Fridge is Warm but Freezer is Cold? DIY Repair

Is your freezer cold? but... your fridge feel warm? Watch this classic yet simple video on repairing this issue. This is a common problem that can be easily fixed. Don't spend money on a repair man! DIY! (Do it Yourself!)

[monte]

I had the same problem and I ordered a refrigerator online which was costing me $839 . I was just watching trouble shooting videos on refrigerator cooling problems. And then I watched this video and I followed the steps and my fridge is back to Arctic again. I canceled the order and saved 839 bucks. All thanks to this gentleman who made it so easy for me. God bless him. Cheers.

[dtjones]

Just as relevant today as it was 10 yrs ago. 6 screws. Hair dryer. Chipped away the ice covering the coils and blocking the passageway. Replaced the covers. Fixed. Very very grateful for this video. Thank you!

[st]

I'm sooo very grateful for your video!!! After my fridge stopped cooling I thought I was going to have to buy another. This year has been a VERY EXPENSIVE YEAR and I was dredding having to use credit card to pay for it. So I decided to ask Google and WAALAA (you told me what to do). As a 61 y/o single woman you explained the process in such easy terms that I had the confidence to try. This morning my fridge was cold . Next I'm gonna try to stop my toilet from running and replace a light switch. Thank you again for helping me fix my fridge.

[alexgarza]

Thank you so much Sam! 9 years later this Video is still a great troubleshooting walkthrough saved me money in these hard times. God Bless you Sam.

[browneyez]

I just wanted to thank you!!!! I was on the verge of buying another refrigerator until I saw your video. I did everything you did in the video a few hours ago and my fridge is already feeling a lot colder. Thank you again!!!!

[alyssacrosby]

Thank you for posting this (and leaving it up 6 years later). It was exactly the info I needed. We just moved in 2 days ago and I am SO glad we don’t have to buy a new fridge!

[MindHunger]

A thousand thumbs-up - this video fixed a months-long problem where my freezer was reaching -20F and the fridge was at 51F dripping water from the freezer. I took everything out of the freezer and removed the back bottom fridge panel, and there I saw ice clogging everything, including the drain line. I took out all the ice & pointed a heat gun at the drain line and the back vents.
That was yesterday and I'm amazed how my unit is working - like it's brand new! I can't thank you enough! 👍👍👍👍👍

[shawnjefferds]

Thank you...thank you...thank you! Five stars!

Our side by side had an icy cold freezer but a fridge that was slowly climbing and at 55F. We asked around for reputable repair people and the soonest they could be here was three days. I watched this video, looked in the back of the freezer, saw the screws, and had the courage to tackle the problem by myself. A blow dryer to address MASSIVE ice and a shop vac to blow off the coils, and an hour later the fridge is at 44 and dropping a few degrees a minute.

I'd add one word of advice to others, put the food back in the freezer ASAP. Air in an empty fridge/freezer is harder to cool than solid objects, plus everything that came out was stored cold, so brought back coolness rapidly.
This video saved me the $90 service call for someone that would have at least done the same thing...if they didn't opt to replace anything.

Finally, the shop vac, you CAN try and vacuum the coils but, ours had multiple rows that were inaccessible. By removing front and back access covers, I was able to blow massive amounts of air over the coils and get 100% of the accumulated dust off...thank God for whole house HEPA filters! Even after vacuuming what I could, I was astounded by the amount of dust the shop vac blew out.

[armandomederosjr.]

just want to express my appreciation for this video. you see we can't afford to hire someone let alone buy a new fridge so I found your video and that was my exact problem. took chunk of ice out and all is well with fridge. so thank you so, so very much. hope you have a wonderful day and god bless.

[CarlGerlach]

Thank you for making this video. This evening we found our fridgerator was warm and the freezer was cold. We followed your instructions and resolved the issue. This morning the fridgerator is nice and cold.

[raychacon]

Your video helped resolve my cooling issue within minutes. I had just purchased a used refrigerator as a secondary unit that was working great at the appliance resale outlet and as soon as we unloaded it and got it home the fridge wouldn't cool but the freezer was on point. My problem wasn't ice but a sort of dampener that moved while we were placing the fridge. I appreciate you posting this and alleviating my having to load out back up and return it to the dealer.

[adamstewart]

Dude! You seriously just saved me a bunch of money, I ended up having a ice clog and the fan was stuck, because of the ice everywhere! Much appreciated! Liked and subscribed!

[fljunkmail]

Port was clogged, just like you said...Fridge is cooling as I'm typing this. Many thanks for posting!!!

[jasonallen]

I just unplugged and let it defrost, cleaned it out and plugged it back in and it worked like a charm! Thanks for the tip!

[hobbyelectronics]

Many thumbs up. This just saved me a fortune. I live in a rural area and repairmen are nearly impossible to find. Thanks !

[thedarkwolf]

TY Sir! You saved me the time and cost of calling out a repairman who likely would have done exactly this and charged me too much for the effort.

[anmolchhabra]

Thank you. This video was really helpful. However, I did not have the confidence to open up the refrigerator. I did learn the reason for the malfunction though. So I completely emptied my refrigerator, kept both the doors open for 24 hours and let the icing melt. This was one month ago. My fridge is still working perfectly well.

[qwery]

I was just about to start researching new fridges online. Thanks to you my old one is good as new. Thanks again!

[originalswagking]

Lol guess I can stop searching for refrigerators now because this just solved my problem. Thanks man, you saved me several hundred $$$

[adamwn]

My wife thought she was going to get a new refrigerator until I watched your video. Let's just say she's not happy now with either of us...