Whirlpool GE Refrigerator not cold/cooling - Reset mother board

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[momof]

I was stressing bad, just went grocery shopping yesterday, cleaned and bleached the fridge out, been stocking up the freezer, fresh vegs, spent all last night chopping and prepping for an easy week of dinners and then it stopped working sometime today. The reset on both frig and freezer did not work, unplugged for 5 minutes and I hear a beautiful motor in the back of the fridge. I can't thank you enough for posting this video. It's 9 at night, no one is open and the one repairman that said they did 24 hr service did not answer. What a relief, now I just have to stay up another hour or so to see if it is cooling. Thank you so much!

[timlawrence]

Thank you. This just worked on our French door GE with bottom freezer. It took both ways to get it going. After I plugged it back in and pushed top buttons nothing happened. Pushed the freezer switch and the freezer started working. It took five minutes for upper fan to come on. I put an AC thermometer in and temp was 75 in the house. Put the appliance on turbo cool for two hours and temp dropped to below 40 degrees. We turned turbo cool off and reloaded the fridge. Temp is still where it needs to be. You saved me at least 200 dollars for the repair company we scheduled for three days from now. Gonna cancel them in the am. Thank you for this clear concise valuable tutorial.

[LouMires]

I have a Whirlpool side-by-side model ES5LHAXSA01. The first method worked like a charm for my fridge. I had to replace my condenser motor fan, and this was the last step I needed to get my fridge up. Thank you very much for this video!

[republicanunv]

Well thank you! You delayed me spending $2, 000 literally right before we were heading out the door to go to Lowes lol! I was looking up the specs on our current Whirlpool size and your video popped up!

[kristinabailey]

Thank you so much! I was about to call a repairman thinking the worse that my fridge broke and would need a new one. Thanks to your tips I immediately heard the compressor after plugging it back in! I cant thank you enough for posting this!!!!

[AbbyNormill]

Thanks Michael! The owners manual doesn't reference any of this. You just saved us about $1500.00 ! And, thanks to Covid, new refrigerators aren't available in any of my local stores, including Lowes, Home Depot, and PC Richard.

[mikekastanek]

Michael, I'm joining the chorus to sing your praises. I have a 2007 GE side by side that experienced a power surge this morning and the compressor was not working. I tried your approach once with no luck, and then a second time, and again it appeared it was not going to work. In the meantime, I was on the phone with an appliance guy who wanted me to take a look at the motherboard and I did that and it looked OK, and literally at that moment I heard the lovely sound of a compressor. It seems like patience was the key. It took about 20 or 25
minutes after the second attempt with the reset. I'm gonna go buy a surge protector today, and see if that helps prevent future issues.
Thanks again for your tip!

[Laura_Mike]

This video seemed as the most useful tool of my life 😅! Hubby is stunned I fixed the fridge, thanks

[gamaliersoriano]

You just don't know how much you helped... My fridge has been bugging for the last few weeks no answer anywhere until you came along... U da best... These guys are the real deal...

[starrydiscoqueen]

Thank you so much! I was about to freak out since my fridge is no longer under warranty from my landlord. I thought I was going to have to shell out all this money for repairs AND new groceries. The three presses of the reset button worked! You are a lifesaver. :)

[tejassarma]

Thanks a bunch Michael! The circuit breaker method was the way to go for me! Followed by the motherboard reset. Helped me save my supplies for Thanksgiving week

[raulcarbajal]

Thanks Michael Man!! You save us a bundle, I did the 3 times on and off switch re-set while my wife was on the phone with the service man, he wanted 100+dollars just for the appointment visit. No way Jo$e! 15 minutes after doing the re-set the 2 year old refrigerator started running again . Thanks again!

[jeffreywilliams]

Kudos my friend. I don’t know why this isn’t documented better. You saved me a lot of troubleshooting. Many thanks.

[GH-imlj]

Hello Michael!
Thank youuuu very much !
you saved me time, money and good food!
I followed your instructions and my non-working refrigerator is running smoothly!
Best to you!
Gabby

[sharonfrisby]

TY, this was most useful video. I followed the instructions & voila’ it worked! Back up & running!! Impressed!! Can’t wait to tell my hubby I fixed the issue myself!!!

[pamelacunningham]

This video saved us from buying a new refrigerator. I did all the steps and left it overnight. Yesterday the fridge started warm and by the end of the night the freezer was making ice and the fridge is back to 39 degrees as of this morning. Thanks!!

[pups.joey.phoebe]

Thanks Michael!!!
I fixed my fridge in 5 minutes... thank you because I was about to spend money on a part I didn't even need

[VonnieVon]

Thank you so much for this! Unplugging for 5 minutes fixed my issue. It has been storming a lot here in Florida and the power has been going out for a few seconds every time it rains. That must’ve cause the issue.

[tucsonwisewoman]

You just saved our garage frigerator thank you very much and blessings to you