Water Filter for the Samsung RF23M8070SG-AA (DA97-17376B)

RF23M8070SG/AA specifics — where the filter actually lives

Finding the bay is the easy part — this chassis puts it inside the fresh-food cavity, upper zone in most French-door builds — usually a kneeling-height or shoulder-height swap, not a teardown. Mechanically the RF23M8070SG/AA uses a push-in cartridge; the latch does the locking for you; your only job is keeping the cartridge square on the way in.

Owners of the RF23M8070SG/AA report the same friction points: a stubborn first twist when the old o-ring has set, and a change-filter light that will not clear itself until you hold the reset. The RF prefix is the tell: the RF run is Samsung’s French-door multi-door series; across the run, the filter bay is one of the constants. Trailing letters like AA denote trim and finish: stainless, panel-ready, handle variants. The water path is identical across them.

RF vs RS — what the prefix tells you

Two prefixes, two missions: Ordering by prefix works because RF means French-door multi-door and RS means side-by-side in this catalog — and the cartridge pool overlaps both. read the code as 23 cubic feet of capacity, which tells you the cartridge’s real workload between changes.

Swap it in 5 minutes

• Pull the old cartridge straight out of the header — expect a small spill, not a flood.
• Align the new cartridge with the keyed slot; it only goes in one orientation.
• Push the cartridge home until the retention latch clicks.
• Run two gallons through the dispenser to flush carbon fines, then hold the filter-reset control until the status light clears.

What this filter takes out of your water

Coverage above lists what the standard addresses, not a performance claim for any specific cartridge — removal claims vary by certificate, so check the NSF listing for the exact part number you are buying.

RF23M8070SG/AA filter questions