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title: "GE Appliances, a Haier Company, Recalls Bottom Freezer, French Door Refrigera... — CPSC recall 22117 | Is It on Recall"
description: "The freezer handle can detach when a consumer tries to open the freezer drawer, posing a fall hazard to the consumer."
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# GE Appliances, a Haier Company, Recalls Bottom Freezer, French Door Refrigerators Due to Fall Hazard — CPSC recall 22117

Published notice; closure not supplied

The CPSC record supplies a notice and remedy, not a current closure determination.

Source date Apr 14, 2022. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; [check FSIS directly](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls). [Source coverage and dates](https://isitonrecall.com/sources/).

## What the record says

- **Product**: This recall involves six models of GE-brand French Door Refrigerators with bottom freezers in fingerprint resistant stainless steel, which were manufactured from February 2020 through August 2021. The brand name, model, and serial number for each unit are printed on a label located on the top of the left side of the interior of the refrigerator compartment. The refrigerators are 36 inches wide. The affected model numbers are GFE26JYMKFFS, GFE26JYMNFFS GNE27EYMKFFS, GNE27EYMNFFS, GNE27JYMKFFS, and GNE27JYMNFFS. The serial numbers for the affected models begin with one of the following two letter combinations: DR, FR, GR, HR, LR, MR, RR, SR, TR, VR, ZR, AS, DS, FS, GS, HS, LS, MS.
- **Reason**: The freezer handle can detach when a consumer tries to open the freezer drawer, posing a fall hazard to the consumer.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: GE Appliances, a Haier company, of Louisville, Kentucky
- **Quantity**: About 155,000 (In addition, about 2,300 were sold in Canada)
- **Agency-reported status**: Published recall notice
- **Source record identifier**: 22117

[Open the official record](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/GE-Appliances-a-Haier-Company-Recalls-Bottom-Freezer-French-Door-Refrigerators-Due-to-Fall-Hazard)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Read the product description and official photos for model and lot identifiers. |

Match all identifying details in the current notice. A brand name alone is not enough.

## Distribution

Not supplied

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## Dates in the source

- **Last publish date**: Apr 14, 2022

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## What to do next

Consumers should contact GE Appliances to determine if their unit is part of the recall and to schedule a free in-home service call to have the freezer's handle mounting fasteners replaced and the handle re-installed and for instructions for safe use pending a repair. The firm is contacting all known purchasers directly.

[Read the current instructions](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2022/GE-Appliances-a-Haier-Company-Recalls-Bottom-Freezer-French-Door-Refrigerators-Due-to-Fall-Hazard)

### Contact in the notice

GE Appliances toll-free at 888-345-4671 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at www.geappliances.com/ge/recall/bottom-freezer-refrigerator-2022/ or www.geappliances.com and click on "Recall Information" at the bottom of the page for more information.

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