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.

Excellent product. One thing to note is every 2-3 months vaccuum the fluff from the grills at the back of the fridge to maintain airflow to the heat exchanger. Perhaps this should be included in instruction manual. Show details

Bought this LG fridge in 2019 for $3,200. After just 7 years, it stopped cooling. The authorized service center asked for $200 just to inspect it.… Read more

Even though LG claims a 10-year warranty on the compressor, the repair quote for replacing it is nearly $1,000 — totally outrageous. Meanwhile, a Samsung fridge I bought at the same time for $800 is still working perfectly. Very disappointed with the durability and value of this product.

Seemed fine for 5 years then a gas leak caused the compressor to overheat and die. Now paying over $1k for repair (call out, parts labour) when new… Read more

the thing cost $2k. Sure the $500 compressor is free under warranty, but why the hell did it leak all the refrigerant gas?!?! It just sits there, in a protected spot. Nothing to blame but substandard materials or shoddy manufacturing.

I’ve never had a fridge do this before. Extremely dissatisfied with LG.

I have had an extremely frustrating experience with this LG washing machine. The main issue is that after a wash cycle, the drum does not drain… Read more

properly, leaving all laundry soaking wet. This has been happening consistently and has caused damage to my clothes.

This issue has been ongoing for over a year, and despite this, it has not been resolved. The machine has undergone three separate repair attempts by authorised technicians, including full troubleshooting and multiple parts replacements, yet the same problem continues.

I have also had to rearrange my work schedule multiple times to attend these repair visits, resulting in lost income. In addition, some of my laundry has been damaged due to the ongoing fault.

What is most concerning is that despite repeated contact with LG, there has been no effective resolution. I have received multiple phone calls asking for the same information repeatedly, but no actual outcome has been delivered.

At this point, it is clear that the product has a major failure, and the issue has not been resolved within a reasonable time.

I would not recommend this product based on my experience.

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

Was a reasonable fridge, although not the best layout for us. The screen in door feature was handy, but the lack of internal shelves on the back of… Read more

the doors meant taller bottles and items could only go into this section. If you go for the slimline versions think about the height problem inside. The lack of stars in the review is because it only lasted 5 years and then conked out. No benefit in trying to fix as would be half the cost of a new fridge. Short life of appliances seems to be an LG issue these days (same with an LG washing machine we had - victim there of LG's woeful customer service). We would not trust anything from LG now.

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.

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.

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.

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

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