Broken plastic trim on refrigerator door bottom
The plastic trim piece underneath the refrigerator door is broken, but manufacturers only sell it bundled together with an entire replacement door. This prevents people from simply replacing the small damaged trim component to fix a door that is not opening smoothly.
What people tried
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- 1Replacing the camDid this help you?
- 2Replacing the entire door to get the plastic trim pieceDid this help you?
In their words
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“I have a 10 year old whirlpool with 2 side doors and freezer on bottom. I looked up online and says it is a cam issue, I just replaced it and looks like cause might be a plastic trim piece under the door.”source ↗
“Yeah the bottom of the door is broken sadly the only way they sell the plastic piece is with the door.”source ↗
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