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Originally Posted by maja
Oh Yuck! We moved into our home about a week ago and yesterday I looked under the opening for the water/ice dispenser and saw spots of black fuzzy mold!  The house was quite dirty when we bought it but I hired professional cleaners to come in and thoroughly clean it (to the tune of $700, no less!) before we moved in and the fridge which is a new looking Kenmore Elite looked extremely clean after that. I had no idea that mold was there. How in the heck can mold grow on plastic parts and how in the heck can I clean it? I tried spraying up there with a bleach based spray cleaner but its still there and I don't think I can ever imagine drinking water from it again. Any ideas? 
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Over the past 14 - 16 weeks I have learned much about black mold and refrigerators. The refrigerator that I have is a counter depth Kenmore bottom freezer with French doors above the freezer. Icemaker resides inside the left hand door, model number 795.72043
Certainly this is not the only way that black mold may be generated but this is what caused my problem.
One day I noticed drips of water on the side of the water/ice dispenser. The water was not originating from the discharge chute but well off to the side. I thought that was a water leak in that area. After I had placed the service call to fix the "leak" I looked up inside the chute. I saw heavy black mold. The mold was on the water line and ice chute. I added to the service call the black mold I had. I have pictures supporting everything I am telling you, however I do not see a way to insert a picture into this post but I was able to upload.
The service tech came out a week or so later to look at the problem. He saw the mold, removed the control panel and dispensing area that is on the door of the refrigerator. There was black mold behind the panel, lots of black mold. He explained that there was no water leak but condensation that I was seeing and it was this condensation that was causing the mold. He continued to tell me that refrigerators with the icemaker in the door are prone to black mold. A number of weeks later I also discovered that black mold is NOT covered under the extended warranty.
This is the first (and last) refrigerator that I have ever owned that had a icemaker inside the door. All of my other refrigerators had the icemaker that resided within the refrigerator area proper. Up until this point I have never had a black mold problem with the icemaker in the former location. My question for everyone is where is your icemaker located?
JTS-Houston