Frigidaire FRSS2323AD Complete Owners Guide - Page 31

Opening/closing Of Doors/drawers, Ing Of Doors/drawers

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31 TROUBLESHOOTING CONCERN CAUSE SOLUTION OPENING/CLOSING OF DOORS/DRAWERS Door(s) will not close. • Door was closed too hard, causing other door to open slightly. • Refrigerator is not level. It rocks on the floor when moved slightly. • Refrigerator is touching a wall or cabinet. • Close both doors gently. • Ensure floor is level and solid, and can adequately support the refrigerator. Contact a carpenter to correct a sagging or sloping floor. • Ensure floor is level and solid, and can adequately support the refrigerator. Contact a carpenter to correct a sagging or sloping floor. Drawers are difficult to move. • Food is touching shelf on top of drawer. • Track that drawers slide on is dirty. • Remove top layer of items in drawer. • Ensure drawer is properly installed on track. • Clean drawer, rollers, and track. See CARE AND CLEANING. RUNNING OF REFRIGERATOR Compressor does not run. • Freezer control is set to "OF" or "0". • Refrigerator is in defrost cycle. • Plug at electrical outlet is disconnected. • House fuse blown or tripped circuit breaker. • Power outage. • Set freezer control. • This is normal for a fully automatic defrost refrigerator. The defrost cycle occurs periodically, lasting about 30 minutes. • Ensure plug is tightly pushed into outlet. • Check/replace fuse with a 15 amp time-delay fuse. Reset circuit breaker. • Check house lights. Call local electric company. Refrigerator runs too much or too long. • Room or outside weather is hot. • Doors are opened too frequently or too long. • Refrigerator/freezer door may be slightly open. • Freezer control is set too cold. • Refrigerator/freezer gasket is dirty, worn, cracked, or poorly fitted. • Condenser is dirty. • It's normal for the refrigerator to work longer under these conditions. • Warm air entering the refrigerator causes it to run more. Open doors less often. • Ensure refrigerator is level. Keep food and contains from blocking door. See CONCERN column OPENING/CLOSING OF DOORS/DRAWERS. • Set Refrigerator control to warmer setting until refrigerator temperature is satisfactory. Allow 24 hours for temperature to stabilize. • Clean or change gasket. Leaks in door seal will cause refrigerator to run longer in order to maintain desired temperatures. • Clean condenser. See CARE AND CLEANING.

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31
TROUBLESHOOTING
CONCERN
CAUSE
SOLUTION
OPENING/CLOSING OF DOORS/DRAWERS
Door(s) will not
close.
• Door was closed too
hard, causing other
door to open slightly.
• Refrigerator is not lev-
el. It rocks on the floor
when moved slightly.
• Refrigerator is touch-
ing a wall or cabinet.
• Close both doors gently.
• Ensure floor is level and solid, and
can adequately support the refriger-
ator. Contact a carpenter to correct
a sagging or sloping floor.
• Ensure floor is level and solid, and
can adequately support the refriger-
ator. Contact a carpenter to correct
a sagging or sloping floor.
Drawers are dif-
ficult to move.
• Food is touching shelf
on top of drawer.
• Track that drawers
slide on is dirty.
• Remove top layer of items in drawer.
• Ensure drawer is properly installed
on track.
• Clean drawer, rollers, and track. See
CARE AND CLEANING
.
RUNNING OF REFRIGERATOR
Compressor
does not run.
• Freezer control is set
to “OF” or “0”.
• Refrigerator is in
defrost cycle.
• Plug at electrical out-
let is disconnected.
• House fuse blown or
tripped circuit breaker.
• Power outage.
• Set freezer control.
• This is normal for a fully automatic
defrost refrigerator. The defrost cy-
cle occurs periodically, lasting about
30 minutes.
• Ensure plug is tightly pushed into outlet.
• Check/replace fuse with a 15 amp
time-delay fuse. Reset circuit breaker.
• Check house lights. Call local
electric company.
Refrigerator
runs too much
or too long.
• Room or outside
weather is hot.
• Doors are opened too
frequently or too long.
• Refrigerator/freezer
door may be
slightly open.
• Freezer control is set
too cold.
• Refrigerator/freezer
gasket is dirty,
worn, cracked, or
poorly fitted.
• Condenser is dirty.
• It’s normal for the refrigerator to
work longer under these conditions.
• Warm air entering the refrigerator
causes it to run more. Open doors
less often.
• Ensure refrigerator is level. Keep food
and contains from blocking door. See
CONCERN
column
OPENING/CLOS-
ING OF DOORS/DRAWERS
.
• Set Refrigerator control to warmer
setting until refrigerator temperature
is satisfactory. Allow 24 hours for
temperature to stabilize.
• Clean or change gasket. Leaks in
door seal will cause refrigerator
to run longer in order to maintain
desired temperatures.
• Clean condenser. See
CARE
AND CLEANING
.