my fridge exploded!
By Kelli M
@spiderdust (14756)
San Jose, California
February 26, 2021 2:46pm CST
Well, just the motherboard. But now the whole house smells like ozone!
A couple of weeks ago, the fridge made a strange noise and then just stopped working. After verifying that it wasn't a blown fuse or thrown breaker, we moved everything we could into the garage fridge and put the rest in a cooler. We only got the fridge in June, so it was still under warranty. In fact, since we had owned it for less than a year, the manufacturer was responsible for the repairs instead of the store where we had purchased it.
Today the repairman came by to figure out what was wrong. While he was on the phone with LG tech support, he tried something that they recommended and -- BOOM! Oh, the sparks and smell! Whatever they told him to do fried the motherboard.
So... they're replacing our fridge completely. Unfortunately, it's going to take at least another week. 
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
27 Feb 21
@spiderdust I am so sorry. What a bummer.2 people like this
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
@DianneN Hopefully this won't be an ongoing issue. *fingers crossed*
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
A coworker told me that LG refrigerators are notorious for this sort of problem, which I wish I had known before we purchased it.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Feb 21
Better a replacement than a new problem every week for a while. I never know refrigerators had motherboards.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
27 Feb 21
@spiderdust I've heard of ones with different settings for different drawers so I understand. Still sounds rather words though. I guess it missed the inspection before it left the assembly line.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
@MarshaMusselman This one does have different settings for different drawers too. 
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
I guess the newer ones do these days. This one has a few fancy settings and monitors.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
28 Feb 21
We have a smaller older fridge in the garage that we've loaded all the perishables into, plus we have 2 ice chests for some of the less-perishable items.
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@thislittlepennyearns (68211)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
26 Feb 21
Sucky. But at least it won't cost you out of pocket. Although I'm sure that isn't helping much right now.
We just moved our chest freezer back into the house. I need to make sure it's still working and fill it up.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
I wonder if we can get them to reimburse us for lost food and the ice we've had to purchase to keep things cold?
@thislittlepennyearns (68211)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
1 Mar 21
@spiderdust Maybe. I know some places do that. It's worth a shot.
@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
It's the old smaller fridge that we mostly just use for keeping those back-up jugs of milk and other extras, but now it's THE fridge. I hope it holds up.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Feb 21
@spiderdust I hope it hold up as well.
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@AngelisaQT (1353)
• United States
26 Feb 21
Good thing you don't have to pay out of pocket, that would be expensive!
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
No kidding! It's still a bit frustrating though, as we haven't had this one long.
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@snowy22315 (208751)
• United States
26 Feb 21
Yikes, I had a bad experience with this fridge when I first got it, but when the control board was replaced it started working fine, but it took awhile to get to that point.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
Yeah, I'm hoping the replacement doesn't have these problems.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
27 Feb 21
Thank goodness they’ll replace it.
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@spiderdust (14756)
• San Jose, California
27 Feb 21
I've been missing it so much. I'm thankful we had that old one in the garage.
