Any Maytag men??

[Ilovebigcats]

My fridge is croaking. It isn't old. It started loosing its cool 2 days before we left. The freezer started loosing it's cool the day we left. Soooooooo we moved everything to the deep freezer and threw the other stuff away. Any tips? My father in law said to hose the coils off and clean it up really good. The coils are enclosed in the fridge.

[fezzik]

I don't have direct solutions for you, but maybe I can lead you to some help. Any chance the warranty is still good?

If not, I have found some helpful advice before in this forum:
http://forum.appliancepartspros.com/

They have a section for refrigerators. Good luck.

[Ilovebigcats]

I don't have direct solutions for you, but maybe I can lead you to some help. Any chance the warranty is still good?

If not, I have found some helpful advice before in this forum:
http://forum.appliancepartspros.com/

They have a section for refrigerators. Good luck.

No warranty.

Thanks! I will check that site!

[PastorDaniel]

Well, when I saw this title "Any Maytag Men?" My first thought is "Are you that lonely?" "Where's Fullquiver."

[Pastor Gary]

I am not handy with appliances at all, but have self-repaired a similar problem on our refrigerator.

First, see if there's a flimsy faceplate on the front bottom of the fridge, below the door. They usually snap off. Behind that faceplate are some thin wire coils like a grid. They are often covered with dust and crud. Clean them off as best you can.

Second, bigger problem: if this is a side-by-side like ours, you should clear it all out into deep-freeze, coolers, whatever, and unplug it. Take all the racks out of the freezer part. The back wall of that freezer is likely some kind of plastic, and is held on by a few screws. Remove it. There's a mass of tubes and stuff behind there, and yours may be covered in solid ice. Use a blow dryer or fan to defrost the entire back (big puddle alert) and then reassemble everything.

That can do the trick. Sometimes in really humid weather, when the door stays open too much (lots of kids getting drinks) that coil freezes over, and when it does, it blocks the vent that sends freezer cold air into the fridge chiller part of the box.

Worth a try, and costs ZERO. It have done it 2 or 3 times to ours.

[Kenya]

Call Maytag Customer Service - It's the 1-800 # in your manual. I used to work there - they can be very helpful. If the person you get isn't, call back and get someone else....

[Billy n NC]

I am not handy with appliances at all, but have self-repaired a similar problem on our refrigerator.


That can do the trick. Sometimes in really humid weather, when the door stays open too much (lots of kids getting drinks) that coil freezes over, and when it does, it blocks the vent that sends freezer cold air into the fridge chiller part of the box.

Worth a try, and costs ZERO. It have done it 2 or 3 times to ours.

Ditto on this trick. Unfortunatly I had to watch the reparimen do it.

But as Pastor G said. Behind the wall the ice had blocked air flow off.

[Penny]

THIS BETTER NOT BE WHAT IS WRONG with my refrigerator i got sitting in my dinning room...

We had to go get us a new one b.c it was not wroking

i am going to try it, if it is i have 2 refrigerator.

[Ilovebigcats]

I am not handy with appliances at all, but have self-repaired a similar problem on our refrigerator.

First, see if there's a flimsy faceplate on the front bottom of the fridge, below the door. They usually snap off. Behind that faceplate are some thin wire coils like a grid. They are often covered with dust and crud. Clean them off as best you can.

Second, bigger problem: if this is a side-by-side like ours, you should clear it all out into deep-freeze, coolers, whatever, and unplug it. Take all the racks out of the freezer part. The back wall of that freezer is likely some kind of plastic, and is held on by a few screws. Remove it. There's a mass of tubes and stuff behind there, and yours may be covered in solid ice. Use a blow dryer or fan to defrost the entire back (big puddle alert) and then reassemble everything.

That can do the trick. Sometimes in really humid weather, when the door stays open too much (lots of kids getting drinks) that coil freezes over, and when it does, it blocks the vent that sends freezer cold air into the fridge chiller part of the box.

Worth a try, and costs ZERO. It have done it 2 or 3 times to ours.

We actually had it unplugged our entire vacation and it left a puddle in the floor. Option 2 is a very real possibility but I am going to do #1 as well. I am SURE it is NASTY under there. LOL!

We have extreme humidity and a kids is constantly getting a drink.

[oletimer]

Sounds like you have slow leak in the coils and freon is leaking out. If that is so then you will need to know a Maytag salesman, as it is near impossible to fix. The amount of time that yall have been gone will have let the ice melt aready. May not be what you want to hear, but hope it helps.

[dolfan]

My oldest brother was, in fact, a Maytag man. I worked for him in high school some. And, I worked on appliances in my 5 years in the rent-to-own business.

Two probabilites: PG nailed one. The other is that your compressor may be shot. Givent that the thing was unplugged while you were in FL, I'm guessing you don't have a freeze up problem that can be cured by cleaning, etc. I'd get ready to shop for a replacement.