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06-18-2020, 08:20 AM #21
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These refrigerators are used in various brands of rv's so its not specifically a Grand Design problem. In hot weather you will most likely have a cooling problem with this design. You can solve this problem by purchasing computer fans ( circa $25 ) and spending an hour of your time or spend weeks or months having your dealer tell you the refriferator is working fine. There are numerous posts on this forum addressing this problem.
John & Cindy
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06-18-2020, 10:19 AM #22
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[QUOTE=Johnww;301696]These refrigerators are used in various brands of rv's so its not specifically a Grand Design problem. In hot weather you will most likely have a cooling problem with this design. You can solve this problem by purchasing computer fans ( circa $25 ) and spending an hour of your time or spend weeks or months having your dealer tell you the refriferator is working fine. There are numerous posts on this forum addressing this problem.[/
Well, that does not seem to be a “grand design”! Most people camp in warm to hot weather! Nobody would except buying a truck and when the air does not cool start modifying it saying well in this size truck the air will not cool it!
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06-18-2020, 10:32 AM #23
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Well, I guess Grand Design will hate me! I will have it back for them to make it right or give them some really bad press! And before anybody says, it is a dometic problem, it does not work that way! I was in manufacturing for 34 years, when a company decides to use a product in their process, they accept responsibility for it! You don’t buy a car and when the water pump goes out say well it is a Chinese or Mexican company fault! You will blame Ford or Gm or whoever chose to use that part, and they will warranty it!
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06-18-2020, 11:09 AM #24
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Others have gone down this route. You end up with spoiled food (which Grand Design and Dometic do not reimburse for). They "fix" the fridge and it continues to have an issue. Then they finally replace the fridge and it's still an issue. In the meanwhile, your trailer is stuck at the dealer's for months. The RV service industry for the most part, is as crooked and lacking in customer service as they come. Grand Design is one of the best in the RV industry but they are not Lexus. And GD is not going to warranty the fridge. That fridge is warrantied by Dometic, and it is they who you will have to fight with.
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06-18-2020, 11:15 AM #25
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I think you are trying to apply good business practices to an industry ( RV ) that never existed. I believe most RV owners accept these poor practices and simply fix the problems ourselves. I'll bet you will never find an RV manufacturer that is ISO Certified.
John & Cindy
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06-22-2020, 11:34 AM #26
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I modded my Dometic 2862RBFX. The little fan on the back of the fridge was inadequate and loud when it came on. I pulled the fridge out and attached a second fan to the bracket which was designed for two fans. Now the fridge seems to work well at setting 3 and the two fans aren't as loud as the one fan was. Right now we're in Austin TX where it feels like 100 outside, but we have ice in the freezer. It does seems like GD could at least put two fans on the bracket to begin with. Not sure why the one fan was so loud. Probably an odd vibration that went away with the second fan?
Tom and Kathy
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06-22-2020, 01:19 PM #27
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I would love to pull my fridge out to add some fans but the thing weighs 400 lbs according to folks who've moved it. No way can I do that myself. So I'm going to use the access vents in the slide and install the fans from that direction. The lone OEM fan will have to stay lonely. I can't get to it because of the metal ventl plate in the upper vent.
2017 Ford F450 - our kids call her "Big Red"
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06-23-2020, 05:50 AM #28
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Tom and Kathy
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06-30-2020, 06:24 AM #29
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PT et al, It’s not just GD. I just visited to a new Airstream owner who had to put fans in his fridge ductwork. If you travel in the south or west, the fridges just won’t work as designed. I do wish GD would jump ahead of the competition and put the fans in as standard equipment.
EdEddie, Cindy, n Maddie (our fearless Yorkie)
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06-30-2020, 06:47 AM #30
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It is an OEM issue - not the fridge mfgr. It's GD that buys the computer fans and has the brackets made. What gets me is that the bracket is designed for 2 fans, but GD only puts one fan on it. WTH!! They could avoid a lot of bad press by putting a second $10 fan back there. At least that's the case with my rig.
Tom and Kathy
Fort Collins, CO
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