LG Fridge Door Alarm
Posted by Chris Inch on Aug. 30th, 2006
I believe that I am the first person to post this problem on the net, because I've done some extensive searching and turned up nothing.
So, as you may have guessed (or deduced), our new fridge was delivered last night. The delivery guys came and dropped it off. The fridge is fancy as can be: Stainless steel, bottom-mount freezer, energy efficient.... and a nifty feature called a "Door Alarm".
The Door Alarm is a "feature" of the fridge that detects when the door is left open for a long period of time. After one minute with the door open, the alarm will beep. Every 30 seconds thereafter, it will continue to beep until the door is closed. However, in our case, the door alarm beeps constantly from the moment we plug it in, whether the door is open or not. Other than that, the fridge works great. It's just too bad I can't live with beeping noises going off every 30 seconds.
So FutureShop has scheduled an exchange, and they're coming with a brand new fridge this Saturday. Hopefully this one will be able to keep quiet.
(For search engine indexing, my LG Refrigerator model number is LRBN20514)
Tags: Misc, Complaints
Comments
#2 Mike commented on May 12th, 2007 at 3:37 p.m.:
We are having the same problem. Hopefully it is not broken.
#3 Lauren commented on June 15th, 2007 at 11:15 a.m.:
I have had this same refrigerator for a little less than 2 years. All of a sudden it starts beeping for no apparent reason. The doors are shut and still it beeps. It beeps morning, noon, and night. When it "BEEPS" the Express Freeze button lights up. It can beep once, fifty times, hundreds, thousands... No rhyme or reason. It can beep for 5 minutes or 4 hours straight. I have had the main circuit board replaced, however, it continues to BEEP. Anyone else have these problems??? My model # is 79575546401. It's the LG trio(made for Sears as Kenmore Elite bottom freezer with double refrigerator.)
#4 Paul commented on July 19th, 2007 at 12:47 p.m.:
I have the same problem just started--the unit is about 18 months old. I tried cutting the power for a few minutes to re-set the unit but it still beeps. Anybody know how to disable the alarm??
#5 Mike commented on Aug. 10th, 2007 at 10:32 a.m.:
We are having the same problem. How do you disable the alarm?
#6 inch commented on Aug. 11th, 2007 at 4:07 p.m.:
I was never able to find a solution to disable the door alarm. We had to have the entire fridge replaced. Maybe someone out there has a better solution?
#7 Wayne commented on Sept. 2nd, 2007 at 8:02 p.m.:
Ours is about a year and a half old. Last week it started beeping, and beeped for TWO DAYS!! Was quiet for a day, and just now, with no one even in the kitchen,,,,,,Beeping again. Sure wish someone had a fix.
#8 Nikki commented on Sept. 24th, 2007 at 8:38 p.m.:
ok at the top of fridge is a grey cover that covers the wires that are attached to the fridge make sure that little button is pushed in when the doors are closed..
#9 Victor commented on Nov. 19th, 2007 at 9:29 a.m.:
Just cut the wires on the Piezzo Buzzer, it looks like a little circle, or put a piece of tape on it, this will stop this really annoying beep, you need to have some Electical Knowledge though, sure some one you know can do it.
#10 Nicky commented on Dec. 5th, 2007 at 4:14 p.m.:
We have an American fridge freezer and i agree i thought ours was bad enough with the way it is supposed to work i dread to think if it continued all the time i think i would take and axe to it..
i must find out how to disable it properly cause it is otherwise a great fridge
#11 Door Alarm commented on Aug. 10th, 2009 at 9:27 a.m.:
I just heard that from you. What kind of refrigerator is it?
#12 sosoutsourcing commented on Oct. 30th, 2009 at 5:04 p.m.:
I have the same problem on my Kenmore (LG) 795.75952401. Has anyone found a fix or a wiring diagram?! Ugh!!!!!
#13 where is this wire? HELP IM CRAZY WITH THE BEEPING commented on Nov. 17th, 2009 at 10:41 p.m.:
did anyone ever find the wire that powers this beep? i would really like to disconnect it but i dont want to screw up the fridge
#14 Lynette commented on Dec. 7th, 2009 at 1:17 a.m.:
new kenmore side by side frig model 795.5881..just delivered 11/30/09..being picked up and replaced(with better model fyi)on 12/10/09 due to some unforseen but unacceptable cosmetic flaws that should've never passed quality control...that said..the damn thing started beeping today and driving us crazy...finally taped down the little gray button/knob that the door is apparently not connecting with when frig door is closed..now we have no light in frig section but at least no beeping..hopefully they can bring our new frig before Thursday..of course this all started Sunday evening and no one to call to get relief...hope this helps.....
#15 Mark Crane commented on Feb. 16th, 2010 at 6:40 p.m.:
New LG fridge delivered yesterday. They forgot to change the door to open on the right. After they swapped the door (which took them a long time and they scratched the paint) the fridge began beeping and the light doesn't come on when we open it.
#16 Amy commented on Feb. 22nd, 2010 at 8:28 p.m.:
My fridge was delivered today. I LOVE the door alarm feature. It works perfectly right now, and I know when the kids are in the fridge for too long, or just forget to close it. I am sure a mom came up with this brilliant idea!
#17 Bob commented on March 10th, 2010 at 3:47 a.m.:
Amy, if a "mom" designed this feature, then clearly she's never had to CLEAN the thing, which occassionally requires the door be open for LONGER than 30 seconds. I'm trying to clean out my fridge right now and I'm being harrassed by this noise.
#18 Bob commented on March 10th, 2010 at 4:32 a.m.:
OK, I disabled the alarm; here's how I did it.
Stand on a chair and with a philips screwdriver remove the screw fastening down the grey plastic plate that covers the wiring going from the top of the fridge to the right hand (refrigerator) door.
Lift the plate from the right side ( screw side ) and it will slide out from a notch on the left.
This will reveal the wiring. You will see four wires bundled together attached to a white plastic plug, which is attached to the push button switch that tells the unit the door is closed.
Unplug the wiring.
You will see that two wires are skinny, the outside wire being orange, and the 2nd wire pink.
Cut the ORANGE wire.
I'd recommend cutting it in the CENTER too in case you ever want to reconnect it ( consider that your unit may be different than mine ).
Reattach the plug to the switch and replace the cover plate.
DONE.
The refrigerator light should go out properly when the door is closed, but there will be no beep when the door is left open. Now you just need to remember to close the door. ;)
#19 Nan commented on June 13th, 2010 at 4:52 p.m.:
I am considering purchasing this LG refrig and after asking several sales people who had no answer a lady at Home Depot - who owns an LG French Door frige - said the alarm can be deactivated by holding the button down for three seconds. Re-activate it by holding the button again for three seconds. Does this work? It may make the difference of my buying/not buying this product!
#20 Bradley commented on Aug. 20th, 2010 at 2:19 p.m.:
YES! Holding down the button (only have to hold one of the 2) works to eliminate the annoying beep. Nan (#19) thank you so much for the advice. I didn't really want to cut any wires.
#21 Teresa commented on Aug. 21st, 2010 at 11:16 p.m.:
I just tried holding the button down and it's not working??? it's still beeping??? HELP!!
#22 Judith commented on Aug. 31st, 2010 at 11:32 a.m.:
Or just tape the door open buttons down. It's dark, but quiet.
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#1 Rosemary O'Neill commented on May 3rd, 2007 at 10:21 p.m.:
We just had our LG fridge delivered today, and I was about to complain about the door alarm "feature," but I guess since ours only functions as "designed" I can't complain. Who was the dingbat who came up with this idea?