Furrion 12v fridge cooling issue

[Wandering5thwheelers]

I have a GD Transcend Xplor 200MK, 2021 with a furrion 12v 8cuft fridge. I am currently near El Centro, CA where I’ve discovered my fridge will only now cool down (at best) to 5.4C (41F) but has been sitting at 6.1C (42.8F) since I woke up this morning. Normal for my fridge is between 3.2C - 4C (37-39F).
I found on another thread where I should turn off power, battery, fridge and disconnect battery completely as a reset. So far nada!
I had an issue with the fridge this time last year where the glass fuse blew and had to do the Furrion fix for that. It’s been working great since. The fridge is not overloaded with food, the freezer is working just fine (or so far so good), and the fuse is brand new.
Any suggestions on how to fix?
If the temperature won’t stabilize, I’ll be forced to go out and buy a residential fridge and jury rig a route for the plug to the nearest electrical outlet, but every fridge I’ve found that will fit, are not built in, so not sure how I would secure it in the cabinet.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[rvlife_66020ff990600]

Did you ever resolve this situation and determine a root cause? We have a GD RV on order and it will have a similar make/model of fridge so would appreciate knowing what typical kinds of problems owners are having and what they have to do to resolve them...

 

[ocbizman1]

We will be out until April. When we get home I'm going to have my son help me pull the fridge and put a fuse extender on it so that the fuse will be accessible to the front. That way if it blows on the road I'll be able to reach it on my own. Fridge went out once and I feared it was that rear fuse. Turned out to be the 12v emergency disconnect in the basement. We fixed that.

My only complaint about my Furrion is that stuff in the back of the fridge will freeze. So when we do a big shop I'll take frozen stuff that we will be eating within the week and put it in the back of the fridge. Stays basically frozen. Will also keep bread back there.

I also can't keep lettuce or spinach on the bottom shelf or it will wilt really fast. So I keep it on the top shelf in front. It's taken a while but we finally have a 'Tetris' system that we use to keep the wrong stuff from freezing.

 

[rvlife_66020ff990600]

Thanks for sharing your experience! Sounds like good things to be aware of...

 

[goducks14]

For the most part 12V fridges are really inefficient. Our 12V GE fridge has been rock solid reliable for 4.5 seasons. Problem is it won't quit running so I can get a better less power hog one. It also is terrible at maintaining temps. The temp swing is huge. Like 7-8* for both freezer and fresh sections. It will go from 32-39 all day long in the fresh and -10-20+ in the freezer. Can't put a carton of eggs end wise in because the last couple eggs will be frozen. We have learned a few tricks to make it user friendly.

If I never boondocked I'd remove it and go 120V since we already have LifePo4, solar and an inverter if needed for traveling.

Typical RV stuff. Just useable enough to make camping harder.