Medium — Technician inspection recommended

Refrigerator freezing food on shelves

Vegetables freezing on top shelf? Thermostat failure or too-low setting. Quick fix: adjust to 4-5°. If persistent, the thermistor is dead.

Symptoms That Indicate Refrigerator freezing food on shelves

See if any of these signs match your device — each one increases the likelihood of this fault.

Technical Causes

These are the causes we encounter while repairing Refrigerator freezing food on shelves — ranked from most to least common.

  1. 01

    Failed thermostat keeping cooling on

  2. 02

    Thermistor reading wrong

  3. 03

    Air dampers stuck open

  4. 04

    Setting too low (1-2°)

  5. 05

    Control board fault

  6. 06

    Fridge too empty

When to Stop and Call a Technician Immediately

Any of the following = a danger signal — call now and don't try to fix it yourself.

Call now — 16062

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