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Possible Causes
What To Do
Ice cubes have
Food
trmlsmitthlg
odor/taste
* _'rap
to()ds well.
odor/taste
to ice cubes.
Interior
of refrigerator
* See
Careand cleaning.
needs
clemling.
Slow ice cube freezing
Door
left
open.
* Check
to see if pa(kage
is holding
door
open.
Freezer
control
not
set
* See
About the controls
cold
enough.
Refrigerator has
odor
Foods
transmitting
* Foods with
stI'ou_
odol_
should
be tightly
wrapped.
odor
to refrigerator.
* Keep
an open
box
of baking
soda
in tile refiJger;itor;
I'eplH('e
eveI'V
thl"ee
II/Ollths.
Interior
needs
clemfing.
* See
Care and cleaning.
Moisture forms
on
Not unusual
during
* X_'ipe Stll'til('e
(11_' aud
reset
tile reflJgel'ator
('outrol
outside
ofrefrigerator
periods
of high
humidity,
one
.settiu,_,_colden
Moisture
collects
inside
Too
frequent
or too
(in humidweather,air
long door ope,fings.
carries moisture
into
refrigerator
when doors
are opened)
Refrigerator
or freezer
No power
at outlet.
• Replace
ft/se
or reset
tile bFeakel'.
compartment
light does
Light
bulb
burned
out or loose.
•See Replacingthe light bulbs.
net work
Door/drawer
does not
Levelh_g
legs need
adj usth_g.
•See
Installing the Refrigeratoi:
close
by
itself
Freezerdoor/drawer
This
is normal
if, after
popping
• This
indicates
that
there
is a good
seal on tile h'eezer
pops
open
when
open,
the freezer
door/drawer
door/drawel;
If tile fl'eezel"
door/dr;iwer
does
uot
refrigerator
door
closed
on its own.
autoinaficallv
close
;alter popping
open,
theu
see tile
is closed
Problem: D oor/drawer does not close by itself, ab(we.
Hot air frombottom
of refrigerator
NormM
air flow
cooling
motor.
In the refrigeration
process,
it is normal
that
heat
be expelled
in the
&red under
the
refrigerator.
Some
floor
coverings
will
discolor
at these
normal
mid safe
temperatures.
Food freezing in
Food
too close
to the
air vent
• Move
tile filed
away fl'oIn
tile air vent
(ueur
tile
the refrigerator
at the back
of the
refrigerator,
coutr()ls).
Refrigerator
control
is set
• M( lye the
refiJge
rat( )1"(( mtr( )1 t( ) awa ruler
too
cold,
telllI)el";Itt/l"e
settiug,
Ode
iu(Telneut
ut
u
tilne.
Orange glow
Defrost
heater
is on.
• This
is uomial.
in the freezer
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