KitchenAid wine cooler Sabbath Mode: lights and tones switched off
KitchenAid's undercounter wine units have a Sabbath Mode that turns off the motion-activated lights and the alarm tones.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: KitchenAid
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What Sabbath Mode
actually means.
KitchenAid's undercounter wine units have a Sabbath Mode that turns off the motion-activated lights and the alarm tones. Owners who find the cabinet dark and silent are often looking at this mode rather than a failure.
KitchenAid wine cooler display
What to do when Sabbath Mode shows on the wine coolerKind of codeMode, not a failure
A setting someone switched on, often by leaning on the touch panel or left over from the showroom floor, rather than a part that wore out: a demo mode that lights the display and the rack lamps while the cooling never starts, a Sabbath setting that turns off the lights and alarms, a child or control lock that ignores every key press, a reminder that the glass door stood open. The cabinet is fine, and its own keys or its manual switch the mode back off.
Usually leads toNo repair
Look for the Sabbath indicator on the control panel and turn the mode off there.
Shows up asWine Cooler Error Code
A wine cooler error code appears as letters and digits on the display, a flashing temperature, dashes where a number should be or a blinking symbol, sometimes with an alarm tone and sometimes while the cabinet stays perfectly cool.
MakeKitchenAid
KitchenAid wine coolers checked at home when they leak, frost over at the back or will not hold temperature.
SourceKitchenAid product page, KUWR314KBS 24-inch undercounter wine unit (archived)
KitchenAid 24-inch undercounter wine units such as KUWR314. KitchenAid's product page describes the mode but its Product Help does not give the key sequence.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from KitchenAid's own guidance for Sabbath Mode on its wine coolers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Look for the Sabbath indicator on the control panel and turn the mode off there.
Walk up to the unit and confirm the motion-activated light comes on again.
If the display and lights stay off with the mode ended, check the outlet and breaker, then book a visit.
Cleared?
The display has gone quiet and the cabinet is back at its setting without a new part. Should the code reappear this week, or the reds start feeling warm again, book a visit and mention that it came back.
What not to do
Sabbath Mode is not a failed light or a dead control. Because tones are off, a warm zone may not sound an alarm while the mode is on.
What you may
notice with it.
The wine cooler problems Sabbath Mode tends to arrive with. Answer these at the wine cooler before anyone is booked.
All problems
Wine Cooler Error Code
7 causes, cheapest first
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
A setting someone switched on, often by leaning on the touch panel or left over from the showroom floor, rather than a part that wore out: a demo mode that lights the display and the rack lamps while the cooling never starts, a Sabbath setting that turns off the lights and alarms, a child or control lock that ignores every key press, a reminder that the glass door stood open. The cabinet is fine, and its own keys or its manual switch the mode back off.
KitchenAid
wine coolers.
KitchenAid wine coolers checked at home when they leak, frost over at the back or will not hold temperature.
KitchenAid wine cooler repairMore KitchenAid codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
Undercounter wine cooler
A wine cooler about the height of a base cabinet, built in under the counter of a kitchen, a bar or a butler's pantry, with a glass door, sliding racks and a vented toe grille at the floor.
Dual-zone wine cooler
A wine cooler with two separately set compartments, upper and lower or side by side, so reds and whites or a storage zone and a serving zone each keep their own temperature.
In KitchenAid's own words
Turning on Sabbath Mode disables automatic lights and alarm tones.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. KitchenAid 24-inch undercounter wine units such as KUWR314. KitchenAid's product page describes the mode but its Product Help does not give the key sequence.
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Questions
about Sabbath Mode.
Can I clear Sabbath Mode myself?
Why doesn't the light come on when I walk up to my KitchenAid wine cooler?
Will my KitchenAid wine cooler still beep if a zone warms in Sabbath Mode?
Does Sabbath Mode change my KitchenAid wine cooler temperatures?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Sabbath Mode?
When you book, copy the code or the blink pattern as the display shows it, add the whole model number, and say whether the bottles still feel cool — a code gives the technician a head start.