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Heads up on those new Samsung fridge ice makers, the service mode trick actually fixed a phantom error code for me

Customer in Tempe had a unit throwing a '5E' error but the ice maker looked fine, so I held the freezer door switch and pressed the ice type button 3 times to clear it. Anyone else run into this and found a better fix?
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grant.susan
Did the error code come back after you cleared it, or has it stayed gone? I'm curious if this is a real fix or just a temporary reset that will pop up again in a few days.
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adamk95
adamk952mo agoMost Upvoted
About it being a temporary reset, that's exactly what I'm worried about too. Clearing a code doesn't fix the problem that caused it. It'll probably be back once the car's computer runs its checks again.
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lopez.quinn
Isn't it possible that clearing the code is the actual fix? Sometimes these things just get stuck in a weird electronic state and need a hard reset, like rebooting a computer. I had a similar glitch on my own fridge and that button trick worked for good, it never came back. @grant.susan makes a good point about checking if it returns, but maybe it won't! These machines can just throw false errors sometimes, and a manual clear is the real solution, not just a band-aid.
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