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Fridge turns on and off and beeps

The fridge when the door is opened seems to turns on and off, the light flashing on and off, and the alarm beeps.
As soon as the door is closed it is fine.
It occurs about 80% of the time the fridge is opened?!?
Any help greatly appreciated.
Yvonne

  • jhscott Apr 26, 2009

    My refrigerator does the same thing (same model). Most of the time when I open the door, the lights start blinking, it beeps and the fan goes on and off......

  • Anonymous Mar 18, 2014

    Fridge beeps everytime I open the door

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This is an older thread but for the sake of anyone new searching, I know and own this fridge. The door switch is magnetic. This issue of the light flashing/beeping is caused by the potency unit, which is the main computer board at the back of the fridge. This is extremely common in the wbm series of fridges.
Anyone who says a door switch has no idea what this model is.

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90% of the time it is a dirty or faulty door switch. Try cleaning 1st,if not push the button it should be a smooth feeling with a little resistance.

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The door switch maybe has some dirt stock in it, sometimes connect but sometimes disconnected, try to clean it first.

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You need a tech to check the problem, it seems to be some kind of electrical short or, if the fridge has an electronic control module, it may be the source of the proble.

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