The drain is frozen up. The fan what provides the cooling air for the fridge is stuck in the ice. Remove the vegie crisper and pop the bottom under the crisper s out. Also remove the Styrofoam plate. You will see the problem right in front of you. Use a hairdryer to get rid of the ice build up. Good luck
Hockleyex's solution is only a temporary fix, the ice build up will occur again and again unless you solve the underlying problem. The drain has frozen over most-likely due to a design flaw in the GE fridges. The drain that you have de-iced drains into a snake-like line in the back of the fridge where it then drains into the evaporation tray in the bottom of the fridge. This snake-like drain line section is where the problem is, water builds up in here and freezes backing up your drainage system. This section in covered with a isolation-lined metal cover, by removing this cover this will prevent the line from freezing up and therefore eliminate the source of the problem. This does make the fridge slightly less energy efficient however the effects are not materialistic. I hope this helps, as my fridge is a slightly different model.
Thank you so much you are right olds I have been melting the ice down there month after month. I even opened up the U shaped drain thinking the water stagnates distally, which helped a bit but not enough. You speak about a metal cover. Where is it? I tried putting my finger in that small orifice where the drain starts at the back of the fridge but am not sure what I am looking for. Thank you!!
Dkurze,
My fridge is not the same model and so my solution may not work if the structure is different. However, on my fridge on the back (outside) of the fridge there is a silver metal insulated cover that covers an S-shaped drain line, that is where my issue was.
If your model does not have this structure, you can still clean out your U-shaped drain by using a turkey baster or something like that. I hope this helps.
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Absolutely right! I have been melting the ice every 2 months on my fridge, I even opened up the U shaped drain most distally as I thought the water was stagnating and backing up and therefore freezing. It doesn't seem to work. You recommend removing a metal cover. I am not sure where this cover is located? and how to remove it. I am able to put my finger into that hole but I am not sure where to locate that cover. Thank you very much!!
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