U-Line Refrigerator E3 Error Code

E3 does not mean the same thing on every U-Line refrigerator, wine cabinet or beverage center. Which meaning applies depends on the control generation, so find your series below first.

Current series: thermistor 3 open

On the UHRE515/524, UHWC524, UHBD524, UHRI124 and UHRF124 units, E3 stands for thermistor 3 open. The manual lists it in the error log, a record of faults in the order they occurred. Every error is stored in memory, but only a door error is shown on the display with an audible signal, so an E3 of this kind is found by viewing the log.

The same code list appears in the nugget and outdoor clear ice machine manuals, and the clear ice manuals state that E3 does not apply to them.

Older Echelon and Origins models: door or drawer open

On these legacy units E3 means the main door or the bottom drawer has been open for longer than 20 minutes. The unit beeps every minute until it is dealt with. The manual’s remedy is to close the door to reset it. If the light and display stay on afterwards, check the position of the magnet. E3 is not available on the CLR2160.

Codes easily confused with E3

• E2 is thermistor 2 open, the entry just before it in the log.
• E7 is thermistor 3 shorted, the same sensor with the opposite fault.
• E10 is the top drawer open longer than 20 minutes, a door-style alarm like the legacy E3.

U-Line Refrigerator service in Los Angeles

If this code keeps coming back on a U-Line refrigerator in Los Angeles, call (310) 879-5776 or read about U-Line refrigerator repair. Have the code, the model number and anything you already tried ready when you call.

Source: U-Line UHRE524-SS81A User Guide & Service Manual, View Error Log; U-Line UHRE515-IS01A User Guide & Service Manual; U-Line 2008 Service Manual, Echelon and Origins Series, Error Codes