Kitchen Large Electric Appliances - Maytag Wide by Side Refrigerator

The Freezer compartment is fine :) , but the frige is not cold at all. The unit was working fine and simply stopped cooling. Tried adjusting the controls and nothing happened. :mad: Could this be a thermostat problem? Is this a DIY fix or should a pro be called in? The unit isn't even three years old!

Thanks in advance,
Maria

Hello Maria and Welcome to the Do-It-Yourself Web Site.

By now, several days after your post, you're likely to have had to get a pro.

Most likely was not a diy problem.

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The Freezer compartment is fine :) , but the frige is not cold at all. The unit was working fine and simply stopped cooling.


I have purchased five new Maytag frost free top freezer refrigerators in the last six years. Two of the five refrigerators have had a failure of the evaporator fan motor (freezer fan). The symptom in both cases was identical to what you describe above.

I kept the most recent failed fan motor. The manufacturer and part number is: Panasonic P/N UDQR002MB. I am not sure if the first failed fan motor was the same part number, but it looked physically similar.

Thank you for the reply Iceberg. I had to call Maytag for service, the problem with unit was a faulty relay on a circuit board for the defrost controller, too much ice build up. I’ll keep the fan in mind; I had one in an older freezer unit that also burned out. That would have been cheap and simple, this wasn’t. :mad:

Thanks for the help,
Maria

Maria,

Sorry that you had to go the expensive route to fix your refrigerator. I think Maytag did a disservice to DIYers by going to the adaptive defrost controller in lieu of the electro-mechanical defrost controller. A refrigerator with a electro-mechanical defrost controller is a lot easier to troubleshoot.

Iceberg