20 Most Recent GE Monogram ZISS480NRSS 48" Built-In Side-By-Side Refrigerator (ZIS-S480NRSS, ZIS S480NRSS) Questions & Answers

After reading the comments of many frustrated customer with the GE Monogram built in ZIRS360NXLH I decided to trouble shoot my frig myself. Ours worked great for 9 years and then all of the sudden started growing mold, getting ice underneath the vegetable drawers and not cooling well. I spent hours online researching and doing all the recommended procedures. I did not want to call a repairmen to have him replace condensers, fans etc. I realized that the fan that circulates air when the door closes was not going on all the time, or was going on half the time. They are located directly center on top of door frame when the door is open. Of the three it is the left switch. I pushed it in when the door was open and could feel the cold air circulating and knew this was the problem. The cold air was settling at the bottom when the door was closed and freezing the coils, drain and thus the condensation was backing up underneath my veggie drawers and forming ice sheets. Since the top of the frig was staying warm mold was beginning to grow. We concluded that, our door had sagged due to the knotty alder panel and too much weight placed in the door over that past nine years. There is an adjustable hinge pin under the bottom door pivot hinge that can be adjusted to raise the door. Unfortunately our was stripped when initially installed, so we had to order a new pin ($80). This solved all the issues and it is working perfectly. I decided to post this because I read so many issues, that were all mine, many frustrated customers, and never heard anyone diagnose this problem. One can find the refrigerator diagram online to see all the parts I am talking about. This has been a wonderful refrigerator and unfortunately there are too many dishonest repairmen so this refrigerator gets a bad rap.

If you have changed to bulbs and still no lights, you will need to replace the door switch. Here is the part you need.

Finding the evaporator will take disassembly of parts of the cover on the top of refrigerator. If you have other questions please let me know. Just be really careful to not damage the evaporator and unplug before working on your Monogram you need to find the evaporator coil to repair, replace parts or work in that area it is on top of the ZISS480NRSS and listed as part location #800 in the photo below. Click below to enlarge,ZISS480NRSS Parts ZISS480NRSS Service ManualThanks, Sea Breeze

First check to see if your drain is clogged.http://on-timeappliance.blogspot.com/2012/07/unclogging-your-refrigerator-drain.html

Hi,
First I would check the fan in the freezer. Listen to see if it is running
It moves air to the ref from the freezer
Then check to see if freezer control is turned WARMER, which makes the Ref. colder
Also this might be a common Defrost problem, Ice
is not being melted by the defrost system.The fan can't blow through the coils into the fridge.
Take out back panel of freezer to check for ice buildup. The coils should be clean.
There are three components to a defrost system- a heater,heater thermostat, and a timer unless you have a defrost electronic card.
Its best handled by a Technician but you could possibly do it by taking your model number to the nearest appliance parts store and asking for the parts. They are mostly located in freezer ,behind back panel on freezer coils.except the card which is usually located in ref The parts store will have info
Also check fan undernearh Ref in the rear
Clean condenser coils underneath
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Try taking the line loose from the back and take a can of compressed air and spray through the line to make sure nothing is clogging the line or make sure the line is not crimped.

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Many times a freezer and/or refrigeratordo not work right because of a dirty condenser coil...there are also many otherthings that can go wrong. If you are hearing a clicking or buzzing then check out thelast two tips.

If your refrigerator is running but warm, then...

Check out this tip that I wrote about that... it is a great place to starttrouble shooting your unit...and something that you can do rather then callinga repair person to do a simple thing for you...

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