Bosch Refrigerator dr Means the Fresh Food Door Reads as Open

What dr means

A refrigerator that beeps or blinks with dr showing has a door problem. The repair manual calls it a defective R-door switch, and adds the trigger: that door has been sensed open for over an hour. Two situations look identical on the display, a door that really is ajar and a switch that keeps reporting it open even though the door is shut.

Common causes of dr

Door actually standing ajar, held open by something inside
Door switch plunger that sticks or has died
Door that has sagged out of alignment, so the switch no longer gets pressed

✓ One safe check you can try

1. See whether either French door is propped by an overfull shelf, a tall bottle in the door bin, or a bin not pushed in. 2. Close both doors firmly. 3. Take a dry cloth and wipe the switch plunger up at the top of the door frame. If dr remains, the switch or the door alignment needs a look from us.

! Why to stop there

An hour of open door warms the compartment, so food safety comes before everything else.
Forcing a door can bend the plunger or the hinge and make things worse.
A new switch will not help if the real issue is that the door no longer sits square.

Opening a panel yourself does not automatically cancel a manufacturer warranty, but it can cause accidental damage, and some manufacturers set their own service conditions. Check your warranty terms, or ask us, before deciding.

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Other Refrigerator codes

C1Bosch Refrigerator C1 Means the Compressor Runs but the Cabinet Will Not Cool F3Bosch Refrigerator F3 Shows a Freezer Defrost That Timed Out r3Bosch Refrigerator r3 Shows a Fresh Food Defrost That Timed Out ESBosch Refrigerator ES Means a Dispenser Button Reads as Pressed E21Bosch Refrigerator E21 Means the Dispenser Module Stopped Responding F1Bosch Refrigerator F1 Shows the Freezer Sensor Reads Open or Shorted r1Bosch Refrigerator r1 Marks a Fresh Food Probe With No Usable Signal u1Bosch Refrigerator u1 Points to the V-Sensor

drdr questions

Why does dr wait a full hour?

The control only flags a door after it has sensed it open that long. That is why the code can appear even when you believed you had shut it.

Is my food okay?

If the door was open a long time, check the temperature. Throw away perishables that have been above 40F for several hours. Cold air escaping that long is what we are trying to prevent.

Is the door switch easy to replace?

Usually, once we have first confirmed it is the switch and not the alignment. You get a written price first, and our repair carries a 30-day workmanship warranty.