If the defrost heater died, the back of the freezer would be frozen
solid. Not "all defrosted". Bad online diagnosis, here.

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"Don Wiss" wrote in message
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Most likely the defrost heater died. They often do. If you take
everything
out and remove the back of the freezer compartment you will see if
this is
true. A fan blowing on the coils will defrost it faster. Then you can
reassemble and it will work fine for a week or two. Try to not open
the
freezer door often. This will give you time to either get it fixed, or
to
order replacement heating coil(s) to change them yourself.

It is possible that the timer went bad, but these fail less often. If
you
look at the heater(s) you can tell if they are burned out.

Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom).