Refrigerator overheating front panel behind door Appliance Repair Troubleshooting Questions › Category: Refrigerators › Refrigerator overheating front panel behind door 0 Vote Up Vote Down Brian Morgan asked 7 years ago The narrow panel behind where the freezer and fridge doors close against is extremely hot to touch. I have cleaned the fan blade and cooling fins at the back of the unit thinking this may have helped, but no. Email Name Website Comment Current ye@r * Leave this field empty Your Answer Your Email Your Name Accepted file types: txt, jpg, pdf Add another file