How to know the manufacturing date of a Samsung refrigerator

Knowing when your appliances were manufactured is very helpful in a number of ways. Of course, in most situations you don’t need to know, and most people don’t pay attention to it, but that’s only up to the point where your appliance stops working. If that happens, you have several options. The first is to spend $100 to $200 to repair it, and the second is to just buy a new refrigerator. This is when you need to know the manufacturing date of your refrigerator. Yes, if your refrigerator is more than 10 years old, and the problem is quite complex and may require a lot of money to repair, it is more economical to buy a new refrigerator, and sell the old one, for example, for parts.

How to find a manufacturing date of a Samsung refrigerator

To determine the production date of a Samsung refrigerator, you will need to decode the serial number, as Samsung does not typically list the production date in a direct format on the body of the appliance. This practice is due to the long sales cycles of major appliances, where models can remain on the market for long periods, potentially years after production. Displaying an older production date prominently may deter potential buyers. The serial number encodes the production date to the nearest month, but if you want to know what year a particular refrigerator model was developed, you should look at the refrigerator model number, which is where this identifier is located.

Samsung refrigerator serial number lookup

To determine the age of your Samsung refrigerator, you need to find the serial number, which encodes the date of manufacture. The serial number can be found in several ways. First, if you have the purchase documents for a refrigerator, the serial number will be indicated in the data provided. However, these documents are often lost, which makes this method less reliable.

An alternative approach is to look for the serial number on the refrigerator itself, usually found on stickers in certain places. These stickers are usually located in two places: inside the refrigerator, on the side panel, and outside, on the bottom side panel. The inside sticker contains background information about the model and serial number, and the outside sticker duplicates the information and is additionally recorded in a barcode; this sticker is used during the assembly of the refrigerator. The exact position of the inner sticker can vary and is located on the left or right side of the refrigerator, depending on the model.

There is also a serial number on the box, but it is unlikely that you have saved it, although you can now take a photo of the sticker and send it to the cloud for storage and then find it if you need to.

Samsung refrigerator manufacturing date explained

To accurately determine the age of your Samsung refrigerator, you must decipher the serial number, paying particular attention to the 8th and 9th digits, which indicate the date of manufacture. For example, consider the serial number B11343BCB00158A, where the “CB” characters are the manufacturing date code. These characters represent the year and month of manufacture.

Interpreting these characters requires a decoding table because each letter or number corresponds to a specific year or month. It is important to note that Samsung uses a 20-year cycle to determine the manufacturing date, meaning that the codes repeat every two decades. This system is based on the assumption that refrigerators older than 20 years are likely to have reached the end of their useful life, meaning fewer are available.

When purchasing a used refrigerator, you should check the model number against the serial number to determine the exact date of manufacture. This approach will allow you to accurately determine the refrigerator’s age, given the 20-year cycle of repeating the date of manufacture.

The year and month of the Samsung refrigerator in the serial number

To accurately determine the production date of a Samsung refrigerator, you need to decipher certain serial number characters. The process involves identifying the 8th and 9th characters when counting from left to right or, conversely, the 7th and 8th characters when counting from right to left. These two characters encode essential information: the first indicates the year of manufacture, the second the month of manufacture.

You can refer to decoding tables specifically designed to interpret these symbols into the production date to determine the date. Below is a table that provides detailed information on the production dates of Samsung refrigerators since 1990.

Year	Year ID	Month	Month ID
2025	Y	January	1
2024	X	February	2
2023	W	March	3
2022	T	April	4
2021	R	May	5
2020	N	June	6
2019	M	July	7
2018	K	August	8
2017	J	September	9
2016	H	October	A
2015	G	November	B
2014	E	December	C
2013	D
2012	C
2011	B
2010	Z
2009	S
2008	Q
2007	P
2006	A, L
2005	Y
2004	X
2003	W
2002	T
2001	R

Production date chart, Samsung fridge serial number

Using a unique table to decipher the production date of the serial number of your Samsung refrigerator allows you to quickly obtain information. This table provides over 30 years of manufacturing date data back to 1990 and is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to accurately determine the age of their Samsung device.

If after searching the table you are still trying to figure out the production date, you should check to see if you have found the correct production date symbols. Be sure to take into account the 20-year cycle to correctly determine the production date. When in doubt, use the model number and serial number. While this may require some online research, it is worth it for people who need to know the exact manufacturing date of the device.

year / month		January	February	March	April	May	June	july	August	September	October	November	December
	code; year / month	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	A	B	C
1990	M	M 1	M 2	M 3	M 4	M5	M6	M7	M8	M9	MA	MB	MC
1991	A	A 1	A2	A3	A4	A5	A6	A7	A8	A9	AA	AB	AC
1992	B	B 1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	B8	B9	BA	BB	BC
1993	C	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8	C9	CA	CB	CC
1994	D	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9	DA	DB	DC
1995	F	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7	F8	F9	FA	FB	FC
1996	G	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	GA	GB	GC
1997	H	H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	H6	H7	H8	H9	HA	HB	HC
1998	J	J1	J2	J3	J4	J5	J6	J7	J8	J9	JA	JB	JC
1999	K	K1	K2	K3	K4	K5	K6	K7	K8	K9	KA	KB	KC
2000	N	N1	N2	N3	N4	N5	N6	N7	N8	N9	NA	NB	NC
2001	R	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	RA	RB	RC
2002	T	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8	T9	TA	TB	TC
2003	W	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	WA	WB	WC
2004	X	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5	X6	X7	X8	X9	XA	XB	XC
2005	Y	Y1	Y2	Y3	Y4	Y5	Y6	Y7	Y8	Y9	YA	YB	YC
2006	A,L	A1,L1	A2,L2	A3,L3	A4,L4	A5,L5	A6,L6	A7,L7	A8,L8	A9,L9	AA,LA	AB,LB	AC,LC
2007	P	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8	P9	PA	PB	PC
2008	Q	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8	Q9	QA	QB	QC
2009	S	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	SA	SB	SC
2010	Z	Z1	Z2	Z3	Z4	Z5	Z6	Z7	Z8	Z9	ZA	ZB	ZC
2011	B	B1	B2	B3	B4	B5	B6	B7	B8	B9	BA	BB	BC
2012	C	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8	C9	CA	CB	CC
2013	D	D1	D2	D3	D4	D5	D6	D7	D8	D9	DA	DB	DC
2014	F	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	F7	F8	F9	FA	FB	FC
2015	G	G1	G2	G3	G4	G5	G6	G7	G8	G9	GA	GB	GC
2016	H	H1	H2	H3	H4	H5	H6	H7	H8	H9	HA	HB	HC
2017	J	J1	J2	J3	J4	J5	J6	J7	J8	J9	JA	JB	JC
2018	K	K1	K2	K3	K4	K5	K6	K7	K8	K9	KA	KB	KC
2019	M	M1	M2	M3	M4	M5	M6	M7	M8	M9	MA	MB	MC
2020	N	N1	N2	N3	N4	N5	N6	N7	N8	N9	NA	NB	NC
2021	R	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	RA	RB	RC
2022	T	T1	T2	T3	T4	T5	T6	T7	T8	T9	TA	TB	TC
2023	W	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	WA	WB	WC
2024	X	X1	X2	X3	X4	X5	X6	X7	X8	X9	XA	XB	XC
2025	Y	Y1	Y2	Y3	Y4	Y5	Y6	Y7	Y8	Y9	YA	YB	YC