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Ge Profile refregerator: mi refrigerador congela, pero luego hace escarcha y deja de congelar

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 20:54:55 -0700

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am experiencing a serious recurring issue with my GE Profile refrigerator, and I am looking for clear technical guidance.

Initially, the refrigerator was not freezing properly, and it was diagnosed that the evaporator fan was faulty. The fan was replaced, and after that repair the unit started freezing very well.

However, after several days of normal operation, excessive frost builds up in the freezer area (where ice is produced) and also on the interior back wall of the refrigerator compartment. When this happens, the refrigerator stops cooling, presumably because airflow is blocked by ice buildup behind the evaporator.

If I manually defrost the unit, it works correctly again for about 3–4 weeks, but then the exact same problem occurs again.

Based on this behavior, I strongly suspect a failure in the automatic defrost system (defrost heater, defrost thermostat/bimetal, temperature sensor/thermistor, or control board). Since the evaporator fan is new and the issue is cyclical, it does not appear to be an airflow or cooling-capacity problem.

I would greatly appreciate a proper technical diagnosis so I can guide the repair process correctly, as previous technicians have not been able to identify the root cause.

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Kind regards,

⟐ Commented February 03, 2026 at 20:54 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: My upper coild is freezing up behind the climate zone drawer

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:33:44 -0700

my upper coild is freezing up behind the climate zone drawer. what would cause that?

⟐ Commented December 15, 2025 at 1:33 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Ice maker reservoir does not fill, ejector motor constantly runs

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 11:18:11 -0700

The ice reservoir does not fill with water. The water dispenser does work. Also, the ice ejector seems to run constantly

Ge Profile refregerator: Ge profile refrigerator not cooling

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 11:31:50 -0700

MY GE profile refrigerator not cooling . Motor running, lights are ON, Cleaned the condenser coils, condenser fan running, Changed the food area thermostat, Changed the evaporator cover, From yesterday it is running, temperature showing 72 on freezer side and 74 on other side, What may be the next point of reason not cooling

Thanks

Matt

⟐ Answer accepted October 06, 2024 at 11:31 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Evaporator Coils are Freezing.

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 19:43:02 -0700

The fridge was 60 degrees and the freezer was zero, so I changed the evaporator motor and everything was great for 2 weeks, but the evaporator coils are freezing again. The fridge is 60 degrees again, it cycles on and off, but the coils were frozen again.

⟐ Commented September 22, 2024 at 19:43 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: It never ejects the next batch

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:58:49 -0700

I have just returned my electronic GE icemaker. After resetting it, it will eject one batch of ice and I can see it refill the reservoir to produce the next batch. However, it never ejects the next batch until I do the reset procedure again. I've done this several times over a couple of days. Is continues to only make one batch.

Any ideas why this would be?

⟐ Commented June 28, 2024 at 18:58 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Why is the water tube to the ice maker freezing

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 21:37:58 -0700

The water tube keeps freezing over and then popping out in the back of the ice maker. We have cleared the tube several times. Once it clears it makes ice for about two days and then freezes again. What can we do to keep it from freezing. The ice maker works well other than this issue.

⟐ Commented April 10, 2024 at 21:37 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Why will my refrigerator not turn on?

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 18:33:41 -0700

So I was troubleshooting the refrigerator not cooling but freezer working fine. Found what I think might be the issue the evaporator fan in the fridge. As i was taking the deli drawer apart the plug to it came loose and the wires came un pinned and touched each other! After finding the wiring diagram i re installed the pins in the correct locations. I unplugged the refrigerator and then plugged it back in to reset it but the lights or anything wont come on. The only thing that comes on is the screen on the front door and it only turns on to see the GE symbol and I cant change it to say or so anything else. What do you think the issue might be? Blew the main board after it shorted out or is there a fuse I can look for? Any other way to reset it other than unplug?

⟐ Commented March 24, 2024 at 18:33 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: The water filter is leaking

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:12:41 -0700

The GE refrigerator is 2 years old. I’m in this house for about 1 year now and I replaced the filter once already. After 6 months, the water filter light came on again, and so I bought from GEappliances online a set of three new water filters MWF exactly the same as the one being replaced. The instructions says something about align the arrows and turn to the right until it stops. The arrow in the filter doesn’t have another mark to align to, but I managed to fit it in and twist to the right until it sops. However, it immediately started to leak. I took it out and try again, still leaking. Try for a third time, completely out and then in again twist it until it seemed it fits and turning more until it click and then it stops….still leaking. What’s the problem? I bought it as a genuine part from GE directly.

⟐ Answered January 09, 2024 at 5:12 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Freezer is cold but fridge is not

Fri, 29 Dec 2023 02:13:25 -0700

Freezer is working normally but the fridge doesn't get as cold as it should. Freezer is at 0 while fridge is set to be 34, but a handheld temperature check shows 46.

Freezer fan and fridge damper are working.

Put the fridge in diagnostic mode and no errors reported.

Removed the panel covering the freezer evap coils and there was some ice buildup, but it wasn't significant.

Did a hard reset on the fridge. No change.

Any ideas?

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⟐ Answer edited December 29, 2023 at 2:13 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Where is defrost timer location

Sat, 02 Dec 2023 18:02:45 -0700

I wanted to know if my fridge has a Defrost Timer.

⟐ Commented December 02, 2023 at 18:02 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: leak behind the refridgerator

Sun, 06 Aug 2023 07:54:59 -0700

we replaced the water filter with a ge mwf filter and it cause a leak somewhere in the back of the refrigerator. it is not leaking inside the frig but it has flooded the carpet behind the wall that the frig is against.

⟐ Commented August 06, 2023 at 7:54 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: My freezer door opens by its self and then alarm goes off

Sat, 15 Apr 2023 08:28:57 -0700

My GE Profile French door refrigerator bottoms freezer door opens frequently by it’s self enough that your can see the freezer light on and then alarm will sound.

⟐ Answer edited April 15, 2023 at 8:28 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: GE Refrigerator control panel keep increasing set temperature and beep

Sun, 02 Apr 2023 11:28:56 -0700

Model PZS22MYKBHFS

The control panel keeps changing the fridge temperature, increasing it at random times from 37 to 44. At first it didn't happen a lot so wasn't too much of an issue but now it's trying to change it multiple times a minute so the beeping noise is driving me crazy especially at night since I can't just turn off the fridge.

Once it sets it to 44 degrees, it tries to go beyond that so the fridge does 3 beeping noise as an error sound that it can't go any higher. To prevent my fridge from going beyond 37 degrees to keep my food safe, I have to lock the controls. But with that it still beeps cus it's trying to increase the temp, but at least the temp doesn't change with it being locked.

So it got worse now, I need to use the ice sometimes so I have to unlock the control panel and when I do, none of the buttons work when I press on the control panel. I have to wait some random time for it to work again so now I'm basically just keeping it on lock forever because I can't stop it from changing the temperature.

Ge Profile refregerator: My freezer is cooling but my fridge isn't

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:00:52 -0700

My freezer is cooling but my fridge isn't

⟐ Answer edited December 28, 2022 at 7:00 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: I recently poked a hole (a pinch of hole) into my freezer

Thu, 24 Nov 2022 02:37:58 -0700

Question:

I recently poked a hole (a pinch of hole) into my freezer while chipping away at the iceberg inside? Can is still function or make ice?

⟐ Commented November 24, 2022 at 2:37 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Water sprays from bottom of the fridge when I I

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:24:02 -0700

Water sprays from bottom of refrigerator when I try to use water dispenser in door of refrigerator. And nothing comes out of dispenser.

⟐ Answered November 17, 2022 at 0:24 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: The defrost thermostat came loose on my 40 year old fridge

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 17:29:36 -0700

I have a 40 year old side by side and my husband left the fridge door open. I removed the cover over the coils and let the ice melt. As
I was wiping up the water I must have touch the defrost thermostat and it came loose. I have no idea where it goes. It has no clamp or clip but a bracket with 2 different ends and looks like it would clip into 2 holes. Can I just attach to the coil with wire or am I in trouble? PLEASE PLEASE HELP!!!

⟐ Commented November 15, 2022 at 17:29 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: Why is my freezer not at 0°?

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 05:32:08 -0700

My refrigerator model is GE Profile side-by -side PS123SGPA BS. Digital temperature panel in refrigerator section has a freezer temperature reading that hovers in 24°-26° range. Noticed it was warm few days ago.

Any idea what I should check or will this require a technician before buying a new fridge?

⟐ Answered November 13, 2022 at 5:32 MST

Ge Profile refregerator: The ice maker door broke

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:46:16 -0700

Do I need the part in order for the icemaker to work? Or can it work without the door?

⟐ Commented September 20, 2022 at 16:46 MST