Viking SAB: Sabbath mode has turned off lights and alarms
In Viking Sabbath mode the interior lights, the display (apart from the SAB indicator, temperature and compartment indicator) and the alarms are disabled.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Viking
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What SAB
actually means.
In Viking Sabbath mode the interior lights, the display (apart from the SAB indicator, temperature and compartment indicator) and the alarms are disabled. If power is lost, the freezer comes back in Sabbath mode.
Viking freezer display · also shown as Sabbath mode
What to do when SAB shows on the freezerKind of codeMode, not a failure
A setting the freezer was put into, often by accident or by the store it came from, rather than a part that broke: a showroom or demo mode that lights the display while the compressor stays off, a fast freeze left running for days, a Sabbath setting that silences the alarms, a control lock, a door alarm reminding you the door stood open. Nothing has worn out, and the freezer's own buttons or manual put it back.
Usually leads toNo repair
If the light is out and the alarms are silent, look for SAB before assuming a failure.
Shows up asFreezer Light Out
A freezer light not working leaves the cabinet dark when the door or lid opens, while the freezer itself may still hum and hold its cold.
MakeViking
Viking freezers repaired at home, with the frost, the fans and the door seal checked on the first visit.
SourceViking Use & Care Manual, 5 Series built-in all refrigerators and all freezers (FDFB5303, VCFB5303 and siblings)
Viking 5 Series and Professional built-in all freezers (FDFB5303, FDFB5363, VCFB5303, VCFB5363 and custom panel versions). Viking 7 Series integrated all freezer columns (VFI7180, VFI7240, FFI and MVFI versions).
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for SAB on its freezers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
If the light is out and the alarms are silent, look for SAB before assuming a failure.
Check the food yourself after any power outage, since the alarms will not warn you in this mode.
On 5 Series models with an ice maker, raise the bale arm before Sabbath mode and lower it afterward, as Viking instructs.
Cleared?
The freezer is holding its temperature again and no part had to be replaced. If the same code comes back within a few days, or the packages start to soften again, book it as a fresh problem.
What not to do
SAB is not a burned-out light or a failed control. It is also not showroom mode, which stops cooling.
What you may
notice with it.
The freezer problems SAB tends to arrive with. Answer these at the freezer before anyone is booked.
All problems
Freezer Light Out
4 causes, cheapest first
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
A setting the freezer was put into, often by accident or by the store it came from, rather than a part that broke: a showroom or demo mode that lights the display while the compressor stays off, a fast freeze left running for days, a Sabbath setting that silences the alarms, a control lock, a door alarm reminding you the door stood open. Nothing has worn out, and the freezer's own buttons or manual put it back.
Viking
freezers.
Viking freezers repaired at home, with the frost, the fans and the door seal checked on the first visit.
Viking freezer repairMore Viking codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
In Viking's own words
When your refrigerator is in Sabbath mode, interior lights, display (excluding SAB indicator, temperature, and compartment indicator), and alarms are disabled.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Viking 5 Series and Professional built-in all freezers (FDFB5303, FDFB5363, VCFB5303, VCFB5363 and custom panel versions). Viking 7 Series integrated all freezer columns (VFI7180, VFI7240, FFI and MVFI versions).
Viking SAB freezer repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about SAB.
Can I clear SAB myself?
Why is the light out in my Viking freezer?
Does a Viking freezer leave Sabbath mode after a power cut?
How do I turn off Sabbath mode on a Viking 7 Series column?
Back to your everyday
Still showing SAB?
Book with the code or the alarm pattern written exactly as the freezer shows it, the full model number, and whether the food is still frozen hard — when there is a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.