Fridge Door Springs Open

If the door closes while tilted place objects such as shims or wooden blocks underneath the refrigerator s front legs.

Fridge door springs open.

My repair advice featured story. My refrigerator is 13 yrs old and began to build up frost in the ice cube shoot and the water tube began to freeze up over night. You open your refrigerator or freezer door to grab something close the door and come back later to see there s a gap. When i shut my fridge door it springs back open by itself.

The fridge is a built in kiv3235gb 42. Door recess spring wr02x10585 ap3670155 made by ge. Typically the fridge door swings open because it has not been properly leveled if you adjust the little feet at the front and raise the front edge of the fridge lengthen the feet the door should stop swinging open. Open the bottom door if it is not the freezer to access the toe kick grill along the bottom of the refrigerator.

The hinges seating of the fridge etc all look fine and square ie i can t see anything that has moved or has worn or any movement in the hinges. It s been in situ for more than 7 years no problems until this door issue started. Good idea and instructable. The door didn t fully close and now your food isn t as cold as it should be.

The grill uses tension clips to hold it to the bottom of the refrigerator.