KGE3301GB/02 replace door handle?

[Sorento]

Please can anyone tell me how to remove the door handle from my fridge? (Upper door) I have a replacement but can’t see how to get in to change it. Siemens KGE3301GB/02.

[spimps]

Re: KGE3301GB/02 replace door handle?

Think this is the same as the Bosch with the same model no.
If the fridge door handle is either at the bottom left or bottom right of the door it is held on by two screws underneath ,think there will be a decor strip covering the whole width of the door hiding the screws which will have to be gently prized away to reveal the screws.
If you look at the top of the freezer door it will be the same but will be underneath the fridge door.
Hope that’s the right one.
BG

[Sorento]

Re: KGE3301GB/02 replace door handle?

Hi BG and thank you but I don’t think it is the same. The new handle doesn’t have any screw holes, just four clips moulded as part of the handle. I have pics – can I post them here, or maybe email them to you?

[nomadPaul]

The 4 clips are the clue here . These are what lock the new…..and therefore the old handle in position. Are the clips square with a hole in them and maybe a raised lip on the front of the clip ? You will need to ‘release’ these locking clips to allow removal of the old handle . Match up the new handle to the old to see where the clips are located and then you’ve got to sort of lever the old ones out . Be careful as you can mark the top of the door and the clips may well snap off too but as long as they’re off the old handle , thats not a prob. The new one then just ‘clips’ in to the locating gaps which are revealed once the old handle is removed.

Sorry if that dosn’t sound easy but its hard to describe what to do without an example in front of me !!!

[Sorento]

Re: KGE3301GB/02 replace door handle?

Thanks Paul, good tip mate. I levered the broken handle off and the clips broke – the ones on the handle, not the fridge 🙂

Anyone else who has this issue – I levered the top front of the handle with a non-bendy stainless steel table knife and pulled the handle away from the door at the same time.

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