Water Filter for the Samsung RF23M8570SG-RF23M8570SG-AA (DA97-17376B)

RF23M8570SG-RF23M8570SG/AA specifics — where the filter actually lives

The filter bay on the RF23M8570SG-RF23M8570SG/AA upper rear of the fresh-food section in most French-door builds with interior dispensers, a deliberate placement that keeps the swap away from the door seals and drawer rails. It is a push-lock bay — the header accepts the cartridge one way; when it slides without force, it is aligned.

Order-day practicalities: the first removal takes more force than every later one, and skipping the reset leaves a change-light glaring at a perfectly fresh cartridge. The RF in RF23M8570SG-RF23M8570SG/AA is doing real work: Samsung uses it across the French-door multi-door range, which means shared cartridge economics — one media family, dozens of cabinet variants, all drinking from the same parts catalog. The AA tail marks finish variants of one chassis; the filter bay is shared across the entire finish range.

RF vs RS — what the prefix tells you

The catalog pairs RF with RS, and the split matters at order time: The door count differs — French-door multi-door against side-by-side — but the bay and the cartridge order do not. The digits in the model number read as cabinet capacity (23 cu ft), a decent proxy for how hard the filter works in daily service.

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.

RF23M8570SG-RF23M8570SG/AA filter questions