Refrigerator not cooling

Hi,
The fresh food section was getting warmer and freezer was cool. So I thought the air circulation is not working. Cool air from freezer is not going to fresh food section. Also I saw freezer fan not rotating.

I opened the freezer back panel to check the fan. I saw the evaporator coil was clean with no frost. I closed the panel and set temperature to 5 (coldest). Next day I saw things started cooling and the fan in the freezer throwing air. Air circulation was normal.

The cooling lasted two days and again fresh food section was warm. I opened the back panel again thinking that defrost is not happening. But again I saw evaporator coil is clean with some frost. So I used air dryer and set cool air on the coil. Also I set temp to 5 (coldest).

Now I do not see anything cooling also the fan is not rotating.

Please let me know what could be the issue.

replace your fan evaporator motor and you should be good to go.
Nat

But the first time fan started working.

Sometimes they are sparatic then just quit. check the wire connects first though.

Please help.

Hi,
I just checked the freezer now and its not cooling.

So will changing the fan motor help ?

Nat,
Yes. Compressor was somewhat hot but not running.

Later I manually moved the defrost timer to start cooling cycle. After doing this the compressor started running and Freezer started cooling. But the freezer fan did not start at all.

So I think I need to change the fan motor. Also should I replace the defrost timer since freezer stops cooling and does not go to cooling cycle ?

Nat,
So should I go ahead and change the defrost timer or it could just be stuck temporarily.

Also, Should I change the fan motor ? Please let me know.

So Should I change the timer or it was just stuck and should be fine now ?

Also should I change the fan motor?

Nat,
Sure.

One more favour. Do you know how can I get parts ASAP ? If I order from your website how soon I can get it. My main priority is the fan motor for now.

Please let me know.

I think they ship from here pretty fast… I’m not affiliated with the company. I just volunteer information to help people out. We own our own appliance repair company is Missouri.
You could check a local service company they might have them in stock.
Nat

Glad you got it fixed!!
Nat