GE PDCS1NBWARSS Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions page 38

Before you call for service...
Troubleshooting -tips
Possible Causes What To Do
Ice cubes have Food lrmlsmitthlg odor/taste * Wrap tbods well.
odor/taste to ice cubes.
lnterior o f re frigerat or *See
Care and cleaning.
needs clem_lg. * Keep an ,,pen box of baUng soda in the reflJgerator;
replace every three
I/lonths.
Slow ice cube freezing Door left open. * Check to see if package is hokling door open.
Freezer control not set * See About the controls.
cold enough.
Refrigerator has odor Foods trm_smitth_g * Foods with strong o(]m_ should be tightly wrapped.
odor to refrigerator.
* Keep
an open box of baking soda in the refrigerator;
replace e_erv three months.
Interior needs cleaning.
* See
Care and cleaning.
Moisture forms on Not mmsuaJ during * _ipe sm_iwe
chy and
reset the refl_igerator control
outsideofrefrigerator
periods of high hmnidJty, one
.settim,_ colder;
Moisture collects inside Too frequent or too
(in humid weather, air long door openings.
carriesmoistureinto
refrigerator when doors
are opened)
Refrigerator or freezer
No power at outlet.
• ]_eplace
tuse
or reset
the breakex;
compartment light does Light btdb burned out or loose.
*See Replacingthe lightbulbs.
not work
Door/drawerdoes not Leveling legs need adjttsth_g. * See Installing the Refrigerator.
close byitself
Freezerdoor/drawer This is normal if, after popping * This indicates that there is a good seal on the fi'eezer
pops open when
open, the freezer door/drawer door/draxve_: If the fl'eezer (loor/draxver does not
refrigerator door
closed on its own. automaficallx close after popping open, then see the
is closed Problem: Door/drawer does not close by itself, abox e.
Hotair frombottom
of refrigerator
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Normal air flow cooling
motor, ha the refrigeration
process, it is normaJ that
heat be expelled in the
area under the refrigerator.
Some floor coverings will
discolor at these normal
and safe temperatures.
Food
freezing in Food too close to the air vent * Move the fi)od away fl'om the air vent.
the refrigerator
at the back of the refrigerator.
Refrigerator control is set "Mo',e the refl_igerator control to a wamaer
too cold, temi)eratm'e .... setting, one increment at a time.
Orangeglow
Defrost heater is on.
* This
is nom_al.
in thefreezer