Refrigerator overheating front panel behind door Appliance Repair Questions › Category: Refrigerators › Refrigerator overheating front panel behind door 0 Vote Up Vote Down Brian Morgan asked 8 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. Please login or Register to submit your answer Username or Email Address Password Remember Me