Customer Questions and Answers for Door Switch by Whirlpool

Johnny, The retaining tabs that attach and hold the switch assembly to the front panel, are a bit different than those on a refrigerator door light switch. We imagine you could attempt to replace the switch as you described, but you'd probably cause more scratches and dings to the front panel, trying to force the tabs in and pulling out on the switch assembly. Besides, there's a reason the switch assembly includes the wires attached to the terminals, and there is also a retainer tab attached to the front panel to hold the wiring harness in place.