Help needed. Our refrigerator is leaning

[J. Thomas]

After 1600 miles of travel on rough roads, I noticed our fridge is leaning forward. it is a residential, 3 door, LG model. It does not seem to have come out of it's spot, but is leaning forward. I can not physically push it back any, and the base is up against some type of angle iron-like brackets. It is not in danger of falling over, but the lean is annoying. I am sure the rough roads caused this. how can this lean be corrected? Thanks.

 

[Bill Martin]

Good afternoon. With the LG fridge there are a couple brackets holding the fridge in place. If severe roads were to knock it out of place you should be able to undo the lower brackets holding the fridge rollers in place at the floor. Once those are removed the fridge should be able to be rolled out of the cabinet a few inches to straighten it out, and then can be pushed back in place to reclip into the brackets.

 

[J. Thomas]

Thank, but more questions. Those two brackets that hold the front rollers? Do you need a wrench to remove those? Then if I can push the unit back into a leveled up position, how do I "reclip those brackets? Do they snap into place, or do I rebolt/screw them back where they hold the unit? I do not have the RV where I can look at it right now. Thanks for answering my probably stupid questions. This is all new to me.
Jeff

 

[J. Thomas]

We finally fixed our refrigerator today, so I thought I would share the fix, and, how these residential refrigerators are actually installed. There are two "L" shaped metal brackets at the base, one in front of each fridge roller/foot at the front. This keeps the fridge from rolling forward out of the slide-out area. Once those are removed, you can roll the unit out of the space to access the rear. At the back, on the wall, are 3 "L" shaped brackets that screw to the back wall, and then extend out over the top of the fridge. These keep the unit from jumping up and down on rough roads. There is really no support of any kind for these on the back wall. Mine had most of the screws ripped out of the thin paneling, thus allowing the fridge to jump upwards, and tip forward. Then, you could not push the unit back under them, as they were resting against the back of the unit. When we took these brackets off, we found about 6-8 extra holes behind "each" bracket. This is where they were "guessing" the brackets should be placed to hold down the fridge, but they were wrong.
Anyway, we used some wall anchors and reattached all three brackets at the proper height so they just slip tightly over the top of the unit when we pushed unit back into place. Then we reattached the brackets in front of the two front rollers, and fridge is now solidly in place.
Rough roads were part of our problem, but factory assy. was the rest of the problem. Installers did not hook rear brackets securely, and failed to put them at the proper height to solidly hold the fridge in place. A QC inspection or a good PDI would not be able to see this flaw. It is an assembly problem.
So, if your residential fridge leans forward, or tips over forward, this is how you fix it.
Jeff

 

[Jim Beletti]

@J. Thomas - glad you got it fixed. Thank you for sharing the issue. I will be passing this onto the plant.

 

[Jim Beletti]

@J. Thomas - The plant confirmed with me that we've improved the method of securement for the refers since the time frame yours was built.

Mine for instance (VIN 4263) has a framework that acts as a belly band around the refer, holding it back into the space.

 

[J. Thomas]

That sounds like a good idea. I am sure the method used depends on what type or brand of fridge you have in your specific unit. Ours is in a 2021, 310RL, and again, is the residential type, not the multi mode RV type.
Jeff

 

[Lee Black]

I know this is an older posting but I have a 2022 Avenue 31BHS (VIN 300491) which we love and enjoy using however the fridge in this has been a consistent issue. The first time we took it out the bracket almost ripped the top hinges off the unit because it was attached under the hinges using the screws. The slide floor has already been replaced due to the screws into the floor coming out and the fridge moving and tearing the linoleum. It is only "secured" by an approx 12 in long "L" bracket at the top and two screws through the holes on the hinges into the floor. This placement of the fridge and how it is "secured" is my only complaint about this model. You should never put something like this behind the axles because you are asking for it to bounce around like a kid at the back of a school bus. I strongly encourage Alliance to reconsider this design and swap the fridge and seating area...........

In regards to my problem I have only had this unit for just over a year and need a better solution to keeping this fridge in place. There are NO brackets like the OP has so that is out of the question. This recent trip we just returned from the top bracket broke completely off, ripped the floor again, and the fridge had slid back into the hole almost all the way to the slide wall, the metal bracket broke and a piece is still attached to the top of the fridge. I am looking for possible remedies that I can take to our maintenance shop when we submit it for warranty work because I would like this issue resolved and not have to worry if our food is going to be everywhere when we reach or destination. I have attached pictures to put this into perspective.