What this model group is
This page covers the RM family as it is catalogued for Avanti refrigerators. The entries catalogued under this name are a group of cooling cabinets rather than one machine, held together by a shared model base rather than by a feature list.
What goes wrong, and where each fault is covered
- Not cooling or not freezing — The cabinet runs, you can hear it working, and the inside is still warm hours later. Running and warm is what separates this from a machine that has lost power. Covered in full on the not cooling or not freezing page for these models. — Slug: avanti-avanti-refrigerator-rm-refrigerator-cooling-failure — Title: Avanti RM Refrigerator: Not Cooling or Not Freezing
- Abnormal noise or vibration — Vibration through the floor, or a hum that has grown. Clicking in short bursts with no cooling is the one urgent version. Covered in full on the abnormal noise or vibration page for these models. — Slug: avanti-avanti-refrigerator-rm-refrigerator-abnormal-noise — Title: Avanti RM Refrigerator: Abnormal Noise or Vibration
- A water leak — Condensate that has gone somewhere other than the drain. On models with no water connection, that is the whole of the fault. Covered in full on the water leak page for these models. — Slug: avanti-avanti-refrigerator-rm-refrigerator-water-leak — Title: Avanti RM Refrigerator: Water Leak
- An ice maker fault — Ice arriving hollow, small or not at all. The first question is whether the model has an ice maker at all, because the fault splits on that answer. Covered in full on the ice maker fault page for these models. — Slug: avanti-avanti-refrigerator-rm-refrigerator-ice-production — Title: Avanti RM Refrigerator: Ice Maker Fault
Problem classes, in the order they present
- Not cooling or not freezing — Leads here. The door and the airflow account for most of it, and both are owner-checkable without a tool.
- Abnormal noise or vibration — Second on this group. Often reported, seldom mechanical. The exception is clicking in bursts with no cooling.
- A water leak — Third. The one that quietly costs most: water under a cabinet damages a floor before anyone sees a puddle.
- An ice maker fault — Last of the four. Not every model here is fitted to make ice, which narrows this class before any diagnosis starts.
- Body: These four are ordered by how they present rather than by a counted rate: no frequency figure is published for this model group, so no share is claimed here. With 34 entries on 15 bases below, this order describes the group and not any one generation of it.
Models in the RM family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| RM16J0W | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J0W* | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J0W-IS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J1B | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J1B* | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J1B-IS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J3S | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J3S* | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM16J3S-IS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM17T0W | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM17T1B | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM17T2P | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM17T3S | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM17X0W-IS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM17X1B-IS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM17X3S-IS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM24T1B | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM27B2P | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM27B3S | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM32J0W | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM32J1B | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM32JS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM3306W | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM3316B | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM3326PS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM3336SS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM4406W | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM4416B | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM4426PS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM4436SS | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM46J0W | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM46J1B | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM46J3S | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
| RM52T1BB | avanti:refrigerator:rm |
What is owner work on these models
Nothing on this page needs a tool until the cabinet is opened, and the cabinet should not be opened while it is live. Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker first, expect a capacitor to hold a charge afterwards, and treat oil outside the tubing as a reason to call rather than to look closer.
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