on. I swapped the board for $85 from a parts supplier and it fixed everything. Anyone else run into phantom errors on these newer Samsung models where the code points you totally wrong?

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verap524d ago

Oh man, that's classic Samsung fridge behavior right there. My buddy's Samsung gave him a 22E code too and he wasted a whole Saturday replacing the ice maker assembly only to find out it was a loose ground wire the whole time. Feel like those codes are more like vague suggestions than actual diagnostics. At least you only got burned for $85 on the board, I've seen people drop $300 on parts that didn't fix the problem because the code lied to them. Their "smart" diagnostics seem about as reliable as a weather forecast in Colorado, changes every five minutes.

dakotacraig4d ago

@verap52 I fixed mine by just unplugging it for ten minutes, worked after that.