Model compatibility: Bertazzoni reuses codes across series and model years, so F3 may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.
Plain language
What this code means
Bertazzoni lists F3 as a fridge compartment sensor fault on its 24 inch bottom-mount refrigerators; the unit still cools.
Fresh food temperature is the subject of F3: the 24 inch bottom-mount manuals call it the fridge compartment sensor in their fault display section.
What the sensor feeds
The control takes the sensor’s reading and measures it against your setting. When F3 appears, that sensor is faulty and the reading never arrives. Looking for the 36 inch counterpart? That is E1.
Manufacturer’s position
An alert shows on the temperature display.
The refrigerator keeps cooling.
A professional service engineer is the one to check it.
Neither a reset nor an owner check is provided, and moving the temperature dial will not cure a bad sensor.
Thermometer idea
Since the manual is silent on how the fault changes the running of the refrigerator, a thermometer placed in the fresh food compartment shows the true picture. That is ordinary food handling sense, not a Bertazzoni instruction.
When the code changes
Fault display is a built-in function. If another code takes F3’s place on screen, record both in the order they appeared.
Bertazzoni refrigerator sensor service in Los Angeles starts with a call to (310) 987-4514. Give the code and the model number found on the nameplate. See the refrigerator repair page too.
Important safety warning. Do not attempt repairs involving electrical components, gas, water lines, refrigerant or sealed systems. Unplug the appliance if it is safe to reach the outlet, and leave internal diagnostics to a qualified technician.
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