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7 Samsung Refrigerator Problems & Troubleshooting

Refrigerator Not Cooling

Before we consider why the refrigerator is not cooling, it will be interesting to find out how a refrigerator works. A refrigerator doesn’t create coldness itself. It removes the heat from the air travelling through the refrigerator and freezer compartments. Thus, a refrigerator uses a compressor and fan motors. The compressor compresses the refrigerant in gas form into the condenser coils where the gas is condensed into a hot liquid. The condenser coils dissipate the heat as the liquid travels through them. When the refrigerant reaches the evaporator coils, it expands back into a gas and makes the coils cold. A condenser fan motor assists the condenser coils in dissipating the heat while an evaporator fan motor draws air over the cold evaporator coils then circulates that air through the refrigerator and freezer compartments.

Refrigerator Not Making Ice

Whether your Samsung refrigerator has an ice dispenser built into the door or you retrieve the ice from a bin in the freezer compartment, the ice maker itself is one accessory that seems increasingly essential as the weather turns hot.

Refrigerator is Not Defrosting

If you find out that your Samsung refrigerator is warmer than usual, it is possible that your fridge is not defrosting properly or doesn’t defrost at all. There may be a few possible reasons, the most common among them:

If the defrost heater is not working, it can be turn out. In this case, the moisture in the air will turn into frost. You can check it visually for any breaks or, using a multimeter to check for continuity in the defrost heater.

The faulty defrost thermostat is also can be the next reason why your fridge is not defrosting. You can check for continuity to make sure that the defrost thermostat is working.

Refrigerator Fan Noise

Frankly speaking, refrigerators can’t work entirely quietly. Sometimes these noises can be even louder than you expect to hear settling on a new place. All these sounds differ and mean different problems with your fridge.

First, you should define where a noise is coming from the back, bottom or inside the fridge. Depending on the source of this noise, we can guess what the issue can be. Based on our experience, we can define the most common reasons why your refrigerator is becoming noisy when running: damaged fan blade, defective evaporator fan motor and condenser fan motor, compressor issues.