Best LG Fridges / Refrigerators

Average - door closing and sealing issues – It’s good in many ways, however like others here I find that things at the very back of the fridge will freeze which is annoying. Also like others,… Read more

sometimes when the fridge door closes, the pressure from it makes the freezer door pop open but only a few mm - so sometimes you may not notice, and it’s not enough to set off the open door alarm, so they freezer will defrost or get condensation in it. Also it doesn’t auto-close itself! All fridges I’ve had in past if you leave open, the door will start to pull itself shut. This one doesn’t do that. It stops before fully closing and again - it’s not closed so letting cold air out, but it’s close enough that it doesn’t set the door alarm off. Frustrating!

Good fridge – Good fridge only problem is handle wear, pretend chroming is wearing off where people grab.

Vibration & inverted handle fault – Good fridge freezer but has a few faults. Water and ice maker, although a little noisey has always worked well. 1 - random vibration after a couple… Read more

of years is very loud. 2 - cup style handles in the doors are a fault - any liquid accidentally split in these does not drain but does somehow seep through and rust the outter lining surrounding the handle. The handle should be inverted.

Fridge died after 2 years! Do not buy one!! – Bought this brand new to fit a narrow space and has worked fine for us, but after just over two years, it suddenly stopped cooling the fridge… Read more

compartment and we lost a heap of food. There are online LG guides on things to check/try to get it to restart (so they know their products have these failures!) but nothing makes any difference. Waste of money!

We bought this fridge in 2021, and four and a half years later, after paying nearly a thousand dollars for what we assumed was a top fridge with a… Read more

good guarantee, it stopped working. After alot of phone calls to LG Customer Care and deciding to get the fridge independently assessed by a good reliable fridge repair service centre we knew what was the fault, a long slow leak of the gas over many months and so it would need regassing and a very thorough gas leak repair to repair it at the source. We spent a few weeks doing our homework about all of this and realised that even though LG said if its a fridge fault we'd be covered with a warranty if they said no it isn't its due to a power outage or hot weather (which had not affected the fridge in its 4 or more years). Due to a lack of trust with what LG staff said and did and realising they could charge us for the call out fee up to $200 and that their repair may just patch it up like regas but not take it away to a workshop to fix it, we decided not to go through LG, would be like gambling our money we may need for a new fridge. We spoke to a good fridge repair mechanic who said I can repair it but will cost between $600-$800. So we knew this was nearly the cost of a new fridge with a 3-5 yr warranty. We have learnt so much now about fridges and the ins and outs of all of this type of thing. After reading the reviews here that helped us to make the best choice. We had no fridge for a week and half just putting our food on ice, chucked out heaps, got a new hire fridge for a few weeks until we bought a new fridge after listening to what brands are good and this one has a service centre here in Melbourne and Australian staff, not out sourced, even LG outsource their repairs we discovered. So hope this review helps someone else. We did not expect to fork out nearly a thousand dollars again for a new fridge within five years, our last fridge went for over 20 years. Buyer beware in this day and age. Buy from a store that if you have a problem will go into bat for you, like the John Alan Betta Home Living Store at Ferntree Gully in Melbourne who are excellent and good prices too, gave us alot of help and information. Sorry about the tome, it was nearly a months journey through this. Sadly our in perfect condition fridge apart from the gas leak has been picked up and taken to be made into scrap metal. Which happens to tons of very good fridges not made to last deliberately and the consumer pays the hefty price. What a waste.

Fridge a bit noisy for the price, also break down 6 months after warranty is expired (3 years and six months life as I extended the warranty for one… Read more

year).

I tried to contact LG to get the spare part to fix it and they couldn’t help find it, redirected to the “authorised repair centre “ and even then can’t find the right part after multiple interaction and picture send it back and forth.

Costumer support doesn’t really offer any support, you get more lifespan from cheaper brand.

Very disappointing, definitely will stir away from the brand for future.

Extremely disappointed with this unit. It is only 10 months old and the compressor has broken down so the freezer stopped working. Called LG customer… Read more

support for warranty repairs and after 45 minutes was told the job was "expedited" and logged with their repairer who would contact me to arrange to diagnose the issue. Recieved a text from the repairer two hours later to say they had ordered the part which would take 5 - 8 business days to arrive. I called them to see how they knew what the problem was without looking at the freezer. I was told it was a very common issue with this model and the compressors only last 1 - 3 years. Three days later and the fridge is no longer working. Called LG back and was told it's because of the same issue. So just have to wait over a week with no fridge or freezer until a part arrives for repairs. A part that may break down in another 12 months...

stay away from this fridge and LG brand in general if u value your money, bought this fridge on 06/06/2021 and took delivery 10/09/2021 as we waiting… Read more

for house to be completed. everything was ok until right after the 2 year warranty mark when the ice maker broke, they gave complimentary warranty and tried to fix it but no luck, so there goes the icemaker on the $4000 fridge. Now at the 5 yrs mark the compressor is gone. they will pay for the part but you will still have to cover labour. given the track record, is it worth the risk of repairing when something else could break any minute? oh and the front load washer bought at the same time is leaking water too, even after going through all trouble shooting and cleaning out filter etc.

The fridge failed after less than 7 years. LG said they’d provide the compressor but labour and call out with an LG approved repairer would be at my… Read more

cost (min. $700). I’m not spending $700+ on repairing a $2000 fridge. As such this is going to landfill. Terrible outcome. A fridge should last a lot longer than 7 years.

Good service. Very helpful. Supplied on demand. Delivered on time. Show details

Extremely disappointed that this fridge failed just 2 months after the 5-year warranty expired. Compressor became very noisy and now the repair cost… Read more

is over $1000. A fridge should last far longer than 5 years — I expected at least 8–10 years of reliable use. Not the quality I expected.

Buckle up readers here comes both barrels…and to the ACCC do something as this company has had more than enough chances!!! After 5 years we had a… Read more

compressor on our LG fridge stop working. This particular fridge has a compressor warranty of 10 years which is displayed on the door of the fridge. Contacted LG… nothing after 4-5 attempts. Then after another call I was forwarded to their service agent. Booked a call and was advised of the cost to book and have an agent assess the issue. Service agent arrives and advises after 1 minute that the compressor has seized up. Ok all good as it’s under warranty so this will be fixed under that very same warranty. Nope! He explains that the compressor is covered however in order to install the compressor another part has to be replaced at over $200 at the same time. This was mandatory and labour would also be charged along with the call out fee. This was now totalling up to $1000 for a warranty claim. The service guy was nice but even he looked like he hated telling customers this. This warranty from LG is a total scam. Looking at the ACCC cases against LG in the past I find that there are many. As consumers how have we come to this point where we are forced to accept such poor warranties and service from these large appliance manufacturers. This is a disgrace and the major retailers have the power to pull these companies into line by refusing to stock their products unless mandatory criteria is met on warranty. So poor was LG in their service, the retailer had to refund the service call when we complained as they knew the practices were against consumer law. I know the accc read these posts so it’s well and truly time to crack this company and others on the knuckles and make sure certain standards are met. Never again LG as you are a disgraceful company and should not be allowed sell your products in Australia.

Pros: Great fridge, very roomy, super cold, can customise the temperature for either and both sections. The 3 draw freezer is plenty big enough for… Read more

2 people, I store soup, veges, a.whole bag of ice in summer and rubbish at the bottom. The rotating ice tray is handy. Extendable fridge shelf is useful. Water Dispenser: In summer we add half ice on top of the water and then have blizzardly cold water to drink. (Ice first may block the dispenser). Cons: only a couple and fairly minor. The water box gets dirty quick so I wash it out with hot water every couple weeks. Possibly due to commercial ice as we use filtered clean water. The dispenser will drip to the floor if you take the glass/bottle away too soon. Just a habit I had to learn. Noise: I don't think it's noticeable at all. The inside does seem to have a gentle hum. But hey, it's inverted ... it won't be silent. The motor is on the top of fridge so will be more noticeable by tall people with good hearing.

I needed to buy another fridge as my old one was having trouble. I had a certain size cavity l needed to fill. I looked for weeks to get the biggest… Read more

l could get that would fill the cavity. I eventually found only one fridge/freezer to fit and take up most of the cavity. I hadn’t intended to spend that much but in the end l got a good price and bought it. I decided on the LG 4 door in fingerprint free black. I was sceptical about the fingerprint free side of it but it actually works, happy about that. Total of fridge is 530lts which is very adequate. I love l can see where everything is, same as freezer so long l don’t pack it too much. I have no negatives about this fridge but it would have been nice if it had narrow drawers incorporated in the fridge for small goods. I’ve had the fridge for 3 months now and would definitely recommend it. It’s 5 star rating.

Lg GF-L700PL. Worked flawlessly for the entire. 24 months of the warranty period. The ice maker cooling fan threw an error 2 weeks after the… Read more

warranty ended. Followed troubleshooting and contacted LG support who wanted to initiate a service call. This expensive fridge was purchased to replace a fridge that failed. The LG fridge was not purchased by choice but out of necessity as there was a major shortage of appliances at the time due to shipping difficulties. We paid more than we were prepared to pay as a result. I am in awe of LGs ability to design an appliance that fails so soon after the warranty ended. I feel that to pay $$$$ to fix this piece of junk is money that could be spent on a more reliable appliance. In future I will give LG a very wide berth. Product is designed to fail. Junk junk junk.

Love this fridge! – Pretty spacious for family and love the knock knock feature to turn the light on for the mini door! It's stylish and has little things which come… Read more

handy.. like the wine rack, ice tray on the door, lock the temperature etc. It's also very quiet, which is a bonus! Only been using it for a month but happy so far!

TLDR - 4.5 stars - very good - That being said, we are currently only 4 months in to ownership and lots can change over time. We also have had no… Read more

modern fridge to compare it against.

Competition - If Mitsubishi had a Japanese made fridge with plumbed ice and water, we likely would have purchased that instead based on that brand's excellent reviews even though it likely would have been significantly more expensive.

Dimensions - installed, our fridge is 178cm high, and 91cm wide. (You will want additional air gaps of 4+ cm on each side and above)

Price - we paid $1,888 in the black friday sales (Nov 2024) for this fridge from Retravision which included basic delivery to Brisbane.

Review - Overall, we really like this fridge and wish we had purchased a plumbed fridge far sooner. I personally prefer this fridge's side-by-side (freezer on left, fridge on right) design, compared to the french door fridge. The fact that the side-by-side is roughly half the cost of the french door equivalent makes for a compelling argument as well! I also like the fact that this fridge has switched back to a supposedly more reliable traditional 'smart' inverter versus the linear compressor - though this likely comes with a higher energy consumption.

The fridge is very good, but has a few quirks which I will enumerate below:

1) The supplied water filter which connects inline between water supply tap and the fridge is completely external, and is roughly the size of a 400ml water bottle. It is recommended to replace it every 6 months. We were able to hide the filter above the fridge in a cabinet and drill access holes for the water lines, along with an access port that enables us to turn off the water supply in order to replace the filter. The fridge is big and the last thing you want to be doing is having to pull out the fridge from its cavity every 6 months - so good access to the filter and the ability to easily turn off the water supply is paramount.

2) Water/ice dispenser has no drip or catch tray, and particularly when dispensing ice, be prepared to have a cloth handy to wipe up spills. I suspect the area immediately around the dispenser will rust over time.

3) There is only very limited cold water on hand at any time - the fridge does not have a cold water reservoir, and the amount of 'cold'-ish water on hand would be equivalent to the small volume in its internal plumbing. With that being said, you should have plenty of ice available in potentially 3 different forms: crushed, cubed, and the large craft/cocktail ice balls.

4) The large craft/cocktail ice balls that form each day are deposited in to a plastic draw at the top of the freezer. Unlike most fridge/freezer draws that traditionally have tabs or a lip to prevent inadvertently ejecting the whole draw when softly pulling at it, no such mechanism exists for this ice draw. It thus requires a bit of extra care to ensure the draw and/or its contents are not dropped.

I hope this review helps others and will update it accordingly should any problems arise.

Contented – Thank you for the order of these replace filters. Most stores had run out of stock. The delivery was fast.

Over the 7 years since purchase, icemaker failed and apparently the only fix is to replace the door all other possibilities having been ruled out;… Read more

the adjustable shelf fell apart and recently the compressor has failed.

No issues with the overall design and usability but product failures like this should not occur with a fridge that is not really that old.

Worst Experience Ever – Faulty LG Fridge & Useless Customer Service Buying an LG fridge was the biggest mistake. The whole experience has been a… Read more

nightmare.

Purchased 27 June, delivered 17 July

Within 2 weeks the fridge completely failed → DH/F error codes

28 July contacted LG → 1 Aug & 12 Aug two repair attempts

Both repairs failed → same fault came back each time

18 Aug LG promised a replacement

5 Sept still NO replacement

This fridge is completely useless:

No water comes out

No ice is produced

Fridge section has no cooling at all

Freezer stopped working, everything defrosted and spoiled

LG’s customer service is a disgrace. They waste time with excuses, give out wrong information, and keep forcing pointless repairs instead of owning up to their faulty product.

How can a brand-new fridge break in under 2 weeks, and then more than 6 weeks later still no replacement? Meanwhile, I’ve had to live without a working fridge, throw away spoiled food, and deal with endless stress chasing them up.

This is by far the worst customer service I’ve ever experienced in Australia. Save yourself the time, money, and frustration – DO NOT buy LG appliances.

Zero star customer service and quality – UPDATE: LG booked a technician to replace the seal very quick, few days after this post, without any charge. The technician did a good job and the… Read more

problem is now fixed. I hope the fridge will last long. Also hope LG will do better in quality control to build up customers' confidence.

Just two days after purchase, the fridge door has frost built up. My husband notices that it is caused by door seal deformed. He called LG customer service for repair and be told he needed to pay the call out fee if this is not a manufactory fault. This is a brand new fridge purchased from Goodguys two days ago - this has to be a manufactory fault but the staff offered no further assistance. The quality is bad and the customer service is unacceptable. Will not buy LG products anymore.

Good fridge freezer – Great freezer space. Fridge size is good. French doors are awkward to use but are efficient with retaining the cold air. This model does not have the water / ice option. Therefor no need for plumbing... Show details

What a piece of trash. Fridge has been ok i suppose. Craft ice make went within a year. Warranty. Compressor went within 4 yrs. Useless parts… Read more

warranty and then insurance covered the $1600 bill to fix so was $750. Now rusting under the ice dispensor has been since around yr 1. Absolute lump, never again lg

Don't buy this fridge if you want to dispense chilled water!! What's the point of having a water dispenser on your fridge if it's warmer than the tap water. Just plain stupid Show details