Sue for Model Number Kenmore Coldspot 1068552680 side by side made 10/1989 We went away for the weekend. When we got back, the frig light was working, but the compressor and fan had quit. Everything in the freezer thawed out. After we had the frig door open about 15-20 minutes getting all the food out, the compressor and fan came back on by themselves. We called a repair man and he replaced the cold control, which I thought was called the thermostat. It has the long wire coming off it. It cooled over night, but compressor and fan stopped working again sometime the next day. We took off the top panel and wiggled the defrost timer, and the compressor and fan started working. It could have been from wiggling it or maybe because the door was open and the inside temp got to about 70 degrees. Is it the defrost timer or something else?
Answer Hello Sue. It sounds like the timer is bad and will need to be replaced on the unit. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Thursday, May 29, 2014