Problem started as a dim display. This is the third time it went bad. Bought a display kit. Replaced board and LCD panel.
Now oven does not work at all. We think maybe we broke the touchpad when uninstalling. A pin broke off when we were pulling the connector off (very hard to remove) but we had soddered back on. Is there a way to troubleshoot the touchpad to be sure this is the problem before I buy that part which is not cheap?
Also can the LCD display work with the old board? We replaced because it was recommended and we hoped it would resolve replacing the display every few years, but in case the problem is with the new board we would put the old one back in.
Thanksgiving a few days away.
I hate to say this and am not an expert but I had a similiar problem with my Thermador double oven. I Didn’t squeeze the square power cable release and broke a pin, tried soldering sort of worked but to no avail. Then noticed a nick in the ribbon cable and pin problems with that. It even had non reactive touch buttons at times. I ended up getting an entire new unit express delivery, very expensive but have had no problems since.
This under the counter ice machine has been making a clunking noise like it is cutting on & off alternately for the past six months. The water is still flowing but it is no longer making ice. What part may have quit working?
Thankyou, Charlie
I hate this new design with the coils in the bottom, especially if you have pets. Here’s what I found works. Empty the fridge of anything you don’t want sliding around like full milk bottles or glass containers. Tip the fridge up at about a 45 degree angle, leaning it against a counter or, even better, having a friend hold it. It’s still a good idea to prop something under the bottom as a failsafe. The panel on the bottom of my fridge was thick pressed cardboard or masonite that was held on with plastic trim bolts that I was able to pry up a little with a knife and then got my needlenose pliers around the shaft and just yanked them out (they were even fine to put back in afterward). You don’t have to take them all out, mostly just the ones on the side that’s tipped up in the air. When they’re out, just pull down the bottom panel a little and you should have enough room to get your smallest vacuum wand in there and clean it out. I wouldn’t use the blower method you mentioned because it will blow all over the place, into even less accessible parts of the fridge and get stuck to any moist or ionized parts.
Here’s the fastest easiest way to clean the coils on a Whirlpool/ Kenmore side by side. I bought the smallest 2.5HP Shop Vac for $20.00 from Lowe’s and put the hose in the blower port, took off the front grill on the fridge and blew all the dust off all of the coils in about 30 seconds. It made a little mess but I vacuumed it all up in a couple of minutes. The fridge runs better, quieter and I’m sure much more efficient now. The coils were very dirty as the fridge is about 3 years old and this is the first time I cleaned the coils. I’ll clean them whenever I change the water filter about every 6 months or so. Hope this helps anyone with the same problem.