Sorry, I accidentally posted this as a
reply to another thread, however, I
actually meant it to stand by itself.
So here it is again, sort of.

My 15 year old Kitchen Aid refrigerator
slowly stopped. This unit has been
trouble from day one. In 2000 it was a
new compressor, twice .... the 1st new
one quit after a week or 2. Anyway, it
has been ok until last week. I first
noticed the refrigerator side was not
cooling enough .... then I noticed the
ice cream in the freezer was a little
softer than usual. And finally, the ice
cubes started getting clearer. The 1st
observation was that there was no air
flow from the freezer side to the frig
..... none! However, I did clean the
condenser coils because, from past
experience, this thing will slow down
with only a minor amount of dirt on the
coils. Anyway, the whole thing
eventually got warm, so it was shut off
and the food transferred to the other
freezer, neighbor's frig and to the RV
frig,which happened to be on the
driveway instead of the paid-for storage
place.

The authorized KA service guy came out
today and said, "Oh, you should have
left it on!" I shut it off because I
didn't want to be blamed for "breaking"
it. And, if that's the case, their
person on the phone should have told me
so. Ok, off my soapbox. So, he said it
would be $1500 to put in a new
compressor and evaporator. BTW, we
priced new KA built-ins for about
$4K-5K. Anyway, I turned it on and low
and behold, there is now airflow to the
fridge. I left it run since this
morning and it is now working, fridge at
39 degrees and freezer at 5 degrees.
Anyone have any ideas of what could have
happened? I would think that maybe the
cool air fan might have stopped,
however, in the freezer, it seemed to be
moving air. Keep in mind, the freezer
eventually didn't work either. So, I'm
baffled! Actually, after some
additional thought, could it be that the
evaporator is icing? Maybe the defrost
heater is bad or is not activating?

"Art Todesco" wrote in message
Anyway, the whole thing eventually got warm, so it was shut off and the
food transferred to the other freezer, I left it run since this morning
and it is now working, fridge at 39 degrees and freezer at 5 degrees.
Anyone have any ideas of what could have happened? I would think that
maybe the cool air fan might have stopped, however, in the freezer, it
seemed to be moving air. Keep in mind, the freezer eventually didn't work
either. So, I'm baffled! Actually, after some additional thought, could
it be that the evaporator is icing? Maybe the defrost heater is bad or is
not activating?

Very possible. Iced coils will do that, as well as a defective evaporator
fan. Get a different service guy, but meantime, go to www.applianceaid.com
and www.repairclinic.com