GE Appliances, a Haier Company, Recalls Bottom Freezer, French Door Refrigerators Due to Fall Hazard

GE-brand Free-Standing French Door Refrigerators in Fingerprint Resistant Stainless Steel

Date of Recall

2022-04-14

CPSC Release Number

22-117

Units

About 155,000 (In addition, about 2,300 were sold in Canada)

Importer

GE Appliances, a Haier company, of Louisville, Kentucky

Sold By

The Home Depot, Lowe's, Best Buy and other home improvement and home appliance stores nationwide and online at Lowes.com and BestBuy.com from February 2020 through January 2022 for between $1,900 and $2,500, depending on the model.

Problem/Hazard

The freezer handle can detach when a consumer tries to open the freezer drawer, posing a fall hazard to the consumer.

Injuries/Incidents

The firm has received 71 reports of the freezer drawer handle detaching, resulting in 37 reported injuries, including three serious fall injuries.

Description

This recall involves six models of GE-brand French Door Refrigerators with bottom freezers in fingerprint resistant stainless steel, which were manufactured from February 2020 through August 2021. The brand name, model, and serial number for each unit are printed on a label located on the top of the left side of the interior of the refrigerator compartment. The refrigerators are 36 inches wide.

The affected model numbers are GFE26JYMKFFS, GFE26JYMNFFS
GNE27EYMKFFS, GNE27EYMNFFS, GNE27JYMKFFS, and GNE27JYMNFFS.

The serial numbers for the affected models begin with one of the following two letter combinations: DR, FR, GR, HR, LR, MR, RR, SR, TR, VR, ZR, AS, DS, FS, GS, HS, LS, MS.

Remedy

Repair

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