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Usually not an emergency. If it smells like burning, sparks, or trips the breaker, switch it off at the breaker and leave it off until it is checked.
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Managers: set it up for your buildings →“Compressor Under Voltage Error”
— Samsung US, Samsung refrigerator error codes. Codes vary by model: check your refrigerator’s own manual.
In plain words, 85E is about the power supply or wiring — voltage out of range, a blown fuse, or a wiring fault.
Samsung gives 2 other power and wiring codes for this refrigerator: 85C (triggered by low voltage detected on the power source), 86E (Compressor Over Voltage Error).
Next to 85E in Samsung’s table: 83E (Compressor Abnormal Current Detection Error) and 86E (Compressor Over Voltage Error).
Safety: If it smells like burning, sparks, or trips the breaker, switch it off at the breaker and leave it off until it is checked.
At least THIS WEEK. fixRAgent treats this code as a this-week repair: the appliance has reported a fault, but the code alone does not point at a safety hazard. This is fixRAgent’s reading, not the manufacturer’s. A photo can raise it — water near wiring, scorch marks, a gas smell — but a code never lowers what the photo shows.
Appliance repair. Have the model and serial numbers from the label ready — a photo of the label works.
Check whether your model is under a safety recall on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s site: cpsc.gov/Recalls. Your owner’s manual is on Samsung’s support site; search it with the model number from the label.