GE Appliances Is Recalling a Number of Refrigerators Due to Over 30 Injuries

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Longtime appliance brand GE (General Electric Company) has issued a recall for six of their free-standing French door refrigerators due to a number of reported injuries. According to a notice posted by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall was issued on Thursday, April 14, 2022 and includes bottom freezer, French door refrigerators.

The recall, which includes about 155,000 units of the GE-brand refrigerators with bottom freezers in fingerprint-resistant stainless steel, was administered due to 71 reports of freezer drawer handles detaching. As a result, the brand reports 37 injuries — which include three serious consumer falls. The affected models of the brand include:

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Affected models — which were sold at Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Best Buy — can also be found with serial numbers that 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. Manufactured in Mexico between February 2020 and August 2021, customers who are concerned whether or not their model falls in the recall can confirm the brand name, model, and serial number inside the fridge on the top left area. Prices for the fridges upon purchase ranged between $1,900 and $2,500.

If you find that your refrigerator falls in the category of the recall, you can contact GE for a free in-home visit to replace your freezer handle’s mounting fasteners. They are available Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 888-345-4671 online here. But if you want to wait it out, the company notes that consumers can continue using the fridges by “gripping the edge of the freezer door where the flexible rubber sealing gasket meets the metal freezer door” to open the drawer, instead of pulling on a loose handle.