Samsung Refrigerator Door Handle Came Off

A part on the handle appears to have broken.

Samsung refrigerator door handle came off.

Separate the hinge from the wiring as shown below. Disconnect the electrical wire on the top of the refrigerator. It is only 4 years old. The gasket around the freezer door fell off with advance warning.

In this mode the display will show of of o ff off off or scrolling temperature bars depending on your model. With the wrench remove the four bolts that hold the hinges to the top of the refrigerator. Once the installers left in quite a hurry i opened the doors and both handles fell off. Be careful not to drop or scratch the door.

Place the new handle on the door for side by side doors the small screws should face the other door and ensure that the top and bottom of the handle is placed over the screws in the door. It needs to be replaced but first read more. How to repair the freezer door handle on a samsung refrigerator. We bought our samsung refrigerator model rgs257 from lowes.

Lift the refrigerator door upward to separate it from the unit. How to repair the freezer door handle on a samsung refrigerator. Some bottom freezer handles are not factory installed. Cost of the repair 0 00 smacks.

After calling samsung i learned that this was a known defect and was promised new handles in 5 10 working days three weeks later i called and was informed that i would have to talk to the executive customer support and that they would. If your bottom freezer refrigerator handle is loose making noise or even falls off after use it was not installed properly by the owner or installer. It is a small somewhat oval shaped piece that the screw part no da61 03734a fits over. The handle to the freezer drawer came off the samsung french door refrigerator purchased may 1 2016.

I have had a bottom freezer samsung refrigerator kept at the pool house. Cooling off mode also know as demo mode or shop mode will disable the cooling systems of the refrigerator and also disable ice making and the water dispenser. Did i sacrifice that precious samsung and best buy warranty forever indeed i did. The result is the metal nub that holds the door handle on via an allen screw is now stable enough to hold it in place.