My side by side Fridge is 6 years old. A few months ago, the fridge side wasn’t getting cold, and I had a professional tell me it was the damper and paid him little over $400 to install a new damper.
It worked well for a few months, now the fridge side is freezing everything. I’ve spent days on Utube and have cleaned the coils, put food grade silicone on the door gaskets, used a hair dryer on them too, turned down the Temp, turned off the icemaker, made sure it was far enough from the wall for ventilation, etc.
Should I call another repairman who will tell me it needs a damper I just had replaced and put more money into it, or just buy a new fridge?
Is there a warranty on the first repair? Even if not, I would call the same repair shop and tell them the problem you are having. They might do something..
My advice is to stay away from those over computerized LG’s and Samsungs. And the stupid “french doors”. Most of my friends that have them have problems with them.
6 or 7 years ago I bought a plain Whirlpool, top fridge, bottom freezer with a simple ice maker. Nothing in the door. Does not hook to the internet. It just works. I fully expect it to last 15 to 20 years just like my previous. It was a contractor grade Hotpoint. It just worked.
And another thing. My new fridge and my old Hotpoint doors automatically close! Those fancy French doors? You have to push them closed! Going backward in my opinion.
We have a 22 year old Kenmore side by side refrigerator that still looks and works like brand new, even the ice maker. Other than vacuuming the condenser coils a couple times a year we haven’t done anything to it.
Can you give us the model number? I had the same issue on a 20 year old Frigidaire side by side. Replaced the thermostat and it has been fine 19 years.
There’s almost nothing in there right now, I haven’t bought groceries because of this issue. I have to keep leafy greens for my rabbit and it even freezes those.
Not a long term solution, but what comes in handy is to have one of those mini refrigerators for emergencies. They don’t store much but can buy you some time.
I took you guys advice, and jumped to Amazon and bought a mini fridge, got frustrated trying the diagnostic test, and called another repairman. He took out the damper the other repairman had installed and said it still had some of the packing paper on it and appeared to be cockeyed prohibiting the damper from closing. The good news is he only charged me a $100 service call fee. I’m in the wait and see if it works properly now. If not, I’m buying a new fridge.
I canceled the mini fridge order. I had accidently ordered one with a freezer on top and I don’t need a freezer.
