Bottom Freezer Refrigerator Introduction

The Kenmore Bottom Freezer Refrigerator 111.7302 is designed to provide efficient food storage and organization for modern kitchens. Featuring a spacious bottom freezer layout, it allows easy access to fresh foods at eye level while keeping frozen items conveniently stored below. This refrigerator is equipped with adjustable shelves and humidity-controlled crisper drawers to help maintain optimal freshness. With its sleek design and reliable performance, the Kenmore 111.7302 is an excellent choice for families. Priced at approximately $1,199, it offers great functionality and style.

Specifications

• Capacity: 21.7 cu. ft.
• Bottom Freezer Design
• Adjustable Shelving and Baskets
• Humidity-Controlled Crisper Drawers
• Advanced Temperature Control System
• Energy Star Certified
• Ice Maker and Water Dispenser (optional)
• LED Lighting Inside the Refrigerator

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

BASIC SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
This guide contains many important safety messages. Always read and obey all safety messages.

NOTICE
This is the safety alert symbol. It alerts you to safety messages that inform you of hazards that can kill or hurt you or others, or cause damage to the product. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the hazard signal word DANGER, WARNING or CAUTION. These words mean:

DANGER
You will be killed or seriously injured if you do not follow instructions.
WARNING
You can be killed or seriously injured if you do not follow instructions.
CAUTION
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury, or product damage.

All safety messages will identify the hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury, and tell you what can happen if the instructions are not followed.

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or personal injury when using your product, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following.

Read all instructions before using this appliance.

• NEVER unplug your refrigerator by pulling on the power cord. Always grip the plug firmly and pull it straight out from the outlet.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its service agent or a similarly qualified person in order to avoid a hazard. Do not use a cord that shows cracks or abrasion damage along its length or at either the plug or connector end.
• Do not modify or extend the power cord length. It could cause electric shock or fire.
• When moving your refrigerator away from the wall, be careful not to roll over or damage the power cord.
• NEVER unplug your refrigerator by pulling on the power cord. Always grip the plug firmly and pull it straight out from the outlet.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its service agent or a similarly qualified person in order to avoid a hazard. Do not use a cord that shows cracks or abrasion damage along its length or at either the plug or connector end.
• Do not modify or extend the power cord length. It could cause electric shock or fire.
• When moving your refrigerator away from the wall, be careful not to roll over or damage the power cord.

NOTE: It is strongly recommended that any service be performed by a qualified technician.

PARTS AND FEATURES

* This instruction manual refers to several models. Features may vary according to model.

1. Covered Dairy Bin or Covered Storage Bin for storing butter and cheese.
2. Gallon door storage bin for items of medium to large size.
3. Low profile door storage bin for items of medium to large size.
4. Ice maker for making ice.
5. Adjustable glass shelf for items of medium to large size.
6. Humidity controlled Crisper Bin for storage of fruits and vegetables
7. Full width pantry drawer for storage of miscellaneous small items
8. Pull out freezer drawer
9. Lower freezer basket for general freezer storage
10. Control and display panel
11. Ice storage bin

REFRIGERATOR INSTALLATION

WARNING

Excessive Weight Hazard: Use two or more people to move and install the refrigerator. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.

Description

The Kenmore Bottom Freezer Refrigerator 111.7302 is designed with functionality and style in mind. The exterior features a stainless steel finish that resists fingerprints and smudges, while the interior boasts LED lighting to illuminate your food and drinks. The adjustable shelving and baskets allow for customizable storage, ensuring that you can organize your groceries efficiently.

The humidity-controlled crisper drawers help maintain optimal freshness for fruits and vegetables, and the advanced temperature control system ensures consistent cooling throughout the refrigerator. The bottom freezer compartment is spacious and features a pull-out drawer for easy access to frozen foods.

UNPACKING YOUR REFRIGERATOR

• Remove tape and any temporary labels from your refrigerator before using. Do not remove any warning- type labels, the model and serial number label, or
  the Tech Sheet that is located under the front of the refrigerator.
• To remove any remaining tape or glue, rub the area briskly with your thumb. Tape or glue residue can also be easily removed by rubbing a small amount of liquid dish soap over the adhesive with your fingers. Wipe with warm water and dry.
• Do not use sharp instruments, rubbing alcohol, flammable fluids, or abrasive cleaners to remove tape or glue. These products can damage the surface of your refrigerator.
• Refrigerator shelves are installed in the shipping position. Please reinstall shelves according to your individual storage needs.

WARNING

Excessive Weight Hazard:
Your refrigerator is heavy. When moving the refrigerator for cleaning or service, be sure to protect the floor. Always pull the refrigerator straight out when moving it. Do not wiggle or walk the refrigerator when trying to move it, as floor damage could occur.

WARNING

Explosion Hazard:
Keep flammable materials and vapors, such as gasoline, away from the refrigerator. Failure to do so can result in fire, explosion, or death.

PRIOR TO USE

1. Clean your refrigerator thoroughly and wipe off all dust that accumulated during shipping.
2. Install accessories such as ice cube bin, drawers, shelves, etc., in their proper places. They are packed together to prevent possible damage during shipment.
3. Allow your refrigerator to run for at least two to three hours before putting food in it. Check the flow of cold air in the freezer compartment to ensure proper cooling. Your refrigerator is now ready for use.

INSTALLATION
The refrigerator should always be plugged into its own individual properly grounded electrical outlet rated for 115 Volts, 60 Hz, AC only, and fused at 15 or 20 amperes. This provides the best performance and also prevents overloading house wiring circuits which could cause a fire hazard from overheated wires. It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided.

WARNING

Shock Hazard: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not install the refrigerator in a wet or damp area.

1. To avoid noise and vibration, the unit must be leveled and installed on a solidly constructed floor. If required, adjust the leveling legs to compensate for unevenness of the floor. The front should be slightly higher than the rear to aid in door closing. Leveling legs can be turned easily by tipping the cabinet slightly. Turn the leveling legs to the left to raise the unit or to the right to lower it. (See Leveling and door AlIgnment.)
   NOTE: Installing on carpeting, soft tile surfaces, a platform or weakly supported structure is not recommended.
2. Install this appliance in an area where the temperature is between 55°F (13°C) and 110°F (43°C). If the temperature around the appliance is too low or high, cooling ability may be adversely affected.
3. Select a place where a water supply can be easily connected for the automatic icemaker.
   NOTE: The water pressure must be from 30 to 125 psi or 207-862 kPa or 2.1-8.8 kgf/cm². If the refrigerator is installed in an area with low water pressure below 30 psi, you can install a booster pump to compensate for the low pressure.

4. Too small of a distance from adjacent items may result in lowered freezing capability and increased electricity consumption charges. Allow at least 2 inch (5 cm) between the back of the refrigerator and the wall.

   

NOTE: Removing the doors is always recommended when it is necessary to move the refrigerator through a narrow opening. If it is necessary to remove the handles, follow the directions below.

HOW TO REMOVE REFRIGERATOR DOOR HANDLE

NOTE: Handle appearance may vary from the illustrations on this page.

Removing Refrigerator Handle
Loosen the set screws with the 2.5mm hex key provided and remove the handle.

HOW TO REPLACE REFRIGERATOR DOOR HANDLE

NOTE: Handle appearance may vary from the illustrations on this page.

Removing Refrigerator Handle
Place the handle on the door by fitting the handle footprints over the mounting fasteners and tightening the set screws with a hex key.

NOTE: Removing the doors is always recommended when it is necessary to move the refrigerator through a narrow opening. If it is necessary to remove the handles, follow the directions below.

HOW TO REMOVE FREEZER DOOR HANDLE

NOTE: Handle appearance may vary from the illustrations on this page.

Removing Freezer Drawer Handle
Loosen the set screws located on the lower side of the handle with the hex key provided and remove the handle.

HOW TO REPLACE FREEZER DOOR HANDLE
NOTE: Handle appearance may vary from the illustrations on this page.

Replacing Freezer Drawer Handle
Place the handle on the door by fitting the handle footprints over the mounting fasteners and tightening the set screws with a hex key.

WARNING

When assembling or disassembling the handles:

• Grasp the handle firmly to ensure it will not drop or cause injury.
• Prevent the handle from swinging toward nearby people or animals.
• Insert the handle footprints over the door mounting fasteners and tighten the hex screws to fix the handle in place.
• Check for any gap between the door and handle after the handle is fixed in place.

REMOVING AND REPLACING REFRIGERATOR DOORS

WARNING

Risk of electric shock!

• Before removing top hinge cover
• Shut off the water supply to the appliance.
• Unplug the appliance or switch off power from the breaker or fuse panel.

To remove the left refrigerator door:

1. Remove top hinge cover using a phillips type screwdriver by removing 5 screws
2. Remove the grounding wire screw and pull out the grounding wire (green with yellow stripe). Disconnect the main wire harness (blue and yellow wires).
3. Using a large phillips screwdriver, turn top hinge fastener counterclockwise to remove the top hinge plate.
   CAUTION: After the hinge is removed, the door can fall down forward. Hold the door to prevent it from falling.

4. Lift the door from the middle hinge pin and remove the door. Place the door, inside facing up, on a nonscratch surface.

   

To remove the right refrigerator door:

1. Remove top hinge cover using a phillips type screwdriver by removing 5 screws.

2. Using a large phillips screwdriver, turn top hinge fastener counterclockwise to remove the top hinge/ plate.
   CAUTION: After the hinge is removed, the door can fall down forward. Please secure door during this process.

   

3. Lift the door from the middle hinge pin and remove the door. Place the door, inside facing up, on a nonscratch surface.

Reinstalling the Left Refrigerator Door

1. Lower the door onto the middle hinge.
2. Fit the top hinge over the mounting holes and align to proper position before tightening. Turn top hinge screw clockwise to secure the hinge. Insert the ground wire screw and tighten the ground wire (green with yellow stripe) securely beneath it. Reconnect the main wire harness (blue and yellow wires).

3. Screw top hinge cover into place with a screwdriver.

   

Reinstalling the Right Refrigerator Door

1. Lower the door onto the middle hinge.
2. Fit the top hinge over the mounting holes and align to the proper position before tightening.
   Turn the top hinge fastener clockwise to secure the hinge.

3. Screw the top hinge cover into place with a screwdriver.

   

HOW TO REMOVE THE FREEZER DRAWER

WARNING: Use two or more people to remove and install the freezer drawer. Failure to do so can result in personal injury, product or property damage.

1. Take out the ice bin first, and then take out the upper freezer drawer by lifting it up.
2. Remove lower freezer basket by pulling up and tilting toward refrigerator until it can be removed from the freezer drawer/door assembly.
3. Push the rail support locking tabs to release the main freezer drawer rails from the cabinet while slightly pulling the exterior freezer drawer outwards, so that the locking tab does not return to the locked position. The locking tabs are located in the freezer compartment to the rear of the main rail assembly (which is attached to main exterior freezer drawer) as shown in the illustration below.

4. Pull exterior freezer drawer to fully disengage the rail assembly from the unit. Use 2 people for this task as the door is heavy and awkward to handle.
   CAUTION: Do not hold the handle when removing or replacing the drawer. The handle may come off and it could cause personal injury.

   

5. Place the door on a non-scratch surface.

HOW TO INSTALL THE FREEZER DRAWER

1. Using 2 people (recommended), align end of the exterior drawer rails to the lower rail guides located on the sidewalls of the freezer compartment. Make sure the gear teeth are engaged to the gear rail the same amount on both sides.
2. Fully push in and close freezer drawer to engage rails with rail support locking tab, applying a bit of pressure  after the door is closed to seat the tabs to the rail.
   CAUTION: Make sure the tabs are completely engaged to the rail or the refrigerator drawer could be pulled out of the refrigerator by the customer. Fully open the freezer door to check and see if the locking tabs are fully engaged. If they are not engaged, gently push each freezer rail with a flat head screwdriver towards the freezer compartment until the locking tabs snap to the locked position.
3. Replace the lower freezer drawer basket
4. Insert the upper freezer drawer above the lower basket, and replace ice bin.

5. Open and close the freezer drawer several times to make sure operation is smooth and seal is consistent all the way around the freezer compartment.

   

REFRIGERATOR LEVELING & DOOR ADJUSTMENT

The refrigerator must be level in order to maintain optimal performance and desirable front appearance.
(If the floor beneath the refrigerator is uneven, the freezer and refrigerator doors look unbalanced.)

Leveling Refrigerator

1. Fully open the freezer drawer and remove the freezer drawer basket to gain access to the lower toe guard fasteners.
2. Remove the lower toe guard using a Phillips screwdriver.
   NOTE: Put screws in safe location so they are not lost.
3. Using the wrench provided, turn the leveling leg clockwise to lower and counterclockwise to raise the front corners of the refrigerator.
4. Install lower toe guard/grille using a Phillips screwdriver.

5. Install freezer drawer basket, then open and close the freezer drawer several times to make sure operation is smooth without hindrance.

   

Adjusting a refrigerator door
If the height of the refrigerator doors is uneven, turn the screw nut on the middle hinge to adjust the refrigerator door.

1. To raise a refrigerator door turn the screw counterclockwise.

2. To lower a refrigerator door turn the screw clockwise.

   

Adjusting the freezer drawer

If the freezer drawer is higher on one side than the other (not even):

1. Loosen the four side screws on the side where adjustment is needed.
2. Move the Stopper from ‘left picture position’ to ‘right picture position’.
3. Adjust the leveling by rotating the Position Knob.
   (Pull and rotate the Position Knob)

4. After adjusting the leveling, tighten the four side screws

   

CONNECTING THE WATER LINE

This water line installation is not covered by the refrigerator warranty. Follow these instructions carefully to minimize the risk of expensive water damage.

Water hammer (water banging in the pipes) in house plumbing can cause damage to refrigerator parts and can lead to water leakage or flooding. Call a qualified plumber to correct water hamme

CAUTION: To prevent burns and product damage, only connect the refrigerator water line to a cold water supply.

If you use your refrigerator before connecting the water line, make sure the icemaker is turned OFF at the control panel.

CAUTION: Do not install the icemaker tubing in areas where temperatures fall below freezing.

WATER PRESSURE
The water pressure must be from 30 to 125 psi or 207-862 kPa or 2.1-8.8 kgf/cm2. If the refrigerator is installed in an area with low water pressure “below 30 psi”, you can install a booster pump to compensate for the low pressure.

WATER SUPPLY KIT
* Connecting the water line to the refrigerator.

Parts that are not supplied are available from local service dealers.

1. Connect water line to the compression fitting.
   • If you are using copper tubing (not supplied), slip the compression nut (not supplied) and ferrule (not supplied) onto copper tubing.
   • If you are using plastic tubing (not supplied), insert the molded ending of the plastic tubing into the compression fitting.
2. Tighten the compression nut onto the compression fitting.
3. Turn the water on and check for any leakage.

WARNING

To reduce the risk associated with ingestion of contaminants: Do not use with water that is microbiologically unsafe or of unknown quality without adequate disinfection before and after the system.

Setup Guide

To set up your Kenmore Bottom Freezer Refrigerator 111.7302, 

• Start by carefully unpacking the appliance and removing all packing materials. 
• Place the refrigerator on a level surface and ensure it has adequate ventilation around it.
• Connect the water supply lines if you have opted for the ice maker and water dispenser features. 
• Plug in the refrigerator and allow it to cool down for a few hours before loading it with food. 
• Adjust the shelves and baskets to your desired configuration.

CARE AND CLEANING

1. Ice Storage Bin
   Cleaning: Empty the ice cube bin and clean with lukewarm water. Thoroughly dry the bin and screw conveyor to prevent new ice cubes from sticking together.
2. Freezer & Refrigerator Bins
   Hold both ends and pull up.
3. Refrigerator Shelves
   To remove a shelf: Lift up on front of shelf with one hand and with other hand push up on back of shelf to release attachment hooks from attachment slots. Pull the shelf out.
   To reinstall a shelf: With front of shelf angled slightly up, engage hooks on back of shelf into attachment slots, and then lower front of shelf into place.

CAUTION: Make sure that shelves are level from one side to the other. Failure to do so may result in the shelf falling or spilling food.

LIGHT BULB REPLACEMENT

WARNING: Electrical Shock Hazard

Before replacing a Compartment Lamp, either unplug the refrigerator or turn off power at the circuit breaker or fuse box.

NOTE: The refrigerator and freezer compartment lights have LED interior lighting, and service should be performed by a qualified technician.

POWER INTERRUPTIONS

1. If the power will be out for 24 hours or less, keep all refrigerator doors closed to help foods stay cold and frozen.
2. If the power will be out for more than 24 hours, remove all frozen food and store it in a frozen food locker.

WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION
If you choose to leave the refrigerator on while you are away, follow these steps to prepare your refrigerator before you leave.

1. Use up any perishables and freeze other items.
2. Turn off the icemaker and empty the ice bin.

If you choose to turn the refrigerator off before you leave, follow these steps.

1. Remove all food from the refrigerator.
2. Clean the refrigerator, wipe it and dry well.
3. Tape rubber or wood blocks to the tops of both doors to prop them open far enough for air to get in. This stops odor and mold from building up.

WHEN YOU MOVE
When you are moving your refrigerator to a new home, follow these steps to prepare it for the move.

1. Remove all food from the refrigerator and pack all frozen food in dry ice.
2. Unplug the refrigerator.
3. Clean, wipe and dry thoroughly.
4. Take out all removable parts, wrap them well and tape them together so they do not shift and rattle during the move. Refer to the Using your Refrigerator section for removing instructions.
5. Tape the doors shut and tape the power cord to the refrigerator cabinet.

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

COOLING

COOLING/ICE & WATER 

NOISE

PARTS & FEATURES 

KENMORE LIMITED WARRANTY

FOR ONE YEAR from the date of sale this appliance is warranted against defects in material or workmanship when it is correctly installed, operated and maintained according to all supplied instructions.

For warranty coverage details to obtain free repair or replacement, visit the web page: https://www.kenmore.com/warranty This warranty applies for only 90 DAYS if this appliance is ever used for other than private household purposes.

Pros & Cons

Pros:

• Spacious Interior with Adjustable Shelving
• Energy Efficient with Energy Star Certification
• Advanced Temperature Control System
• Humidity-Controlled Crisper Drawers
• Sleek and Contemporary Design
• Optional Ice Maker and Water Dispenser

Cons:

• Potential Noise from Compressor and Fans
• Higher Cost Compared to Basic Models
• Some Users Report Issues with Ice Maker Reliability
• Requires Regular Maintenance of Condenser Coils

Customer Reviews

Customers generally praise the Kenmore Bottom Freezer Refrigerator 111.7302 for its spacious interior, efficient cooling, and stylish design. However, some users have reported issues with the ice maker's reliability and occasional noise from the compressor and fans.

Many reviewers appreciate the adjustable shelving and humidity-controlled crisper drawers, which help in maintaining the freshness of groceries. Overall, it is considered a reliable and feature-rich appliance suitable for various household needs.