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17 of 19 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerJonathan from Lilburn GA
Sticking light switch
I applied some tips learned by reading other reviews. So before I started I grabbed my trusty vise grip pliers and a small screw driver. I locked onto the switch actuator, the part that the refrigerator door pushes in, with the vise grips and pulled on it just hard enough to get the screw driver inserted in the right side to push in the catch clip so the switch could be pulled out further each time the catch clip was depressed to the next detent. Then I used the screw driver on the left site to encourage the switch past the detents on the left and very quickly the switch was out of the mount. The wires from the refrigerator pulled out with the old switch. I unplugged the old switch from the wires and plugged in the new switch and shoved the new switch back into the mount, wiggled it a couple of times to make sure it was secure and the job was done. Once I applied the vise gripes at first, the whole job took less than a minute.
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7 of 9 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
ToolsScrew drivers
CustomerJania from Novato CA
The refrigirator light would not come on.
Poped out with screwdriver the old swithch and unplugged the two wires. Plugged in the wires to the new swithch and pushed it back in the hole where the old switch was before.
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4 of 4 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyEasy
Time to do repair:15 - 30 mins
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerErick from Elmhurst NY
Light switch inside refrigerator wasn't working
First turned off power and removed top shelf.
Then I used a flathead to slowly pry the switch out by the two sides. You just anlge ita bit and it slideds out easily. Then I disconnected the wires from the old switch, connected the new one and installed the new switch by snapping it back into the cutout.
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2 of 2 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerTerry from Simi Valley CA
Switch failed on which kept the refrigerator warm due to heat generatered by light bulbs.
While the switch did last for 9 years, the design is poor due to the failure mode. The failure should be to fail off or not able to turn on the lights which would be inconvenient but would not warm the refrigerator contents. Arcing at the contacts eventually caused the switch to "weld" closed. It is not obvious that this is occurring so it took some time to recognize why the temp inside the ref was high while the freezer was OK. Replacing the switch was easy once it was recognized as the problem. All that was required to replace the switch was to remove the screws holding a fiber cover and then pulling off the aluminum cap which covered the switches. Unplug the switch an squeeze the keeper on the switch to release it and pull down. Pop the replacement switch in place and plug the wires harness back in. All in all it took much less time to replace than it has to write this up. T Pope
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4 of 8 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyA Bit Difficult
Time to do repair:30 - 60 mins
ToolsPliers
CustomerEileen from Coto de Caza CA
Switchlight on my refrigerator was not working
I found instructions on the web about how to do this repair, so I ordered the part with confidence. But the instructions simply said "pull out the old switchlight". That was actually somewhat difficult as the clip on the side intended to hold the part in was stubborn. I eventually used a utility to slice off the clip. From that point, it was just a matter of plugging in the new switchlight , which was very simple.
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2 of 3 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyA Bit Difficult
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
ToolsScrew drivers
CustomerStephen from Jupiter FL
Existing light switch was hard to remove.
The existing light switch was very hard to remove. I ended up having to grab it with a pair of pliers and pull it out. Once it was out, it was very easy to put in the replacement and it seems to be working fine.
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2 of 3 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyA Bit Difficult
Time to do repair:30 - 60 mins
ToolsScrew drivers, Socket set
CustomerJames from Federal Way AL
Difficulty in removing the old switch
The old switch was hard to remove. Thinking that I may have to loosen the wires I used a socket wrench to remove a clamp. This was unnecessary. In the end the switch did come out using a large size screwdriver. The problem was that the expanding plastic tongue is not visible from the ouside so you have to try to feel your way around. If i had ordered the replacement before and not afterwards I would have seen this before hand.
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1 of 2 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyEasy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerMark from Somers Point NJ
Switchlight was broken on tennant's refridge
as described, I used a thin screwdriver to wedge in and pull down existing, broken switch. I was able to pull it down about a 1/4 inch, but wasn't quit able to disegage it until I gripped it with pliers. I then pulled it out, unplugged the old switch, plugged in the new switch, and carefully tucked the wires back into the fridge and snapped the new switch into place.
10 minutes total.
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1 of 3 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
Tools
CustomerSumlorq from Cleveland OH
Light switch freezer door
put the gratefruit knife behind the old switch pooped it out pluged the new one in piece of cake 5min.even vacumed the dust off the coil
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0 of 1 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
Tools
CustomerRobert from Coto de Caza CA
Interior light did not go on due to faulty switch
I ordered two switches, replaced both with a knife in 10 minutes. Interior light works, thanks.
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0 of 1 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyEasy
Time to do repair:15 - 30 mins
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerDaniel from Crown Point IN
Refrigerator light wouldn't come on.
After replacing the light bulb and still no light I manually pushed the light switch button. Intermittently the light would come on then go out. I removed the power plug from the power source then replaced the light switch. I plugged the refrigerator back in and now I open the door the light comes on and stays on until the door is closed.
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0 of 1 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
Tools
CustomerDon from Eugene OR
The door activated light switch was missing.
Pulled the two wires out from the access hole in the lower part of the refrigerator. Put them in the spade connectors on the new switch, and pushed the switch into place.
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1 of 5 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyReally easy
Time to do repair:Less than 15 mins
ToolsNutdriver, Pliers
CustomerJames from Glendale Heights IL
Light would stay on when door closed
Extremely easy repair, the hardest part was getting the old switch out. I used a pair of needle nose pliers to squeeze the tabs in and it came right out.
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1 of 6 people found this instruction helpful
Parts Used
Level of DifficultyEasy
Time to do repair:15 - 30 mins
ToolsPliers, Screw drivers
CustomerVictor from Fort Myers FL
Light in freezer section not working
Using plyers Pulled old switch down and out. Put new one in and pushed new switch up into position. The switch plugs into the contacts, no wiring needed. Worked like a charm. You saved me 200 dollars GE repair bill. Thanks
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