How to Reset a Bosch Fridge / Freezer?

Over the years, you may occasionally encounter some issues with your Bosch fridge, especially if you have a modern one with lots of electronic components. However, in many cases, you can solve a lot of these problems just by resetting your fridge.

That being said, the correct method of resetting your Bosch fridge depends on the issue you’re trying to resolve. For example, your fridge has multiple alarms for various things, each one of which requires a different procedure in order to reset it.

In this article, we’ll be going over the different reset procedures for your Bosch fridge-freezer and show you when these procedures should be used.

Before we explain how to perform a hard reset on your fridge, we should mention that this solution is really more of a last resort kind of thing for some of your fridge’s other problems, and you shouldn’t use this in any of the other situations we’ll be going over in this article. 

That being said, doing a hard reset on your fridge can sometimes solve some issues, particularly those that might be caused by a glitch in your fridge’s electronics. It’s also pretty easy to perform a hard reset; all you have to do is unplug your fridge from the wall socket and leave it unplugged for about 30-45 minutes.

Don’t worry about removing your food from the fridge during this time, since the fridge will be able to retain its temperature even after being unplugged for at least a few hours as long as you keep the door shut.

Read: Why My Refrigerator Keeps Running And It Does Not Turn Off?

In most cases, your fridge probably won’t be in demo mode when you have it set up in your home, but there is a chance that this ends up being the case. If your fridge is stuck in demo mode, the lights will work but nothing else will, and you’ll have what’s basically a non-functioning fridge.

To take your fridge out of demo mode, turn your fridge off and leave it off for at least five minutes. Then, when you turn the fridge back on, quickly press and hold the “alarm off” button for around 15 seconds. Make sure you hit the button within 5 seconds of turning the fridge back on.

Hold down the button until you hear the fridge beep three times, which indicates that the fridge is rebooting. Once it’s done rebooting, it should be out of demo mode.

Read: Why Is Ice Or Frost Build Up In The Freezer?

Some Bosch fridges have a door alarm that sounds to let you know that you’ve accidentally left the door open. Usually, you can reset this alarm by just making sure the door is closed, although with some fridges you may be able to reset the alarm through the fridge’s control panel.

If you want, you can also disable the door alarm entirely through your fridge’s settings.

Your fridge or freezer may also be equipped with a temperature alarm. As the name implies, this alarm is intended to let you know if the temperature in your fridge or freezer increases beyond a certain point. This can happen if you accidentally leave the fridge/freezer door open, or if you overfill the fridge/freezer with room-temperature food.

To reset the temperature alarm, you should first deal with whatever issue made the alarm go off in the first place and then hit either the alarm button or the OK button (depending on what model of fridge you have) to turn the alarm off.

Read: Refrigerator Auto Defrost Problems

If your fridge comes with a water dispenser, then it also has a water filter to eliminate minerals and other unwanted stuff. The water filter alarm will let you know when it’s time to swap out your old filter for a new one.

To reset the water filter alarm, first install a new filter, then press and hold the “change filter” button on the control panel for about 3 seconds. When the light on the button goes off, it means the alarm has been successfully reset.

If you change your water filter before the alarm goes off, however, you’ll still need to reset it so that the timer can accurately keep track of the new filter’s condition. To do so, press the change filter button repeatedly until the display reads “0”.  

Over the years, you may occasionally encounter some issues with your Bosch fridge, especially if you have a modern one with lots of electronic components. However, in many cases, you can solve a lot of these problems just by resetting your fridge.

That being said, the correct method of resetting your Bosch fridge depends on the issue you’re trying to resolve. For example, your fridge has multiple alarms for various things, each one of which requires a different procedure in order to reset it.

In this article, we’ll be going over the different reset procedures for your Bosch fridge-freezer and show you when these procedures should be used.

Before we explain how to perform a hard reset on your fridge, we should mention that this solution is really more of a last resort kind of thing for some of your fridge’s other problems, and you shouldn’t use this in any of the other situations we’ll be going over in this article. 

That being said, doing a hard reset on your fridge can sometimes solve some issues, particularly those that might be caused by a glitch in your fridge’s electronics. It’s also pretty easy to perform a hard reset; all you have to do is unplug your fridge from the wall socket and leave it unplugged for about 30-45 minutes.

Don’t worry about removing your food from the fridge during this time, since the fridge will be able to retain its temperature even after being unplugged for at least a few hours as long as you keep the door shut.

Read: Why My Refrigerator Keeps Running And It Does Not Turn Off?

In most cases, your fridge probably won’t be in demo mode when you have it set up in your home, but there is a chance that this ends up being the case. If your fridge is stuck in demo mode, the lights will work but nothing else will, and you’ll have what’s basically a non-functioning fridge.

To take your fridge out of demo mode, turn your fridge off and leave it off for at least five minutes. Then, when you turn the fridge back on, quickly press and hold the “alarm off” button for around 15 seconds. Make sure you hit the button within 5 seconds of turning the fridge back on.

Hold down the button until you hear the fridge beep three times, which indicates that the fridge is rebooting. Once it’s done rebooting, it should be out of demo mode.

Read: Why Is Ice Or Frost Build Up In The Freezer?

Some Bosch fridges have a door alarm that sounds to let you know that you’ve accidentally left the door open. Usually, you can reset this alarm by just making sure the door is closed, although with some fridges you may be able to reset the alarm through the fridge’s control panel.

If you want, you can also disable the door alarm entirely through your fridge’s settings.

Your fridge or freezer may also be equipped with a temperature alarm. As the name implies, this alarm is intended to let you know if the temperature in your fridge or freezer increases beyond a certain point. This can happen if you accidentally leave the fridge/freezer door open, or if you overfill the fridge/freezer with room-temperature food.

To reset the temperature alarm, you should first deal with whatever issue made the alarm go off in the first place and then hit either the alarm button or the OK button (depending on what model of fridge you have) to turn the alarm off.

Read: Refrigerator Auto Defrost Problems

If your fridge comes with a water dispenser, then it also has a water filter to eliminate minerals and other unwanted stuff. The water filter alarm will let you know when it’s time to swap out your old filter for a new one.

To reset the water filter alarm, first install a new filter, then press and hold the “change filter” button on the control panel for about 3 seconds. When the light on the button goes off, it means the alarm has been successfully reset.

If you change your water filter before the alarm goes off, however, you’ll still need to reset it so that the timer can accurately keep track of the new filter’s condition. To do so, press the change filter button repeatedly until the display reads “0”.