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PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE
Doors not • Refrigerator not level. Adjust leveling legs or call the
closing installer. When cabinet is level, doors will close gently
properly and securely.
Frost or ice • Door may have been left ajar or package holding door open.
crystals on
• Too frequent or too long door openings.
frozen food
• Frost within package is normal.
Automatic icemaker • Icemaker feeler arm in STOP (up) position.
does not work
• Water supply turned off or not connected.
• Freezer compartment too warm.
• Cubes too small—water shutoff valve connecting refrigerator
to home water line may be clogged.
• Sometimes cubes fuse to the side of the ice mold and hold
the feeler arm in the STOP (up) position. Remove this ice
to restart the icemaker.
• When reaching for cubes by hand, you may have pushed the
feeler arm into the STOP (up) position by mistake.
• Piled up cubes in storage bin may cause icemaker to shut
off prematurely. With icemaker feeler arm in STOP (up)
position, level cubes in bin by hand.
Slow ice cube
• Door may have been left open.
freezing
• Turn temperature of freezer compartment colder.
Ice cubes have • Old cubes need to be discarded.
odor/taste
• Ice storage bin needs to be emptied and washed.
• Unsealed packages in refrigerator and/or freezer
compartments may be transmitting odor/taste to ice cubes.
• Interior of refrigerator needs cleaning.
• Poor-tasting incoming water. Install a water filter.
Cube dispenser • No ice cubes. Remove storage bin. If cubes are frozen to wire
does not work arm, remove cubes.
• No ice cubes. Icemaker turned off or water supply
turned off.
• Irregular ice clumps in storage container. Break up as
many as you can with fingertip pressure and discard the
remaining clumps.
Water has poor • If water dispenser has not been used for an extended
taste/odor period, dispense water in regular manner until all water in
reservoir is replenished with fresh water.
• Poor-tasting incoming water. Install a water filter. See the
Water Filter Accessory section.
Water in first glass • Allow about 24 hours for water to cool to proper
is warm temperature after refrigerator is first installed.
• If water dispenser has not been used for extended
period, water in the first glass will not be as cool as
in succeeding glasses.
• If water reservoir has been drained, allow several hours
for replenished supply to chill.
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