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Maytag Frost Free Refrigerator - Defective Evaporator Fan
I have replaced this fan once a Matag fridge, when it was just out of warranty. Lst Spring I had the same symptoms, compressor operates correctly, but Fan does not turn. I pulled the fan and connector off to discover that the conection pin to the motor on the hotside of the conector had desintgrated due to moisture from condensation getting into the connector. I cleaned up the connection on the motor side and replaced the cable. I sealed the conector at that time with silicone dielectric greese to try and keep out the moisture. Yesterday it failed again. This Fan is not designed for the enviuroment in which it is installed as far as I ma concerned this is a major design fault and Matag should be held fully responsible for using the wrong component for this application. The size of the connector on the fan is much too small for it to maintain a good connection in an enviourment that encounters moisture during the defrost cycle. I noticed that the connector on the first replacement cable offered to me at the parts store was much larger and more robust with much more surface area thus less chance of overheating and burning from having moisute get into the connection. I suspect that this is the new motor (or should be!) that Matag is using. My question is why are all the people who own the older original Defective component expected to pay to fix this mistake? This could be consider a fire hazard if the connector over heated sufficently to catch on fire! Perhaps that would get there attention to provide a public recall at there expense! I have investigated faults for many many years and I consider this to be far too obvious to be a minor mistake, I would just consider this one to be plainly very dishonest. I have owned three Refridgerators in 30 years. One had a compressor failure after 20 years. The other one I replaced because it was getting old and my wife thought she would like a new one, this is it. It has caused me more problems in two years than any other appliance I have ever owned. I will definately never buy another Matag. Mr. Fixit -- Mr. Fixit ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Fixit's Profile: http://www.homeplot.com/member.php?userid=83 View this thread: http://www.homeplot.com/showthread.php?t=26164 |
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Their 3 rack dishwashers suck too.
"Mr. Fixit" wrote in message ... I have replaced this fan once a Matag fridge, when it was just out of warranty. Lst Spring I had the same symptoms, compressor operates correctly, but Fan does not turn. I pulled the fan and connector off to discover that the conection pin to the motor on the hotside of the conector had desintgrated due to moisture from condensation getting into the connector. I cleaned up the connection on the motor side and replaced the cable. I sealed the conector at that time with silicone dielectric greese to try and keep out the moisture. Yesterday it failed again. This Fan is not designed for the enviuroment in which it is installed as far as I ma concerned this is a major design fault and Matag should be held fully responsible for using the wrong component for this application. The size of the connector on the fan is much too small for it to maintain a good connection in an enviourment that encounters moisture during the defrost cycle. I noticed that the connector on the first replacement cable offered to me at the parts store was much larger and more robust with much more surface area thus less chance of overheating and burning from having moisute get into the connection. I suspect that this is the new motor (or should be!) that Matag is using. My question is why are all the people who own the older original Defective component expected to pay to fix this mistake? This could be consider a fire hazard if the connector over heated sufficently to catch on fire! Perhaps that would get there attention to provide a public recall at there expense! I have investigated faults for many many years and I consider this to be far too obvious to be a minor mistake, I would just consider this one to be plainly very dishonest. I have owned three Refridgerators in 30 years. One had a compressor failure after 20 years. The other one I replaced because it was getting old and my wife thought she would like a new one, this is it. It has caused me more problems in two years than any other appliance I have ever owned. I will definately never buy another Matag. Mr. Fixit -- Mr. Fixit ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mr. Fixit's Profile: http://www.homeplot.com/member.php?userid=83 View this thread: http://www.homeplot.com/showthread.php?t=26164 |
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