Kenmore Elite freezer beeping | battery replacement

My parents’ kenmore elite freezer was beeping at them for weeks, displaying a “b” on the LED screen.

I wasn’t able to find much good info on the web about how to replace the battery so I decided to write this short blog.

It needed a new 9v battery which is replaced on the front of the freezer below the door.

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30 Comments on "Kenmore Elite freezer beeping | battery replacement"

  1. quietrunning
    30/08/2008 at 10:46 am Permalink

    Thanks! I read every page of the manual and couldn’t find the battery compartment. Your blog info is just what I needed!

  2. John Gillespie
    13/09/2008 at 8:16 pm Permalink

    This posting could not have been more timely. I have just been through two hurricanes (Gustav and Ike) and today is the first time in ten days that we have actually felt comfortable enough to put something in the frezzer. The light was flashing and I figured we had blown something up. I guess the battery went dead – flashing for 10 days and I can not recall the last time I repleced it or HOW I replaced it. It’s the simple things in life……..

  3. Sam Smallcap
    23/09/2008 at 8:24 pm Permalink

    I like the internet, it is a place where you can find anything. We had no idea it was the battery. Thanks for posting the information.

  4. Steven & Lynn
    31/10/2008 at 6:59 pm Permalink

    THANKS for the great tip. I would add that the battery is in different locations on different models. Ours is on the left side at the bottom behind a small door. Inside our freezer on the lid is a list of what the codes mean. GOOD LUCK!!

  5. Teri Su
    20/02/2009 at 11:17 pm Permalink

    Awesome. Our freezer did the same thing and we couldn’t find the manual nor figure out how to replace the battery. Technology is so great, isn’t it?

  6. TB
    14/04/2009 at 5:15 pm Permalink

    Very helpful–our freezer stopped working and the damned beeper starfted–after calling Sears and being told that they would have to send a service tech out to fix the problem, I checked this site, changed the battery and all is well. The battery location is ridiculous.
    Thanks.

  7. Briggette
    18/04/2009 at 9:43 pm Permalink

    I do not remember where my manual for my freezer. Anyone out there no what the letters CE stand for.

  8. Arlen
    29/07/2009 at 7:40 pm Permalink

    Thanks a bunch! We purchased our freezer used and didn’t get the manual so when it started beeping when we got it home I thought we got hosed but after looking up your blog it worked out geat! thanks for taking the time and see how many people are positively affected!

  9. Massey F. Jones
    16/08/2009 at 12:00 am Permalink

    Darn thing buzzed for days between “b” and temperature. Reset didn’t work. Never associated the “b” with a low battery; had it figured out for a “6″. as in 6 degrees F. Thanks a million for the info. It was much appreciated.

  10. Steve
    06/09/2009 at 9:52 pm Permalink

    Thanks! This worked for me too. Replaced the 9v battery and all is well. I too thought the “b” showing in the display was a 6, and the freezer was failing. Whew! What a relief…

  11. Denise
    19/10/2009 at 3:15 pm Permalink

    Thanks sooooo much. Ours kept beeping too, and I too, thought the freezer was failing. The web is such a wonderful tool!

  12. Zac
    05/01/2010 at 8:43 pm Permalink

    Thank you so much. I can’t tell you how long I’ve been trying to figure this out and stop that infernal beeping. You’re a saint.

  13. Michael
    21/04/2010 at 3:00 am Permalink

    Thank you SO much. The beeping was becoming unbearable.

  14. Velma
    13/07/2010 at 11:56 am Permalink

    Thank you so much! Once I saw the pic, I remembered seeing it when we first bought the freezer 5 1/2 years ago. What a long-lasting battery we had! Thanks again.

  15. Shayne
    16/08/2010 at 7:37 pm Permalink

    Oh Wow!! I guess I’m not the only one who had to endure that incessant beeping. I too associated the ‘b’ with a 6 for degrees. Truth be known we have had to reset that darn thing every day for the last 2 years. You are a god send.

  16. aharris
    25/11/2010 at 9:07 am Permalink

    Freezer was beeping for days. Thanksgiving day I decided I couldn’t take it any more. Googled. Beeping kenmore elite freezer. Came upon your blog. Picture is fantastic. Went to the garage. 10 minutes later. FIXED. Thank you so much.

  17. Bill
    14/12/2010 at 4:24 pm Permalink

    Hi:

    Where is the battery located? Thank you!

  18. Bill
    14/12/2010 at 4:26 pm Permalink

    Hi:

    Where is the battery located? Thank you! Mine is a large chest freezer.

  19. beca
    27/01/2011 at 10:50 am Permalink

    Wow, we kept hitting a button on the front and it would stop for 5 minutes, then start again. It was awful. So glad you posted this.

  20. Naresh Khanna, M.D.
    05/02/2011 at 12:05 pm Permalink

    Thanks for taking the time to share this valuable information.

    Naresh

  21. Kendra
    27/03/2011 at 11:54 am Permalink

    This blog changed our lives!! We’ve been a slave to our freezer for 4 years and hoped it would wear itself out…. Wishful thinking I guess. I stumbled upon this page and ran down to the freezer to investigate the battery! It worked!!! Hallelujah praise the Lord! You were an answer to our prayers!! Haha. Thanks so much! :)

    -Freezer slaves set free!

  22. Stacy
    13/04/2011 at 5:04 pm Permalink

    Yay! Thank you, yes Sears wanted to send someone out. I really don’t know how I would have reacted to that.

  23. Hotlanta
    25/05/2011 at 11:06 pm Permalink

    How awesome you are, to relay this info. I , like many others, have a manual that is mia, pulled up this website and , low and behold , here is the answer to our problem.I too thought the b was a 6… Crazy Stuff!
    Again Thank You!

  24. Matt Barnard
    08/06/2011 at 8:23 am Permalink

    Where is the battery on a chest freezer?

  25. Jacqueline
    17/07/2011 at 11:35 am Permalink

    THANK YOU!! My freezer was beeping all weekend! I couldn’t find where the battery was! It’s not in the maual as stated….

  26. gary
    23/07/2011 at 3:09 pm Permalink

    This must be on stand up versions only, mine is a chest freezer and i’m not sure where to look

  27. dk
    21/08/2011 at 10:56 am Permalink

    I just moved my freezer (4 years old) to another location. When I plugged it back in the display screen worked fine for about 2 hours, then shut off completely, and the beeping began. If I hit reset it shuts off for 12 hours and then begins again. The freezer itself is working just fine, it just has no display screen and the ever annoying beeping! I changed the battery but still no display and the beeping continues. Can anyone help? Thanks!

  28. Lennyb38
    31/08/2011 at 2:29 pm Permalink

    Thank you, check down at the Greyhound Station, I am sending you my firstborn son in return for this information! He eats a lot but is really a good kid and we are so thankful for getting rid of the beeping that we feel it is worth the trade.

  29. star519
    10/09/2011 at 12:56 pm Permalink

    Thanks so much! I just got through Hurricane Irene. Could not figure out what the freezer’s problem was. I thought it was cycling between zero and 6 degrees. Who would have thought a battery was the problem? Thank heaven our freezer is in the garage otherwise I would be a raving lunatic.

  30. RC
    20/11/2011 at 10:16 am Permalink

    WOW! Thank you for taking the time to post this blog. It saved all of us a lot of time. Thank you thank you!

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