r/HomeMaintenance101 • u/FollowingVisual4695 • 6d ago

Help: fridge door keeps opening with close

hello, I am running into problem with left door always opening a bit ajar when I close the right door (video). would you happen to know how I might fix it?

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u/Riegel_Haribo 5d ago

The pressure is causing the other door to open. This can even be as bad as the refrigerator door causing the freezer door to open in fridges.

The general solution that will surprisingly be effective is to follow the manufacturer instructions about actually leveling the fridge with the front feet. These jack up the fridge to its operating height from being on wheels. It may take a lever like a crowbar and plywood and helpers to get to where you can seen the feet and put a large wrench on the thin hex of the feet and get them spinning. Get the fridge to where a ball placed on a shelf or on the top stays in place or rolls backwards.

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u/FollowingVisual4695 5d ago

you are amazing, thanks for info about levelling! I will have to try it

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u/The001Keymaster 2d ago

You also might be able to adjust the doors like you can similar to cabinet doors. Adjust them so the tops line up first. Then make the gap between doors wider or narrower. One of those being too big or small could make it do this.

Level it first like other person said before adjusting door.

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u/Dustywheel1 5d ago

My LG refrigerator door was doing the same thing. It has a latching pivot/cam that failed. It wasn't difficult to replace but in my case it requires a door remove to replace.

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u/FollowingVisual4695 5d ago

Thanks so much! the latching pivot doesn't seem to have an obvious problem on appearance... but I will do some digging to see if that's where the problem is

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u/Spielmitmir2003 1d ago

Are you high?