Reading a GE model and serial number
Every GE appliance carries two separate numbers on its rating plate, and they tell a technician different things. The model number encodes the appliance type, capacity, fuel, style, brand, and model year in its letters and digits — leading letters run roughly G for GE, P for Profile, C for Café, and Z for Monogram, with trailing letters marking finish (WW white, SS/FS stainless, BB black, ES slate) — but the definitive character-by-character map is GE’s own Nomenclature Guide, revised every year, so we confirm details from the plate rather than assuming any single letter is fixed. The serial number is what actually dates the unit: it follows a two-letter, six-digit, trailing-letter format where the first letter is the month and the second is the year of manufacture — but because the year letter cycles roughly every twelve years, we cross-check the decade against the Owner’s Manual print date or the feature set. Browse the families from the appliances overview or jump into the model library.
Laundry and dishwashing families
Washers include the top-load GTW720BSNWS and front-load configurations across the GE and GE Profile lines. Dryers include the electric GTD72EBSNWS, which also ships in a gas configuration. Dishwashers include the tall-tub GDT665SSNSS.
Refrigeration and cooking families
Refrigerators include the French-door GNE27JYMFS and GE Profile GFE28GYNFS, the top-freezer GTS18GTNRWW, and the GSS- and PFS-prefix side-by-side lines. Freezers run upright and chest configurations under the GE and Hotpoint names. Ranges include the gas JGB735EPES and the electric JB735 family. Wall ovens share that same Electronic Oven Control platform in single and double configurations. Microwaves include the over-the-range JVM3160RFSS.
Ice, wine, ventilation, and servicing your model
Ice makers are either a refrigerator’s built-in module or the standalone GE Profile Opal countertop line. Wine coolers run under the GE Profile and Café names. Range hoods run under the JVW-prefix family. The rating plate is usually inside a refrigerator or freezer on a side wall, on the oven door frame, inside a dishwasher tub edge, or on the back of a laundry machine; record the complete model and serial string before you book so the correct OEM or high-quality replacement part is sourced the first time. Our experienced, independent technicians service every GE, GE Profile, Café, and Hotpoint family regardless of age, and current specifications can be confirmed at geappliances.com. When you have your model in hand, book a repair for a clear, upfront quote — our labor is guaranteed.