Whirlpool GX5FHTXVA Bottom Freezer French Door Refrigerator - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

Defrost unit and work everything loose. Wipe off all water and let it sit over night. Plug in next morning and allow 24 hours for temps to be right.

STOP! Don't worry about the other responses- it is SO simple to fix. You just press the two right two buttons (lock and measured fill) at the same time and hold for 3 seconds. That's it!!

Unplug it

You may want to remove all the food, unplug your fridge, and the out the whole thing...melting the ice and cleaning out all the unwanted water. The drawer will be removable, and you can dry under it. Also check the overflow tray under the fridge, if there is one...it'll be full from all the melting.

Hi,There was some issues with filter seals some years back and the filters had flat spots and caused the to leak. So if you are using a factory filter you can return it to the parts distributor and they will replace it. If its a after market filter I don't know what to say but us a factory filter to fix this issue.Good Luck I’m happy to help further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/gere_bf68e6055dd61249

Your Temperature Control for the Refridgerator is bad, once you fix it your problem will go away

the drain tube hole behind the inner rear panel in the freezer has plugged up and when it defrosts the water cant drain down to the condensate pan at the lower rear of the unit to evaporate

The control board has a problem, we had the same problem and had the ice maker and control board replaced but we are starting to get ice building up under the ice bin. I'm very disappointed with this Whirlpool poduct.

Change the=> 67006531 Water Inlet Valve I believe the side of your 67006531 Water Inlet Valve that controls water flow to the ice maker has weakened and cannot open properly. Replace the water valves and I believe the ice maker will work fine, Sea Breeze

When refrigerators leak water it usally is a sign that the defrost drain found inside the rear of freezer and behind the rear panel of freezer has become clogged with ice or gunk. Sometimes the pan below refrigerator has a crack and allows water to leak onto floor. Please click here=> Leaking Refrigerators Just What may Be HappeningYou will at times see water build up inside freezer bottom especially on bottom freezer refrigerators. This will take a little reading over to understand what may be happening. Click Here=> Leaking RefrigeratorsI will be here should you have questions, Thanks Sea Breeze

Experienced this problem with Evaporator coil icing up (coil is located inside back wall of the freezer compartment; the ice/frost was visibly blocking the series of louvers or slots along the bottom of the freezer back wall. I think the power outage caused partial melting of an already somewhat iced coil, but when the power was restored the water on the coil just froze solid. When these slots become obstructed the Refrigerator will not cool to its proper 36-40 deg.F temperature and the compressor motor runs frequently and the noise level is louder than usual. SOLUTION: fastest and safest way to Defrost this iced up coil is: (1) turn off 120V power / unplug refrigerator from the outlet; (2) remove all food to another refrigerator / freezer and take out ice cube tray & flip icemaker bail wire to its up (off) position - but leave top freezer basket in-place; (3) remove Bottom freezer basket (which should lift up and out; (4) move refrigerator away from wall - and carefully unscrew and remove white-painted, rectangular metal panel at bottom in the back....... you will see a white plastic water tray below a small fan with black plastic blades...... have a 3x5 cellulose sponge and bucket handy...... (5) open freezer door all the way and set a 21-inch box fan on the floor in the opening or area where the Bottom freezer basket was removed... put a single towel on floor under the box fan if there is significant frost on the bottom of the freezer compartment (there should not normally be any); (5) turn the fan to "Medium" speed with air flow pointing toward the freezer... you will be amazed at how much faster this works than pans of hot water or hair dryers (the latter is potentially damaging and dangerous); (6) with a flashlight you should soon see the water drip-drip-dripping from a spot at the center and bottom of the Evaporator coil - where it goes down a white tube and into the white plastic pan beneath the small fan you saw in Step #4; after awhile (maybe 20 minutes) check the white plastic tray in the back - which will be full of water (sponge it out)... continue defrosting with the 21-inch box fan... check the plastic tray again - and sponge out the excess water. A completely iced-up coil will probably fill the plastic tray three times. Eventually the water will stop dripping - which means the Evaporator coil is completely defrosted. There may be some water that gets onto the floor under the left side of the refrigerator which you will have to wipe up. Reattach the metal panel and reinstall the Bottom freezer basket and ice tray. This process takes long enough that you can clean the inside of the refrigerator while you're at it.

haier freezer drawer half opens

The wider end of the piece can be hooked anywhere on the back of the deli drawer. Keep the piece bent when you install it or it will scratch the glass on the front of the drawer. Also, make sure the tip of the smaller end is touching the bottom of the drawer before straightening the divider.

Your water line could be frozen in the door. You can disconnect the line under the unit before it goes into the door at the bottom hinge. Push the dispenser button and see if it comes out there. If it does leave the door open till it thaws. Covering the opening with a blanket will prevent the loss of cold in the freezer. . GE makes a heater that will prevent this from happening again. The part number for this heater is WR49X10173.

disconnect the line to the water dispenser at the water inlet valve on the back where the water supply comes in and try the dispenser. if you hear the valve work but water doesn't come out, the valve is bad. If you don't hear the valve, the dispenser switch is bad

Hi,

Check out these tips...they can help you figure out what is going wrong with your refrigerator and why it is not cooling

Refrigerator not Cooling or Fridge not Cooling

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Refrigerator or Freezer not Cooling or Getting Cold

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not the line leak.it is time to replace water filter.

the plastic tape is removed entirely from the unit is the first step check also on these manuals to see if they tell which drawer your trying to install there at the bottom of the link heres the link http://www.big-georges.com/GX5FHTXVA.aspx please message me back if you have any further questions and remember to rank if this opinion has helped in your appliance situation

Thanks again
Rick

Hi,
Often an intermittent problem like this is the result of the defrost timer/control board sticking and holding the unit in defrost too long. It will not effect the fridge side as much as the freezer side because the heating coils that defrost the coils are in the freezer side, so that side heats up very fast. The for whatever reason it comes back out of defrost again and everything is al ***** dorry again...till it decides to stick again....
You can try give it a whap a few places to jar things back to normal or sometimes cycling the power off and on (unplugging it) will get things working again...

Bottom line is that I would replace the defrost timer/control before it happens again.
but then I should not tlak because If have a defrost timer sitting on my shelf for my fridge cause it stuck.. I ordered the timer and have not installed it....one of these days my wife will be waiting for me when I get home....:-)


Check out these tips...they can help you figure out what is going wrong withyour refrigerator and why it is not cooling

Refrigerator not Cooling or Fridge not Cooling

How to Defrost Refrigerator Defrost Timer Problem

Water Running in refrigerator from Freezer

Refrigerator or Freezer not Cooling or Getting Cold
heatman101

Hi,
Here is a tip that I wrote about the reasons why ice makers do not work.

Ice Maker Problems and Ice Maker Troubleshooting

heatman101

Hi,

As the weather is getting warmer for many people their freezer and/or refrigerator do not work right because of a dirty condenser coil...there are also many other things that can go wrong. If you are hearing a clicking or buzzing then check out the last two tips.

If your refrigerator is running but warm, then…

Check out this tip that I wrote about that... it is a great place to start trouble shooting your unit...and something that you can do rather then calling a repair person to do a simple thing for you...

Refrigerator Condenser Coil Cleaning Refrigerator Repair
http://www.fixya.com/support/r4024657-refrigerator_condenser_coil_cleaning

Refrigerator Troubleshooting Refrigerator Compressor
http://www.fixya.com/support/r3885294-refrigerator_troubleshooting

Refrigerator Compressor Start Capacitor and Start Relay
http://www.fixya.com/support/r4023749-refrigerator_compressor_start_capacitor

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