On Thu, 23 Jul 2020 13:29:14 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/23/2020 10:51 AM, RP wrote:
Our Whirlpool refrigerator turned off after a few seconds It is two and a half years old. All lights work but it does not run. Called local repair appliance and he literally didn't do anything but said it is the main board problem (Charge $60). Then called Sears appliance, the person did some testing and told me it is the mainboard, diagnosis charge $135. I replaced the mainboard ($300) myself - didn't work and then I replaced the dispenser board ($300) still didn't work. So after spending $800, our refrigerator didn't work. Not sure what to do. I would appreciate any help.....


Why did you not have him replace it? Seems like false economy as it
would have been on him to fix it or not charge for bad diagnosis.

At this point you can either throw more money at it or buy a new fridge
and be done.

The problem is the old "you had two bad parts" thing. He would sell
you that board and then whatever the real problem was.

Given a similar choice on my AC, a $200 board that might fix it or a
$600 new system, I bought a new system. At least the guy was honest
and said if he put in the new board, I bought it. Then I might still
be buying a compressor ... or the whole outdoor unit.