The door sporadically pops open enough that the cycle stops but does not open all the way but the inside light does come on. What can be causing the door to open?

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Sometimes the latch arm is bent causing the latch release not to clear the hook on the door. If the arm goes under the front it is probably bent. Carefully pull the arm back toward the locked position and try to bend it back a small amount and see if the door will open after moving the arm back to the open position. If that fails sometimes you can insert a bent coat hanger between the door and the latch hook and move the latch enough to unlock the door. I hope this helps

It may have blown. Make sure the electrical connection inside the socket is bent up enough to handle modern fat neck bulbs that don't screw in far enough. Some lamps have a thermal cutoff that cycles when it is cool enough and turns on again.

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The most probable thing causing the door to pop open isa weak/broken door catch, its very easy to replace. To find it look on the mid center door rim opposite the hinged side,you will see a rectangular shaped plastic piece,thats the door catch.To remove it use a screwdriver and pop it out by placing the screwdriver on the inside rim of it and prying it out. To install the new one line it up and pop it in by pressing on it with your thumb,when you get the part it will come with the rectangle peice and the peice that fits in door,the part that fits in door is probably going to be good and no reason to replace. The part # is 279570 it could be found on line by simply entering that part# in a google search

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If the door is popping open, that is causing the stoppage. There may be a way to adjust it, but I would have the people you bought it from fix it!! Best to have the device (spring/clip) that holds it closed replaced so it will give you longer life.

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Try blocking something against the door to see if that really is the problem. Or wedge a piece of cardboard in the side of the door opening to hold it shut. If that "fixes" it, you probably have a worn latch from everyone opening it to look at it in the store. You should be able to get a new latch at www.appliancepartspros.com

Really need to know what motor(s) are running (compressor, evap fan inside freezer compartment, condenser fan under fridge)?? Of course, check your temperature (thermostat) settings. Side-by-sides usually have 2 of them. They should be labled for refridgerator and freezer. The freezer control usually only opens a baffle from the freezer compartment to the refridge compartment. The refrigerator temp control is the one that controls the compressor on-off cycles and the temp of refrig compartment (this keeps the refrig compartment from freezing the milk and cokes) If the freezer control/baffle is set too far open, this will cause the refrig temp control to shut off too soon for the freezer temp to get low enough. These controls can get bumped out of the correct setting accidently from time to time.
To check the following, the fridge has to be running, or in a condition where it "should be" running: If compressor is running (condenser fan should be too), check if evaporator fan (inside freezer) is running. Open (freezer) door and hold door light switch in when you check evaporator fan operation (some fans stop when door is open) If it is not running you may have a bad evaporator fan motor. It could also be a bad defrost timer, causing the evaporator (also inside back of freezer) to ice-up. This blocks the air flow over evap. Also, there is a defrost terminator switch on the evaporator coil that stops the defrost cycle when coil is clear of ice/frost (but timer hasn't ended defrost cycle). If it is defective, that could also keep the fridge from going into the defrost cycle, or taking it out too soon. If it is the timer, change the defrost terminator as well. Depending on how handy you are, you may be able to check/change any of these parts yourself. If you don't know much about elecrical stuff, you should leave it to a repair tech. Hope this helps.

This worked for me. I turned off the washer and hit the area on the washer directly to the right of the door handle (not hard enough to break something or cause a dent). It popped right open.

This indicates that you do not have good airflow and return airflow between your freezer and refrigerator sections. That is why the pressure from closing one door is causing the other one to pop open.

Check the drain tube on the back of the machine to make sure it is not clogged or blocked with frozen water inside. Also check any return air flow vents inside the unit for clear ice.