Kenmore Refrigerator Stopped Cooling And Freezing
We purchased it june 2012 and had a kenmore appliance dealer come out to evaluate it.
Kenmore refrigerator stopped cooling and freezing. Unfortunately we had unplugged the appliance and were not told prior to make sure it was plugged in. This page looks at some causes and solutions for a kenmore refrigerator and freezer not cooling. He said the control panel needed to be replaced so i ordered a new one. Come to find out all of the items in my freezer were dethawing and my refrigerator was warm as well.
When your fridge and freezer stop cooling it can quickly become an expensive fix. Some refrigerators have more than one evaporator fan motor. I took off the freezer cover and found a small part like a sensor with 2 wires. Next verify the machine has not been set on demo mode which stores use to keep the lights and display on without wasting electricity on cooling.
In that case you can simply stash your food in a snowbank and hope the animals don t get it. Report this by manage my life. I found this topic because i have a similar problem with a bottom freezer kenmore fridge. I have a kenmore side by side refrigerator model 106 5942 801 106 5943 801 i first noticed water dripping out of the ice machine area.
The day it arrived the fridge started working again after i put it in and out of demo mode several times over several days like someone else here suggested. On refrigerators with only one evaporator the evaporator is located in the freezer compartment. I took a picture of it and attached it to this posting. Not only is there the cost of repairs but there may be food spoilage as well.
For everyone else that isn t an option so a freezer not freezing is a much more urgent situation. Then check the temperature controls to see if they are set properly. Refrigerator and freezer stopped cooling light still on. When the refrigerator and freezer are not cooling first check if the machine is plugged in and powered on.
We began seeing water come from the bottom of it. The evaporator fan motor draws air over the evaporator cooling coils and circulates it throughout the refrigerator and freezer compartments. We called a tech out. Kenmore elite less than 2 years old stopped cooling freezing a few months ago.
Freezer is ok but the fridhge part is not cooling.