Kenmore Elite TRIO 22.4 cu. ft. bottom freezer with water dispenser. Mfr. model #77249. Refrigerator is less than 2 years old. Within a couple of months of purchase the water from the dispenser began to have a "plastic taste" to it and we have been unable to drink water from the dispenser ever since.
Often installers will run a plastic hose from the water supply to the refrigerator. Water moves very slowly in that tubing and depending upon the length of the tube, water can sit in it for days or even weeks at a time and pick up "plastic" taste and odor. If you have plastic tasting water, check your supply line and if it is plastic, consider changing it to copper tubing which will help with taste and odor.
You have to flush dispense water on till taste gone
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I have the same issue, although I may have a different fridge model. The fridge is about 5 years old, and the smell/taste just appeared out of nowhere. We did start using a water softener (add salt to a water reservoir) about 6 months ago, but I'm not sure that's relevant. Water from the regular tap is just fine. Took water filter out, smell still there, put new filter in, smell still there. Weird.
Got new refrigerator. We took close to 5 gallons of water out. After two months...it still taste like plastic
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