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Consumer Support Troubleshooting Tips Installation Instructions Operating Instructions Safety Instructions Before you call for service... Problem Ice cubes have odor/taste Small or hollow cubes Slow ice cube freezing Orange glow in the freezer Cube dispenser does not work (on some models) Water has poor taste/odor (on some models) Water in first glass is warm (on some models) Water dispenser does not work (on some models) Water spurting from dispenser (on some models) Water is not dispensed (on some models) but icemaker is working Possible Causes Ice storage bin needs cleaning. Food transmitting odor/taste to ice cubes. Interior of refrigerator needs cleaning. Water filter clogged. Door left open. Temperature control not set cold enough. Defrost heater is on. Icemaker turned off or water supply turned off. Ice cubes are frozen to icemaker feeler arm. An item is blocking or has fallen into the ice chute inside the top door bin of the freezer. Irregular ice clumps in storage container. Dispenser is LOCKED. Water dispenser has not been used for a long time. Normal when refrigerator is first installed. Water dispenser has not been used for a long time. Water system has been drained. Water supply line turned off or not connected. Water filter clogged. Air may be trapped in the water system. Dispenser is LOCKED. Newly-installed filter cartridge. Water in reservoir is frozen. Refrigerator control setting is too cold. What To Do • Empty and wash bin. Discard old cubes. • Wrap foods well. •See Care and cleaning. •Replace filter cartridge with new cartridge or with plug. • Check to see if package is holding door open. •See About the controls. • This is normal. • Turn on icemaker or water supply. • Remove cubes. • Remove any item that might be blocking, or has fallen into, the chute. • Break up with fingertip pressure and discard remaining clumps. •Freezer may be too warm. Adjust the freezer control to a colder setting, one position at a time, until clumps do not form. •Press and hold the LOCK pad for 3 seconds. •Dispense water until all water in system is replenished. • Wait 24 hours for the refrigerator to completely cool down. • Dispense water until all water in system is replenished. •Allow several hours for replenished supply to chill. • See Installing the water line. • Replace filter cartridge or remove filter and install plug. •Press the dispenser arm for at least two minutes. •Press and hold the LOCK pad for 3 seconds. •Run water from the dispenser for 3 minutes (about one and a half gallons). •Call for service. •Set to a warmer setting. 30

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Problem
Possible Causes
What To Do
Ice cubes have
Ice storage bin needs cleaning.
Empty and wash bin. Discard old cubes.
odor/taste
Food transmitting odor/taste
Wrap foods well.
to ice cubes.
Interior of refrigerator
See
Care and cleaning.
needs cleaning.
Small or hollow cubes
Water filter clogged.
Replace filter cartridge with new cartridge or with plug.
Slow ice cube freezing
Door left open.
Check to see if package is holding door open.
Temperature control not set
See
About the controls.
cold enough.
Orange glow in
Defrost heater is on.
This is normal.
the freezer
Cube dispenser does not
Icemaker turned off or
Turn on icemaker or water supply.
work (on some models)
water supply turned off.
Ice cubes are frozen to
Remove cubes.
icemaker feeler arm.
An item is blocking or has fallen
Remove any item that might be blocking, or has fallen
into the ice chute inside the top
into, the chute.
door bin of the freezer.
Irregular ice clumps in
Break up with fingertip pressure and discard
storage container.
remaining clumps.
Freezer may be too warm. Adjust the freezer control
to a colder setting, one position at a time, until clumps
do not form.
Dispenser is
LOCKED
.
Press and hold the
LOCK
pad for 3 seconds.
Water has poor taste/odor
Water dispenser has not been
Dispense water until all water in system is replenished.
(on some models)
used for a long time.
Water in first glass is
Normal when refrigerator
Wait 24 hours for the refrigerator to completely
warm (on some models)
is first installed.
cool down.
Water dispenser has not been
Dispense water until all water in system is replenished.
used for a long time.
Water system has been drained.
Allow several hours for replenished supply to chill.
Water dispenser does
Water supply line turned
See
Installing the water line.
not work (on some models)
off or not connected.
Water filter clogged.
Replace filter cartridge or remove filter and install plug.
Air may be trapped in the
Press the dispenser arm for at least two minutes.
water system.
Dispenser is
LOCKED
.
Press and hold the
LOCK
pad for 3 seconds.
Water spurting from
Newly-installed filter cartridge.
Run water from the dispenser for 3 minutes (about
dispenser (on some models)
one and a half gallons).
Water is not dispensed
Water in reservoir is
Call for service.
(on some models) but
frozen.
icemaker is working
Refrigerator control setting
Set to a warmer setting.
is too cold.
Before you call for service…
Consumer Support
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