GE Appliances of Louisville, Ky., is recalling about 157,300 GE-brand free-standing French door refrigerators in fingerprint-resistant stainless steel sold in the U.S. and Canada.
The freezer handle can detach when a consumer tries to open the freezer drawer, posing a fall hazard to the consumer.
The firm has received 71 reports of the freezer drawer handle detaching, resulting in 37 reported injuries, including three serious fall injuries.
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, and MS.
The refrigerators, manufactured in Mexico, were sold at 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.
What to do
Consumers should contact GE Appliances to determine if their unit is part of the recall and to schedule a free in-home service call to have the freezer’s handle mounting fasteners replaced, to have the handle reinstalled, and to receive instructions for safe use pending a repair. The firm is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Consumers may contact GE Appliances toll-free at (888) 345-4671 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday or online for more information.