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I have a GE GNE26GMDFES fridge/freezer that has erratic temps in the refrigerator section. The freezer is fine.The temp is set to 37 degrees. But, it will randomly go up as high as 45 degrees and then at some point come back down.I am also getting food frozen in the 2 bottom drawers.I have several suspects but need some help to narrow it down.I already had a service guy come look at it, He said that he would have to see if he could get parts, and then said he couldn’t get them and disappeared!I can get the suspect parts, but I just don’t want to spend money that I don’t need to spend.Tom
Hi @agile4 , Are you sure that the temp rises in the refrigerator compartment are “erratic”? Just wondering when this happens if the refrigerator is in an auto defrost mode as this can cause the temps to rise in the compartments. Not sure with your model as it has 2 evap units but the parts diagrams show that there are two defrost thermostats, one for each evap unit, so it may be that the refrigerator compartment does have a defrost cycle. Usually with most it only occurs once every 8-10 hours though and lasts for about 20 minutes. Here’s the 31 51872 GE Mini Manual for the refrigerator. Run the diagnostics as described in the manual and check if it shows any error codes for the FF thermistors. (FF = refrigerator, FZ = freezer)
The fridge gets its cold from the freezer via a port at the top connecting the freezer to the fridge. I would suspect the door seal. That would cause cold air to drop which might make that area colder than the top. The leak might be at the top or bottom. It may also be that the seal is fine, but there is something holding the door slightly open. Most seals are easy to remove/replace. You may have to remove the seal to determine what might be holding the door open.
