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title: "Bertazzoni freezer column error code E5"
description: "Bertazzoni freezer column error code E5: The frost sensor on the freezing side is failed — the part that decides when a defrost is needed."
url: "https://bertazzonimiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e5-freezer/"
date_modified: "2026-08-27"
Appliance type: "Freezer columns"
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# Bertazzoni freezer column error code E5

### What E5 means on a freezer column

The frost sensor on the freezing side is failed — the part that decides when a defrost is needed. That comes out of the refrigeration with an error-code display manual this maker publishes for the machine, and it is one of only three documents in the whole current catalog that carries a code table at all.

### What to do

- The maker's own note with this table is worth repeating: the appliance will usually go on cooling and freezing while showing one of these, so this is not an emergency.
- Note the code before it is cleared, and note whether temperatures have actually drifted — a sensor problem with correct temperatures and one with a warm cabinet are different appointments.
- None of these is an owner repair; they are sensing and control problems and they are diagnosed with a meter.

Write the code down before you clear it, and photograph the display if you can. On a machine that only shows a problem intermittently, that is the one piece of evidence that disappears the moment power is cycled, and it is the first thing anybody will ask you for.

### What the repair is

Conditions like this one end at [Freezer column repair](https://bertazzonimiami.support/services/freezer-column-repair/) more often than anywhere else. The figure on that page is a starting point; the exact cost is confirmed after an on-site diagnostic and agreed in writing before anything is opened.

Refrigeration with an error-code display

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What E5 means on a freezer column

The frost sensor on the freezing side is failed — the part that decides when a defrost is needed. That comes out of the refrigeration with an error-code display manual this maker publishes for the machine, and it is one of only three documents in the whole current catalog that carries a code table at all.

What to do

The maker's own note with this table is worth repeating: the appliance will usually go on cooling and freezing while showing one of these, so this is not an emergency.

Note the code before it is cleared, and note whether temperatures have actually drifted — a sensor problem with correct temperatures and one with a warm cabinet are different appointments.

None of these is an owner repair; they are sensing and control problems and they are diagnosed with a meter.

Write the code down before you clear it, and photograph the display if you can. On a machine that only shows a problem intermittently, that is the one piece of evidence that disappears the moment power is cycled, and it is the first thing anybody will ask you for.

What the repair is

Conditions like this one end at Freezer column repair more often than anywhere else. The figure on that page is a starting point; the exact cost is confirmed after an on-site diagnostic and agreed in writing before anything is opened.

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