Solutions to Common Problems
Concern
Potential Cause
Opening/Closing Of Doors/Drawers
Door(s) will
•
Door was closed too hard,
not close.
causing other door to
open slightly.
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Refrigerator is not level. It
rocks on the floor when
moved slightly.
•
Refrigerator is touching a
wall or cabinet.
Drawers are
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Food is touching shelf on
difficult to
top of drawer.
move.
•
Track that drawers slide on
is dirty.
Running of Refrigerator
Compressor
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Freezer control is set to
does not
"OF".
run.
•
Refrigerator is in defrost
cycle.
•
Plug at electrical outlet is
disconnected.
•
House fuse blown or
tripped circuit breaker.
•
Power outage.
Refrigerator
•
Your variable speed
seems to
compressor is designed
run too
to run 100% of the time
much or too
except during the defrost
long.
cycle. At times it will run
faster, such as after a
defrost cycle.
Digital Temperature Setting Display
Digital
•
Electronic control
temperature
system has detected a
displays an
performance problem.
error.
Common Solution
•
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.
•
Remove top layer of items in drawer.
•
Ensure drawer is properly installed
on track.
•
Clean drawer, rollers, and track. See
Care & Cleaning.
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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.
•
It is normal for the compressor to run
continuously except during defrost
mode.
•
Call your Electrolux service
representative, who can interpret any
messages or number codes flashing
on the digital displays.
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