Frigidaire serial number lookup: how old is the appliance?
The serial number is on a tag inside the appliance: on the upper wall of the fresh-food compartment of a refrigerator, or along the door opening of a washer, dryer or dishwasher. In a Frigidaire serial the third character is the last digit of the year and the two digits after it are the week.
Decode a Frigidaire serial number
How to read a Frigidaire serial number
Plant, product letter, year digit, then week
The third character is the last digit of the year. The two digits after it are the week. The first two characters are the plant and the product.
Shape: ten characters: a letter or digit, a letter, then eight digits.
VF52200000 reads as week 22 of 2025 (around May).
The same code also fits 2015, 2005 or 1995. Only the last digit of the year is stored, so the code repeats every ten years. The second character is the product: A refrigerator, B freezer, C washer, D dryer, E laundry center, F range, H dishwasher, G or P microwave. Other letters exist.
Where to find the serial number
Most current Frigidaire tags also print the manufacture date next to the serial number. When it is there, read it directly.
| Appliance | Where the serial tag is |
|---|---|
| Refrigerator | Top-freezer: upper left side wall of the fresh-food compartment. French-door and side-by-side: upper right side of the fresh-food compartment |
| Freezer | Upright: along the interior side trim. Chest: on the left outside wall, above the access panel |
| Washer | Front-load: along the trim of the door. Top-load: along the back of the tub opening, under the lid |
| Dryer | Along the top of the door opening. Laundry centers: on a white sticker inside the dryer door |
| Dishwasher | On the inner side of the door, or on the right side of the tub, visible with the door open |
| Range | On the interior side trim of the oven, or on the front frame of the storage drawer |
| Wall oven | On the left interior side trim, visible with the door open |
| Microwave | On the interior side trim, visible with the door open |
If the serial number does not decode
- The decade is in neither the serial number nor the model number. The print date in the owner’s manual or on the installation sheet shows which decade a repeating code belongs to.
- Gibson, Kelvinator, Tappan and White-Westinghouse appliances built by Electrolux use the same code.
- The manufacturer can confirm the date from the serial: Frigidaire registration, warranty or serial lookup.
What the age tells you
| Equipment | Typical service life |
|---|---|
| Refrigerator | 12 to 14 years |
| Clothes washer | 10 to 13 years |
| Clothes dryer | 13 to 14 years |
| Dishwasher | 9 to 15 years |
| Range or oven | 13 to 17 years |
About Frigidaire
General Motors owned Frigidaire until 1979, when it passed to White Consolidated Industries. Electrolux bought that company in 1986 and still owns Frigidaire. Frigidaire heating and cooling equipment is a separate business, built by Nordyne under licence, with its own serial code.
Questions and answers
Which characters in a Frigidaire serial number show the date?
The third character is the last digit of the year. The two digits after it are the week. The first two characters are the plant and the product. This applies to units built since 1986.
The decoder shows more than one possible year. Which one is right?
Part of the Frigidaire date code repeats, so the serial alone fits more than one year. A manufacture date printed on the rating plate, the print date of the owner’s manual or the installation record settles it. For equipment that is still running, the more recent year is usually the right one.
Sources
- Electrical Forensics (Ray Franco, forensic engineer): Electrolux and Frigidaire date codes (independent reference): https://www.electrical-forensics.com/MajorAppliances/ElectroluxDateCodes.html
- CPSC recall: Frigidaire gas ranges sold June 2025 to January 2026, serials VF52200000 to VF54399999 (US Consumer Product Safety Commission): https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2026/Electrolux-Group-Recalls-Frigidaire-Gas-Ranges-Due-to-Burn-Hazard
- CPSC recall: Frigidaire gas laundry centers distributed October 2014 to April 2018, serials 4E441 to 4E816 (US Consumer Product Safety Commission): https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2023/Electrolux-Group-Recalls-Frigidaire-Gas-Laundry-Centers-Due-to-Fire-Hazard
- Building Intelligence Center: Frigidaire appliance age (independent reference): https://www.building-center.org/frigidaire-appliances/
- Frigidaire: where can I find my model and serial number? (manufacturer): https://owner.frigidaire.com/support-articles/article/1858491-where-can-i-find-my-model-and-serial-number-
Formats last checked against these sources on October 5, 2026. Found a serial that does not fit? Send a correction. How formats are verified: method and sources.