The same goes for Kenmore French-doors, which have compressors manufactured by LG. Our survey also revealed that LG French-doors, side-by-sides, and built-ins were more prone to having compressors that break or are faulty than competing models made by other brands. Many of the complaints involve Samsung French-door refrigerators, which received a subpar rating for predicted reliability and a poor rating for owner satisfaction in CR’s survey results. Samsung refrigerators have been cited in hundreds of complaints to the Consumer Product Safety Commission because of malfunctioning icemakers and temperatures that are too warm, leading to spoiled food. Finally, if you want to learn more about our rigorous testing process, see “ How We Test Refrigerators.” For highly rated fridges, see our comprehensive refrigerator ratings. And give our soup-to-nuts refrigerator buying guide a read to learn about the different types of refrigerators. The refrigerator brands in the survey include Bosch, Frigidaire, GE, Kenmore, KitchenAid, LG, Maytag, Samsung, Sub-Zero, Whirlpool, and others.īelow is a detailed breakdown of common refrigerator problems, the winning and losing brands across the major refrigerator categories, and some standout fridge models in the areas of reliability and owner satisfaction. The data is grouped by refrigerator type- top-freezers, bottom-freezers, French-doors, side-by-sides, and built-ins. The results are the basis for CR’s predicted reliability and owner satisfaction ratings in our refrigerator ratings charts. These findings come from our most recent annual member survey, in which we asked CR members about more than 80,300 refrigerators that they had purchased new between 20.
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