My refrig is occasionly freezing the food in the refrig part of my side by side. We just cleaned the coils after about 4 years. Can you help

Here are possible parts that could cause the problem
GE Refrigerator Freezing Food but the most common is the diffuser/damper that got stuck open and cold air from freezer continously coming in to the fresh food side.

Probably the temp control is defective and is defaulting to maximum. I would suggest replacing it to be sure.

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Refrigeratoris Too Cold and Freezing Food
heatman101

We have a GE side by side that was only 4 years old before it starting giving us problems-coiling freezing over. The warranty period was only one year on all parts, including the compressor. Through our research we learned that profile appliances have or did have a better warranty. I believe it is 5 years on all or certain components. Either way it may be worth contacting GE customer service to help you with the issue and determine if repairs and parts for your appliance are still covered under warranty. They were very helpful in our case and ultimately discounted the parts I ordered and replaced myself. Replaced the the temperature sensors on the freezer side, the defroster thermostat and defroster heater before finally breaking down and replacing the control board. The control board was the problem. It was very easy to replace. While working through the issue, we would defrost the coils located on the inside of the freezer side with a hair dryer. It would get us by until the parts came in or they frosted over again and prevented air from circulating over them, thus causing the freezer not to cool. Good luck. Hope this helps you.

good you cleaned the coils but that would affect a no cool issue more. sounds as if either a thermistor has gone bad, or the damper door connecting the freezer and refrig compartments has failed and does not close properly. you would need to drop the cover off the control box inside the rear left top of refrig compartment and look at the vent behind it, perhaps ice has builtup on it preventing it from closing

remove the rear panel inside the freezer,your evaporator coil is iced over and cant transfer cold anywhere,deice it,then check the defrost heater under this coil,its probably open and cant heat to defrost the unit

The coils below fridge need cleaning very badly ( if G E then behind fridge) or the fan behind refrig which cools the compressor , is not working . Model number would have been helpful .

That is a broken thermostat control part number 67003000 when they stop they can break while on or off. Sea Breeze
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The water can only come from 2 places, the drain is blocked or the ice maker is over filling.The temps are too good to have any other things going wrong. Let me know, Thanks, Sea Breeze

have you tried t clean the coil underneith the refroigerator? Take the front lower panel off and th eback off. use a loge handle brush and a shop vac and clean the coil thats underneith the unit.