The brand name, model, and serial number for each unit are printed inside the refrigerator, on a label on the top of the left side. “If the handle is loose, a consumer can open the freezer by gripping the edge of the freezer door where the flexible rubber sealing gasket meets the metal freezer door.” “Consumers can continue using their refrigerators,” the company wrote. The company is contacting all known purchasers directly. The recall notice includes 2,300 fridges sold in Canada as well.Ĭonsumers should contact GE Appliances to find out if their unit is part of the recall and “schedule a free in-home service call to have the freezer’s handle mounting fasteners replaced and the handle re-installed,” the recall says. from February 2020 through January 2022 at Home Depot, Lowe’s, Best Buy, and other home improvement and home appliance stores, as well as online at and, for $1,900 to $2,500. The fridges were primarily sold in the U.S. The recall involves six models of stainless-steel GE-brand French door refrigerators with bottom freezers that were manufactured between February 2020 and August 2021. “The freezer handle can detach when a consumer tries to open the freezer drawer, posing a fall hazard to the consumer,” the recall notice says. The company has received 71 reports of the handle detaching, which has caused 37 injuries, including three “serious” falls. Ap– GE Appliances is recalling about 155,000 refrigerators due to freezer door handles that may detach and lead to injuries, according to an announcement from the U.S.
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