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Lawsuits Filed Against Whirlpool for Defective Refrigerators

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Whirlpool defectsFort Smith, AR: Lawyers are looking into a possible class action lawsuit against Whirlpool regarding their side-by-side refrigerators. Complaints against the fridge involve leaking water which causes freezing in the drip pan resulting in either ruined food or water damage to the floor.

Further complaints allege that the freezer's temperature gauge malfunctions and that the Extended Warranty is not honored. The refrigerators in question were sold under the brand Whirlpool, KitchenAid, and Roper.

Among the complaints at consumeraffairs.com:
  • That the freezer ran almost non-stop and the temperature gauge showed that the freezer was up to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, when in fact it was below 20 degrees Fahrenheit;
  • That the icemaker quit working repeatedly (mentioned several times) and in some cases Whirlpool would not replace the defective part;
  • That the compressor broke;
  • That the fridge floods, causing damage to customers' floors; and
  • That Whirlpool's customer service is poor.

In Arkansas, a federal lawsuit was filed against Whirlpool Corp., claiming that the appliance maker did nothing to fix or warn customers of problems in their icemakers. The lawsuit was filed by Paula Rush and Diane Perry and is seeking class-action status to represent anyone in the United States who bought a Whirlpool-manufactured side-by-side refrigerator since 2000. Plaintiffs are seeking at least $5 million.

According to the plaintiffs, their Whirlpool problems led to damage in their homes even though Whirlpool sent repairmen out to fix the appliances. They also claim that they notified Whirlpool about the problems, but the company has neither recalled the fridges nor reimbursed owners for costs incurred as a result of fridge defects.

Court documents, filed March 5, 2007, argue that "WHIRLPOOL knew or should have known that the Refrigerators were defective in design, were not fit for their ordinary and intended use, and did not perform in accordance with the advertisements, marketing materials and warranties disseminated by WHIRLPOOL nor with the reasonable expectations of ordinary consumers." The papers go on to say that "At the time of sale the Refrigerators contained a defect, the effect of which is that the icemakers in the Refrigerators do not work and the temperature controls fluctuate, which leads to flooding and water and property damage to the home. The defect reduces the effectiveness and performance of the Refrigerators and renders them unable to perform the ordinary purposes for which they are used."

The plaintiffs argue that Whirlpool knew that the refrigerators were defectively designed but has not instituted a program to either repair or replace those refrigerators.

Whirlpool recently found itself issuing warnings to customers after the company's dishwashers posed a fire hazard. Dishwashers sold under the brand Maytag and Jenn-Air were voluntarily recalled after reports that liquid rinse-aid could leak from the dispenser and come into contact with internal wiring in the dishwasher, possibly causing a fire. There were 135 reports of dishwasher fires that resulted in product and/or property damage, as well as four injuries including one serious hand laceration.

Although Whirlpool did not own Maytag when the dishwashers were produced, Whirlpool has since purchased Maytag Corp.

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Purchased a Whirlpool side by door 28 cubic ft. fridge in 2018. the freezer door ice maker stopped working and I discovered broken wires at bottom of door. went online and it seems this is more common than I realized. Is there any recalls or litigation on this issue?

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Whirlpool manufactured in 2017 has the same problem, ice melts on the bottom, the ice then freezes solid causing the auger motor to seize and needing a screw driver to chip the cube to break out a cube or 2 . A rag place where the auger motor was keeps the ice cold enough to to keep it from freezing together. This is unacceptable for a new fridge being sold with a know defect.

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WHIRLPOOL AGAIN FAILING TO FULFILL WARRANTY!! We bought a french door model last July, and within 7 months it stopped working while we were out of state and flooded our entire kitchen. Customer service is AWFUL, the repair company has said repeatedly they cannot get the part and Whirlpool has refused to refund or replace the fridge. Every week, it fails again and we have to defrost the back of the freezer with heaters, then leaks again.

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Serious design flaw with Maytag model MSS26C6MFZ00. Ice maker stopped working. I discovered broken wires at the base of the freezer door. There was not enough wire to safely splice the four wires back together and I was forces to add enough additional wire to try to avoid the banding that broke them initially. These wires were not initially protected from damage.
Maytag customer service was of no use....unless I agreed to speaking with a service man to arrange a service appointment. This repair, once and if discovered, would have easily cost several hundred dollars.
Maytag refuses to acknowledge this flaw.

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I have a Whirlpool refrigerator and when the warranty expired, the ice maker stopped working. I was informed two sensors was bad so when I was given the price for replacement, the parts cost as much as the refrigeration. I will never purchase a Whirlpool product.

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We purchased a Whirlpool French door side by side #WRX735SDBM00 In August 2017 and almost immediately we had problems with the ice dispenser. It would literally throw out a massive mix of crushed and cubed ice. Which went all over the floor. I tried to call Pacific Sales several times where we purchased our appliances and no one would answer the phone! Finally got through and was told to call Geek Squad. We had a warranty, I was surprised the computer tech repair people were responsible for refrigerators!! When I called them, it took 20 minutes before someone answered the phone! They say a repair appliance man would be calling in the next 24/48 hours. Really disappointing. I researched this model and didn't see all these issues or I would have kept looking!

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I also purchased a side by side refrigerator model# WRF767DEM01
and it also began to not cool. we purchased it at Lowes and purchased extended warranty. we paid 3000.00 dollars for refrigerator it broke within 6 months. we called for service and Flamingo appliance came out to look at it and said it was a temperature sensor and some parts needed to be ordered to resolve issue. that was 10 days ago we have lost all our food. our kids are all homeschooled and the inconvenience has been a nightmare. we have to go to the store daily to purchase our meals. what a scam between Lowes and Whirlpool. I thought made in America what a mistake. they give America a bad reputation. I have sold all my Stocks in Lowes. I will not shop there ever again. I will not purchase whirlpool products ever again. this was my first and last. I am currently looking at Legal recourse. I am tired of these big companies ripping us off. Beware of Lowes and Whirlpool.

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Our 15 mo old French Door whirlpool fridge with freezer on the bottom wrf757sdem01did not work right from day1. With multiple tech visits from various companies doing no good and realizing it was not even cold enough to keep food fresh, we finally got the store to replace it with another Whirlpool, but we said we wanted one without using an icemaker or even hooking it up to water. I am certain our first one was a lemon among many othef lemons from this FORMERLY GREAT company. And those filters that you have to buy every 6 months sre nothing but a scam, IMO. At least we will not have that problem now.
So...after 12 days of living out of coolers we have the replacement. I hope this one is OK. I feel bad that what is touted as MADE IN AMERICA can be so poor. Spending huge amounts of money and then having to go through all we have gone through Is not fair. We even had to call a plumber to cap off the water line behind the fridge to the tune of $165.00.
Good luck to everyone. If the new one fails I might look into the small claims court route.
Buyers beware!

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Purchased a Whirlpool side by side bottom fridge GX5FHTXVB05 in 2014. 6 months after the purchase it started to leak water from the freezer. Call a repairman and they stated that I had left the door open and caused the freezer to frost up. He used a blow dryer to open the drain hole in the back and left. After another 6 months it started to do it again and it wasn't the door not being shut i made sure of it. So knowing what to do I shut down the unit, let it open for about 4 hours, cleared the drain hole in the back. The unit would run for about 3 months without a problem then guess what. Yes I have been performing this procedure since for the past 4 years. They need to get these units fixed as $2700.00 is a lot of money to pay for a piece of junk.

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Just wanted to give an update on the repair of my Whirlpool French door refrigerator. My repairman determined the problem with the freezer was the evaporator in the refrigerator. It was going to cost about $300 to fix this, so I gave him the go ahead. Before he came back to perform the repair he contacted Whirlpool and I am not exactly sure what he said to them but they agreed to pay for the repair!! Totally!!
It appears Whirlpool will only admit there is a problem with this refrigerator if your repairman contacts them.
Best of luck to everyone.

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I have the Whirlpool french door refrigerator model WRF990SLAM00. Purchased it in 2013 from Lowes and also bought the extended service plan at that time. 2 weeks after the service plan expired, the plumbing for the water filter started leaking water down the back corner.
I had it repaired for $300. The repairman said the design of the filter plumbing was prone to failure...I think he was telling me to be prepared to spend another $300 in the future.
Then last monday we had a major storm here in NY, lost power for a day and half, and ever since the freezer has not worked. Not sure if the storm caused the freezer issue, but the refrigerator is still running.
Repairman coming in a couple of days, but I am prepared to junk this PoS if the estimate is too high.

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Bought my Whirlpool french door with freezer draw on the bottom in 2012. While still under warranty, it stopped making ice. When the repair man came he said that if there is a power outage at the same time the refrigerator is in defrost, it will stay in defrost. When we called Whirlpool about this problem, they said they had never heard of this problem. Since then, the problem has gotten worse. Now the problem has spread to the entire refrigerator. Always seem to happen when we are out of town. Lots of spoiled food!

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We purchased a French door Whirlpool in 2013. Almost immediately we had a couple minor issues--first was the lack of a bypass to the water filter. We have a RO line going to the fridge, so there was no need to use additional filtration. But Whirlpool had no bypass, probably because they preferred to make profit selling unneeded filters. I reported the issue and Whirlpool promised to get back to me, but they never have in over three years.
The second is that the cooling line going through the fridge to the ice maker had icing, condensation, mold growth issues. No fix known.
A third and fourth and strike were discovered this year when the food in our freezer thawed. We wanted to empty and shut down the freezer but continue to use the fridge while we waited on getting it repaired, but discovered that there is NO WAY to independently turn off the freezer.
Fourth problem (relatively minor) was that the right roller on the roller/leveling part was broken in half, making it very difficult to move the fridge. The part plus shipping is $40.
The BIGGEST issue is that the extra evaporator in the fridge is leaking coolant, and this is apparently an issue that Whirlpool knows about and has decided not to inform their customers about.
They were at least proactive enough to arrange a one-year warranty through AIG that the customer can purchase (for about $400) in order to get their refrigerator fixed.
About the only thing they really got right was using metal for the icemaker gears, but I'd rather have a working fridge and freezer than ice-through-the-door.
I don't know how long this evaporator will last, but I do know that I won't be buying a Whirlpool refrigerator again.

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WRS325FDAM02 came with my new house. the light in freezer went out which turned out to be expensive panel was fried. searched online and saw people outraged how theirs had the same issue.. now it cost 150 dollars to change a stupid light not including labor. Bad brand, deliberate low quality parts used to sell you expensive replaements..

stay away from this brand

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I purchased Whirlpool french door fridge two years ago. Model WRF990SLAM00. Such a piece of JUNK!!! Top left side ices up on a routine basis. I have replaced "ice maker" unit 5 times. Each repairman tells me it will not work as it is a design flaw and replacement ice maker will not fix problem!!!
Whirlpool custom services only wanted to sell me an extended warranty .

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I have a continual problem with the french door Whirlpool from ice build-up & water on my brand new kitchen floor, which is now ruined. I called Whirlpool CS last and I was told the warranty expired however they could send a repairman but I would have to purchase the parts and pay the labor costs (Model# GX2FHDXVQ03 SN K14110310) I purchased it almost 5 years ago at Lowe's. It is the worst product I have ever purchased and Whirlpools lack of support has cost them a very loyal customer!!! I will tell everyone I know not to purchase Whirlpool products. You should be sued for false advertisement. I am extremely angry and disappointed. Whirlpool you should be ashamed of yourselves!

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Whirlpool model GI7FVCXWYOO ser # KY3141215. Paid almost $3000.00 for this piece of junk. We had Whirlpool repair several times before it went out of warranty. Whirlpool csr said there were no reported problems with this model, only my complaints!! Glad I found this site detailing the exact problems that I have. Each repair visit resulted in the same excuse...can't find the problem. But, my hardwood floors are bulked up, we finally had to turn the water off to the ice
maker because the times it would make ice, the ice would thaw and refreeze into a lump in the freezer. Sometimes ice would stay in the freezing tray for days before it would dump the cubes into the holding bin. It has a mind of its own. So, we have never been able to get ice from the door. The water coming from the door was never cold anyway. Water drips from the bottom of the ice maker. The refrigerator is always cool, not cold, or either it is hot. Therefore, the food spoils. The freezer was poorly designed and I guess it was meant for the owners to never remove the freezer bins to clean them because they won't come out. So, this refrigerator is useless and a huge waste of money. But, it was so expensive that I feel that I can't take it to the landfill, but that is the place it needs to be. If anyone has any suggestions on how they convinced Whirlpool to replace this terrible refrigerator, please let me know.

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I have this exact refrigerator, spent hundreds of dollars trying to fix it and cleaned uo hundreds of puddles of the years.. even fell a couple times due to the water on the floor. Wish i knew about the recall and lawsuit.. did they purposely keep this quite. Even the repair man didnt know about them...

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I purchased a whirlpool refrigerator in Dec 2015 started to rust Feb 2016, got worse and called whirlpool July 2016. The tech came out on July 22 and said it was not rust. I was told that whirlpool does not cover rust because I live too close to the beach. I noticed there was condensation on the freezer door and now I have a leak. I called for this issue and today, July 30th, the tech came out to my house. The tech again said that whirlpool does not cover because I live too close to the beach. So a leak is not covered because of my zip code. I again called and the csr said that the tech said that the rust was causing the leak and rust is not covered. The issue is that there is not rust where this is occurring. I am sure there will be rust soon because water is there everyday. Whirlpool sells defective products and then backs this up with horrible customer service and techs. So now I have a defective refrigerator and a ton of pushback from this awful company. How long do they think this can last with social media? I will never buy or recommend this sub par product ever. Worst purchase ever. DO NOT buy Whirlpool.

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THINKING OF BUYING A KITCHEN/AID REFRIGERATOR? Better have a back-up unit in the garage. We purchased a near-$3000 unit in April 2013 and the freezer unit has conked out twice. The second breakdown occurred last month, just 14 months after the initial "repair." Multiple attempts to resolve the issue with Kitchen/Aid have resulted in an arrogant denial: no replacement/no repair. "Guaranty has expired," they claimed. Yet they knew said unit was defective from the onset. Check for class-action lawsuit now pending. Whatever you buy, from a manual can opener to a refrigerator, STAY AWAY FROM KITCHEN/AID. You will get no "AID" at all.

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Hi I purchased a Whirlpool side-by-side refrigerator, model WRS325FDAM02. It had been leaking for over a year and we had no idea as the fridge is enclosed with only the door exposed. It had been slowly damaging the floor, and I didn't notice until recently. I replaced a part WPW10664271. The design of this part changed significantly, removing the "V" in the water hose. This "V" is where the original hose had cracked and leaked. It seems that Whirlpool knew this was a poor design, thus changed it for the replacement part. I'm in the process of contacting Whirlpool to find out if they will pay for the repairs to my walls, flooring, etc. I have a feeling they won't.

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We bought a whrilpool gold French door freezer on bottom didn't have it a week ice maker wouldn't work so they swapped us out a new one for the price we paid for it $3000 they should have so I was happy but not for long we also didn't get the extented warranty and it was about a month the ice maker quit on this one they sent tech out replaced ice maker it worked 2 maybe 3 days quit again they came out again replace computer in door all seals around ice maker it worked may be a month quit again then top part of frig quit cooling called them out tech made appointment for a week away then didn't show up cancel it set new appointment tech finally came out got it back cooling again lasted around 3 months need less to say it hey had beat around bush for month to get tech out to fix it warranty run out I can't afford to pay $300 dollars tech bill to fix thought I was but something nice for my family and ended up with a piece of shit I will never own another thing with whrilpool on it now I've had to buy another frig and now have eye sore to look at just can bring my self to throw it away when I got $3000 dollars in it and wouldn't dare sell it to anybody

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Purchased a Whirlpool French door Gold series M# WRF989SDAM00 for approx. 2,100 hundred out the door at Best Buy. They asked me if I wanted to purchase the extended warranty for around 275 for I think 2 years. I thought, well I have owned other Whirlpool Refers that lasted 20 years with maybe only an ice maker replacement the whole time I owned it, so I thought well this is a safe bet, Whirlpool is rock solid.

WRONG, I have owned this Pretty looking Box, with very expensive crap components for just over 2 Years.
First thing I noticed, the damn thing would Run, Run and Run.
Rarely would it shut off, now this is an energy saver frig, right!
Next to the Major Issues.
1. This refrigerator is the loudest running I have ever heard!
2. Compressor started making loud rattle noise then we lost
cooling.
3. Called Whirlpool for assistance they said they would offer an extended warranty thru a Service Co. called A&E for $360. I said ok. Long story short, the people they send to your home are a joke. STAY AWAY FROM THE WHIRLPOOL SERVICE!
The so called TECH was terrible, did not want to really do ANYTHING, He stated right out of the gate, UNREPAIRABLE!
Whirlpool and or A&E service Co. don't pay me enough to really get into this type of repair. WHAT the HELL I'm thinking, I just paid $360 for WHAT? The tech did next to nothing so I called A&E for a refund for the $360.00 and got the biggest runaround. They stated oh, it takes up to 30 days to process the refund. I said that's Bull- Sh++ so I called my credit card to dispute the charges. OK so now I'm thinking who do I call for a second opinion? So, I called Sears for service, the Sears Tech came out very professional and said we lost the refrigerant in the sealed system. Come to find out Whirlpool has a bulletin on a problem with evaporator leaks. Just great I'm thinking, this thing is only 2 years old, what next!
So evaporator and access valves were sent to my home, he came back and installed new parts. OK, now were ready to put Freon back in the system, but wait, now the frig. wont even start up. Frustrated tech said it appears the control circuit board has now failed causing the no function problem.
Just great I'm thinking, these circuit boards they are using are very expensive. Folks just let me say The new Refrigerators
may look nice but believe me, they are of poor quality and full of very expensive controls that are unreliable. They are not meant to last like the refrigerators of past decades. WOE to the consumer, we are backed into this bleak and dark corner by big corporate entities that build CHEAP product's. They charge big bucks for a very poor quality, substandard, and DESPICABLE product and then pawn them off on the unsuspecting consumer. The have us over a Barrel don't they!
SHAME ON WHIRLPOOL, they have become a cheap, unreliable, and disreputable company. Research the product before you buy anything from Whirlpool.

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I brought a 2 door side by side, ice maker Whirlpool refrigerator model number wrf560seym,serial # vs24498418 in the year 2012. At time of purchase I also purchase a 10 year extended service protection plan. One year later, had to call for service for the ice maker. That was the first time, but not the last time for ice maker. I had to call numerous times from then up to 2015. Now I have a even bigger issue now. The right side of the 2 doors came off line to the point that, air was getting into the refrigerator and causing me to have food spoilage, which I'm not being reimburse for. I contacted pc, dan marc and whirlpool and was told that it was going to be 6 weeks for the manufacturers to build a door and I will just have to wait. I was also told that if I had a credit card, I could get a loaner refrigerator, but I don't so I can't. It is now just about 2 months and I am still without a refrigerator, with no resolution from either of the companies. I'm on a fixed income and can not continue to buy food daily and I think my neighbor is now getting tired of me using her refrigerator. You are not the only one I have wrote to try to get this matter resolved, but I hope you are the one that can help me.

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Have a model WRF990SLAM00. At 23 months the fridge began having issues making ice. Noticed the freezer was not getting cold enough. It also appeared to be running all the time. Compressor was hot to touch. Called Whirlpool, no longer warranty. They acknowledged this was a common issue with the serial number range of our unit but would do nothing other than offer another extended warranty. Paid a local service agent to look at the unit. Failed sealed system and over $800 to repair. Except no shops in our area are qualified to repair. Total waste of money. Won't be buying a refrigerator from Lowes or Whirlpool again.

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I recently had the same problem with the KitchenAid Refrigerator M/N KBFS25EWMS6 (French door) leaking water out of the bottom due to the buildup of ice on the bottom freezer. The refrigerator/freezer is NOT connected to any water supply. Luckily I had purchased the Extended Warranty and they dispatched service to replace a drain part. In the interim the leak damaged the hardwood floors in the kitchen resulting in nearly $8,000 expense that I am now working with the insurance company to cover.

The Service Agent, mentioned that he is replacing these drain parts weekly on several brands including KitchenAid. This is a prime example of a socially irresponsible company using a very low cost part to increase their profits, at the expense/damage of others.

If there is a class-action lawsuit, please advise.

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Just called to ask about my 2011 KitchenAid fridge leaking water out of the bottom due to the buildup of ice on the bottom freezer. They knew about this problem, and replaced the drain pipe part in the years after I got the fridge with a wider drain pipe. So for years it was leaking out and damaging my cabinets and they never issued a recall. They said they would send me a replacement part for free, because KitchenAid is considered "higher end" but I would have to pay for service, which is $89 for first 15 min and $29 every 15 min after. I then asked about the broken support holders on the inside, which broke within the first few months, and they said it was only covered for 30 days! They would sell me the part for $49 (a cheap plastic support) with $10 shipping. This seems like it is a scam to build products so they deliberately break so you would keep supplying them with money to replace/fix their crappy product. They should be charged with carbon polllution.

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I had to disconnect the water supply to my Kitchenaid side by side refrigerator because it leaks all over the floor. When I took off the back to clean the coils, I could not even remove the pan which has gunk in it. This refrigerator is terrible!!! I also have the Kitchenaid oven which has nearly burnt down my house.
My Kitchenaid Microwave died and now I'm worried about the Kitchenaid dishwasher too. I did not expect to have to replace all my appliances already!

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I purchased a custom home with a Kitchenaid.com built-in refrigerator in 2009. 5 years later, this $8,000 appliance isn't worth a crap. Are there any class action law suits against them? It is my understanding that this model is defective and the parts are unavailable!

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We had an economical Whirlpool refrigerator installed at no charge in late January 2015 via the Energy Savings Assistance Program (ESAP) through Southern California Edison.

From the get-go, it has been creaking loudly whenever the door is opened, closed, or even someone just touches the fridge. The issue has escalated over the months and now the fridge MOVES toward the person opening the door and yesterday my mother nearly severely injured herself when leaning slightly on the unit, because the unit flew backwards and she's lucky she didn't fall on the floor!

THREE so-called "Whirlpool-certified" technicians have come to the house; none of them really wanted to do anything (and actually did little). They blame the cheapness of the fridge, the poor design, the type of tile floor we have, but not one of them really cares. The last one said "Whirlpool will never replace this unit under warranty." He also said "Put some rubber pieces underneath the wheels," and crap like that! He said the wheels should really come off and be replaced with legs, but Whirlpool would never authorize him to do that!

Numerous calls to Whirlpool and me shaming them on Twitter and Facebook about the issues makes no difference.

I told our utility company today either they resolve this ASAP or I file complaints with all governmental agencies, consumer agencies, contact the media, and also contact an attorney!

This fridge is DEFECTIVE, no question about it and the utility company that arranged for the installation and Whirlpool need to stop hiding in a corner regarding the problem!

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bought a new stainless steel double door,bottom freezer.
At the 2 year mark. crapped out. Service man said needs new compressor and dryer, would cost around 1200 to 1500 .
Why am I not surprised. The big corp will rip off the public as long as they can get away with it. The service man also said these ref. are cheaply built , only having a single evaporator.
So I guess I buy another ref. or maybe one thats really built. maybe from the 60's
By the way It's a whirlpool.. which build most of ref worldwide.

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my mother bought an Amana which we found out sometime later is owned by whirlpool Jan 2015. It was a side by side refrigerator model#ASD2575BR*0* when we bought it and had it delivered, during the first week I noticed the water temp was warm. then we started having issues with the freezer going from -10 to +10degrees, then the refrigerator part was going from 30 to 50 degrees spoiling fruits and vegetables. we called our dealer and his repairman replaced the thermostat in the refrigerator. A couple of days later we had to call the repairman out again this happened about 5 times. When he could not come up with an answer to what was going on, the business that we bought it from told us that we would have to deal strictly with whirlpool so we called whirlpool and they then sent out someone to look at it. this same person they sent changed the thermostat but to no avail did this work, he had come out trying to find the problem 3 times, but could not find it. this makes it a total of 8 times that a repairman came out but could not find the problem. We kept in contact with whirlpool and they in return lied to us was going us a credit but then we canceled the dealer due to some inflametory remakes that he made to my mother. they then told us to go to Lowes and find something else, but did not care for mom finding another refrigerator that they did not approve of because they hadn't bought them out and then telling her that they were going to keep her money and oh well. I now feel like they are nothing but liars and they have the money and mom has a refrigerator that is not running right and and ruining food. SHAME ON YOU WHIRLPOOL FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ELDERLY PERSON WITH A DISSABILITY ALONG WITH NOT KEEPING YOUR WORD

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Whirlpool, just exactly what are you focused on? Corporate buy-outs of other appliance mfgs? I read your business profile, not impressed on how you push revenue generation over Q/C. Now, I understand why I cannot have my new Whirlpool frig operational.

I have 10 year old frig (garage). It is basic, medium size and fits well in a 1950 budget film. Never had to have it serviced.

Shame on you Whirlpool!

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My Whirlpool Gold French Door refrigerator is just 2 years old.
Stopped making ice and all the food in the freezer thawed out. The compressor is "under" performing, and running constantly, but will not freeze food. My electric bill is thru the roof because of the constant running frige. Repair man gave me the highest repair estimate he has ever presented to a customer. $1400. to replace the compressor. I will NOT be fixing this POS. There should be class action law suits against this company and also Lowes for promoting them. I wonder if they are screening the bad reviews so people are not aware of what a load of crap Whirlpool appliances have become. And now they own Maytag and Jenn aire too? I am going out to buy the simplest cheapest frige I can find, if I am going to have to replace it every two years. The one year warranty should have been a wake up call.

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Please add the KitchenAid Stove to the list of grievances for crap scrap appliances. Burner knobs get stuck in locked position, front oven glass shattering due to poor manufacturing design, self cleaning system burns up the control panel, customer service lies and states there are no known reports of these issues..... Will never buy from whirlpool or affiliated company ever again.

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I bought a whirlpool Black Ice refrigerator. Thank goodness I bought the extended warranty. Because shortly after a year it had to be replaced. Being that we had bought the Black Ice package, so our appliances would all match, we replaced it with the exact same model. We thought that it was just a lemon. Big huge mistake. Less then a year the replacement refrigerator is doing the exact same thing the first one did. Ice melting in the door, dripping down side of fridge. Freezer not cold enough to keep ice cream frozen. We are just waiting for the fridge part of it to stop cooling. The first time we were without a refrigerator for about a month. Now with this one it has been 3 weeks so far. I have gained 5 ponds from eating garbage. Lost money from leaving work early. Paying extra for small portions of food at grocery store. $5.00 for a bag of ice a day! Whirlpool if your employees worked like your refrigerators you would fire them. It is sad to see a brand that work hard to build its name and reputation work just as hard to ruin it. Once this situation is over with all certainty I can say that this company will never receive one red cent from me, my family, friends or anyone who will give me their ear for half a second.

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42" Jade refrigerator that has been repaired countless times over the past 5 years. Now having difficulty having a technician service and have the warranty honored. Lots of hoops to jump through to get repaired. Been without refrigerator in kitchen for more than 2 weeks.

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i bought a whirlpool gold french door refrigerator. it was their top of the line black ice , I've had all kinds of problems with it ice maker not working and the freezer had some problems to would not freeze it would get cold, i spent a lot of money for a good fridge and thats all i wanted instead i got crap. all i ask for is to whirlpool to make it right , if not i will never buy their product again

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I have the whirlpool Gold french door fridge that is over a year old. It flooded my freezer causing it to ice up, then loud noices start happening, then freezer has now stopped working. My food I just spent over $300.00 is ruined & I have nothing to feed my kids. I have always bought whirlpool products & I cant believe that they would let loyal customers deal with this crap. Shame on you whirlpool! I want money for my food & fridge back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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On 2/23/14 we bought a Whirlpool side by side refrigerator, model # WRS322FDAM 01. It was received by Lowes on 3//10/14 and delivered shortly thereafter. When it was 8 months old, a shelf cracked and I tried to re-glue it. While working on it, I noticed 2 cracks in the back wall, extending from the bottom of the large LED light. They looked minor so I checked them over time. By Jan. 2015 the shelf cracked again and when I looked at the cracks, they had both widened and deepened. The right side crack extended to the corner where the rear wall joins the right side. 2 service calls resulted in what Whirlpool called a "repair": cover the cracks with liner tape or use an epoxy kit. When I asked them if cracks in the dashboard of an 8 month old car would be considered "repaired" by covering them with tape?? No answer. I've complained to the corporate folks, and have basically been told to not bother them... Well, now I have the beginnings of a new crack, 2 inches higher than the originals and on the corner where the back and side meet. Today Whirlpool told me that the Extended Warranty Co. was responsible. So, I called Lowes and was politely told that the extended care covered only "mechanical problems", not "cosmetic ones". I've spoken with the Asst. Mgr. of the Lowes store who is going to contact Whirlpool. I have no hopes of a solution. It's a defective liner and it is piece of junk. I'm out $1400 and will now have to buy a new fridge because of Whirlpool's unwillingness to stand behind their crap. I guess we can add refrigerators to the list of items made to break within a year. I will never buy another Whirlpool appliance. They are a fraudulent company and have no morals or conscience. They take your money and give you garbage.

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I am having issues with the ice maker of our WRX735SDBM00
I have contacted whirlpool 6 times and this last time I was told that I needed to find a service provider for my fridge and they would reimburse up to 150 in parts in labor.
I was highly ticked off! I researched whirlpool and wanted to buy from and American made products but I didn't realize how horrible their warranty would be. If I has known spending 3,000 dollars on a fridge and I would still be cracking ice trays I would have laughed and called you crazy but that is exactly what I am doing and I feel utterly dupped!

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W have been having the same problem with our NEW WP fridge, model number WRF736SDAB12. We bought this brand new back in February 2015. As soon as we hooked the water up to it and let it sit allowing water to get to it, it started leaking. When we would try to get a glass of water from the front it would flood the inside of the fridge to the point it would run down the outside of the bottom freezer door and run all over the floor. We have had a repair man her 4 times already from the place we bought it from. He is doing everything that WP is telling him to do as in replacing the wiring harness on the back and replacing the water hose that runs from the top of the fridge to the front where the ice and water come out. DIDN'T WORK! Now they are going to come back a 5th time to replace a water valve in the top. We'll see. Called WP and of course they were appologetic. I don't want appologies, I want a fridge that works like it is supposed to. All they said was the would check into it and give us a call. I told them if this don't fix the problem and they don't want to make it right, there will 3 phone calls I will be making starting with the Better Business Bureau, the Att. General and then my lawyer. They said there wasn't any need in that and just kept making appologies. Like I said I don't want appologies, I want this fixed or another new one to replace it. We also paid extra for the extended warranty. Good Luck to all who has this problem.

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I have a whirlpool side by side refrigerator. Purchased in 2003. The ice maker has never worked properly, The hose line to the ice maker freezes all the time and water in the freeze line leaks on the bottom of the freezer thus causing it to leak on my wood floors and warp them. This fridge has been a nightmare and the freezer has quit working twice ruining hundreds of dollars of food. When the freezer quits working so does the fridge part and an entire fridge/freezer full of food is wrecked. I am under Sears extended warranty but when they come fix it there is always some lame excuse why it happened. Well, if they can't stand by their warranty to fix or replace this rotten appliance they have out there then they need to just tell us the truth. That we are buying an appliance that may do this that or another and that their is no chance of a replacement and when the repair person comes to fix it, somehow it will always be our fault or some other shady excuse as to why this appliance failed. So disappointed and wish they would just stand by their word and replace something they can't fix.

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I had the same problem with the french door Whirlpool gold freezer ice build-up & pooling water on my kitchen floor. I called Whirlpool last week and I kept asking if this was a defect and they kept saying it was out of the warranty period but they would send a repairman & pay for parts if I paid for labor! (Model# GX2FHDXVQ03 SN K03544696) Purchased almost 5 years ago at Lowe's. Sitting in the same place for 5 years.

MY old GE refrigerator bought in 1990 ran for 20 years with moves to 10 different houses until I retired it for getting louder. Gosh darn it how I miss that old GE.

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Dear Consumers of Defective Applicances!
ALL you have to do is go to your local courthouse and file a Small Claim against KitchenAid/Whirlpool and have the claim mailed by the Courthouse to KitchenAid/Whirlpool Corp, 553 Benson Road, BentonHarbor, MI 49022. They MUST appear in court at THIER expense and THEY must bring thier attorney at THIER expense and 99.9% of the time they rather shut you up than pay this expense becuause 99.9% of the time they are going to LOOSE the case in small calims. Keep good records of the problems you have had with the defective appliance, file the small claims law suit and it will cost less than $100 for file it. You DO NOT have to have an attorney as you can be your own representative becuase you have all the facts. Trust me, they more than likely will never show up and if they don't you can get a default judgement against thier company and they have to pay the judgement or you can place a lein against their company and they have to pay all the leins. This is the BEST way to get your money back from their defective crappy apppliances without all the hassle. You can fill out the small claims form at the courthouse and you do not have to write all the problems you have had just a shirt brief summary and then they have to appear in court or pay you. And if they do not show up, you have won anyway. So it is worth the time and effort becuase it is more cost effective for KitchenAid to replace your defective application than it is for them to prepare for a case, pay an attorney to represent them and pay his travelling expenses to your local district court where the case MUST be heard. The case is filed in the district where YOU live NOT where the appliance was manufactured or where the company headquarters is located. This is the biggest misconception people have about suing these large companies. THey have to come to YOU and your hometown and trust me they won't do it, cost them way too much in the end. So go to your local courthouse and ask for a small claims form and pay the filing fee whcih is between $50-$100 depending on your state and this will get thier attention for sure. Trust me it works and your local judge has very little sympathy for these big mega companies who refuse to repair, replace or refund defective appliances becuase most of these judges have been in the same boat as you are in. So use your local district court to your advantage and get the attention you need from teh big boys and make them PAY UP or else put a lien on their company and they cannot sell the company with any leins, they can't borrow money, they are in a bind even with the smallest lein and trust me the shareholders do not want leins against the companies they have investmented in. So it is definately YOUR way of winning pretty much everytime. I've done it many times and will continue to do it and have never lost a case yet. This is a legal priviledge many Americans forget they have is small claims court so USE IT! Good Luck!

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I purchased a new Whirlpool side-by-side fridge in November 2014. Within 3 months the ice maker quit, and dripped everywhere. I come to find out the compressor slowly went out. I got a replacement (after many headaches with customer service). Now, 6 months later, I'm having the same leaking problem as indicated by others. This warped many floorboards and dripped into basement onto our couch. Anyway, to go through 2 refrigerators within 1 year is very disconcerting! My whole kitchen matches the fridge (white)!

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We purchased a new French door Whirlpool in December and within two weeks of plugging in, noticed bottom freezer drawer crooked and ice in freezer area. We called Whirlpool and they dispatched a local repairman. He said the inner lining of the refrigerator was crooked. He sent pictures to them of the drawer door and two inner drawers where ice had accumulated. They told him to tighten the screws on the outside door.... there is nothing he can do for the inner drawers which are unlevel, and he was told to apply silicone around the drawer area to prevent air from leaking in and causing ice build up. Really? $2,000+ for a refrigerator and no warranty but to caulk and let it ride. It wasn't even in service for 1 month!... contacted Lowes and of course, they are only the messenger... not the evil.. BS! Any recent lawsuits going? This is insane. This kind of low quality for such a high dollar kitchen product? What a sad company.

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We seam to be having the same problems with our french door bottom freezer. It is less than two years old ,repair has been here two time to fix ice build up in ice maker .Now we have ice in back of freezer. The best part is this is our second new refrigerator in four years we had a $3500.00 samsung that nearly burned down our house.

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KitchenAid 22 Cu. Ft. Counter-Depth French Door Refrigerator, Architect® Series II has also been leaking from the bottom freezer. After calling ABT who we purchased it from, they were quick to respond as we had the extended warranty with them. They told us it was a defect on the drain line that freezes, causing ice to form on the bottom of the freezer and leak out. Now we have damaged wood floors that are cupping in front of the unit from water dripping. We will be contacting KitchenAid for reimbursement for the damages to the floors.

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We purchased a Kitchen Aid 3 door refrigerator Model#KFIS29PBMS00 in May 2013. It has had multiple issues and repairs over the past year. Then in June it quit working all together. 3 different service calls and they finally got it working again….for one week. Now it has been dead since July 3rd. After the last repairman looked at it they deemed it was a lemon and ordered us a replacement. It is now August 11. Whirlpool cannot "find" our replacement order. Meanwhile we have been living without a refrigerator since July 3rd. We have 4 kids eating out of a cooler all summer. Every call we make we are told something different. They will not give us a direct number to a person who can help us. We are often told to call back at a different time. We bought a $3000 appliance, that Whirlpool agrees is a lemon, yet we are still stuck without an appliance for over a month. Not to mention we had to have it repaired three times during the year it "worked" because it leaked water and ice all over our wood floors, which in our brand new house are now ruined. They have had the worst customer service I have ever encountered and the absolute worse products. I am kicking myself for buying a Kitchen-aid/Whirlpool suite in our new home.

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I have a Whirlpool Fridge (WRF990SLAM) with a laundry list of known problems according to the tech who looked at it. Parts and labor to fix in the $1000s is what he said. I'm a few months outside of manufacturers warranty and mentally preparing to call support to fight to get a replacement. My extended warranty through Lowe's has been useless. All they did was buy me out even after I told them no I want it fixed.

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I have a side by side Kitchen Aid. It was dripping water for a few weeks. I thought it was the kids or the wife being clumsy getting ice or water. It turns out to be more. The ice maker and water dispenser leak water from the bottom. Another defect is with the insulation. It is missing in the side wall. I get condensation on the outside. Water has seeped through the wall into the wood floor in the bedroom. When I called Kitchen Aid, they said my warranty had expired one week prior. I asked for consideration as the problem has been ongoing. They offered to replace the parts but I had to pay for the service call. Then, the guy doesn't show up at the appointed time. It turns out that they are changing software and tickets got lost. Finally, a guy shows up and says the insulation problem cannot be repaired. I was told I would get a new unit and the incident has been referred to the Product Review Board. They were supposed to respond within 48 hours. So far, they didn't hit that performance goal. I'm preparing to file a small claims action in case it comes down to that but thought to search for any class action suits in the works. That's how I found this site.

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TWO Whirlpool Refrigerates bottom freezers leaks on floor G1GFARXXF03 S/N S/N K2126980 and GX5SHDXVQ02 S/N K0105900 Both freezers are leaking on the floor from the bottom freezer because of the icy overflow caused by clogged frozen drain defective tube

waited 10 minutes online for live chat which told me to call 800-253-1301 which also had a 10 minute voice mail recording which lasted almost an hour & I had other things to do, couldn't wait any longer on their voice mail.

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Whirlpool Gold bottom freezer model W10248352A

Just had a repairman out for the 1.5 yo fridge, said it was a default in the engineering design, and the 2500$ fridge is worthless and cant be repaired. He said hopefully they will replace it with a new one as they know about the issue.

NO more Whirlpools for me.....

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Our Jade Refrig model RJRS4280D has the drip tray problem as well. We had to replace it when it was only two years old. It worked up until Jan 31,2014 when it started making a loud noise like a leaf blower. The repair tech has been out to our house 6 times, last time was Ap 24. It is again making the noise. I called Maytag warranty department this morning and the rep said that I would have to have the same repair company out again. My reply was "can't Maytag get in the picture and find a solution?" I have had to defrost the refrig 3 times and remove the food and take to my sons 3 times so the drip pan heater kit could be installed. What a pain. Each time it worked okay for a short time and then the freezer walls would freeze up and ice all along the bottom and that horrible noise. We bought Jade appliances when we built our dream home. High end Gas 6 burner Stove, 2 Dishwashers (had problems with them too) and Oven. Maytag Neptune front loading washer and dryer. If there is a class action I would like to know about it.

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I have a KitchenAid
French Door Refrigerator. The first one I purchased on 4-1-2013 and the ice been kept spilling water down the ice bin and water dripping off the ceiling of refrigerator on same side of ice been. After 8 or 9 service calls over a period of 10 months I demanded that
Whirlpool replace it. On January 31, 2014 my refrigerator was replaced with the same model with the same problems.
Whirlpool wants to continue with the same program of sending out servicemen which will never be resolved because it is a defective model with a poor design. The parts come from Mexico and China and Whirlpool attempts to put it together in the USA. (??????)

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I bought a JADE side by side 48" model a year ago and I have to call the service guy three times to fix ice build up problem. I changed the evaporation pan 3 months ago with an so called improved pan and ice built up again last week. this last time the ice built even worse than before. I had a GE profile refrigerator before and it has run 12 years quietly and still running. I got this headache since I got this JADE build in refrigerator. Anyone has any suggestion to fix the problem.

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Just bought one of the whirlpool side by sides. Very expensive and the ice maker has already been replaced the failed again. Whirlpool is giving us the run-around so far....

Guess whirlpool goes on my list of companies to never do business.....

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Unfortunately, I purchsed a JADE side by side 48" model 6 years ago. My problem has been exactly the same as encountered by Mr. Beal, with so permanent solutions. The service firm keeps telling me to turn off the power and defrost the system....

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Frig is UNDER 3 years old. Crapped out due to bad compressor, WP sent tech out and confirmed my diagnosis, compressor is shot, and cost to fix exceeds new model.

Compressor is 250 VOLT unit NOT 115 volt unit. so burned up... bad product, bad parts = bad frig

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My refrigerator ice make is given out 6 times. The refrigerator is only 1.5 years old. They replaced the door. I am fed up with Whirlpool. I bought the extended warranty, but they will not call back.

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I do not recommend anyone buying a whirlpool fridge. Mine is 5 months old and I have had the freezer door replaced once, and waiting on a new one, as a plastic piece continues to pop out of the interior door, overfreezing my freezer and ice bin, in turn causing the ice not to dispense, and probably was the cause of the fridge getting warm, which in turn caused the computer to go bad. I have also replaced 2 water filters, because the water tastes very dirty. No luck on good tasting water. While waiting for our 2nd new door, our ice bin is sitting in our backyard defrosting.

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I have been troubleshooting the same problem with a friends RJRS4270C. The original drain pan part has been replaced with a new part #W10199913. Looking at a photo of the new part, it appears that they have added a heating element under the drain pan. It is not very difficult to replace if you feel up to the challenge. The cheapest place to purchase the part is at Sears. Do you know if this part has been replaced during one of your service calls?

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I've been dealing with a serious design issues on my JADE brand side by side (Maytag/Whirlpool) Model RJRS4270C. Over a three year period and at $450 a pop for each repair and totaling 10+ repair/visits, always the same issue. The issue is specific to the heated drip tray under the defrost heater and adjacent drain tube heating element which are located in the freezer compartment (top). This design isn’t sufficient to keep ice from building up and burning out the fan, or water pooling in the pan and flowing down the insides of the freezer. Sometimes ice damming is evident by the sound of the fan hitting the ice. You would think a $5,000 fridge/freezer wouldn't have these issues. Come to find out this is a recurring problem with most everyone who's purchased this 42" or 48" model of JADE. I guess you can say anyone who has purchase JADE has been JADED. I would think they Whirlpool would find a permanent fix so it would cost the company so much in service and cause customers so much grief. It has become clear to me that Whirlpool is doing there best not to acknowledge the design problem even exist. If anyone has a solution please let me know. (aaron.r.beal@cox.net)

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