Frigidaire 242278801 Refrigerator Thermistor Assembly OEM Part

I replaced the damper and thermistor assemblies. I saw another story here that was just like mine. Damper door was shut and would not open. I opened it manually then it would close and not reopen when reinstalled. I replaced the suggested parts and all was good. All in all a simple do it yourself repair to save hundreds.

New damper assembly. The fridge was not cooling. Also, light frost in the freezer but the defrost system was working. The bottom of the damper vent was plugged with ice (down next to the coil). I removed the ice plug and replaced the damper assy. I also replaced the fridge thermistor (most likely unnecessary but I did it anyway while I was in there). Everything works perfectly now. The damper was stuck in the closed position (bad motor or broken gears).

The parts I ordered from you worked and got hereon time, great job, and thanks again. I will. use you again in the future Thanks again

Removed bottom bin and noted ice in the vents to evap coils. Removed back cover of freezer section and used hair dryer to manually thawed large ice block. Used electric meter to confirm defrost element and thermostat were good. Noted damper door was closed and would not open. Damper motor was bad. Opted to replace damper assembly and thermistors. Replaced parts and refrigerator is working great. I decided to open damper door manually in order to use refrigerator while waiting on parts. Taped damper vent off at night to prevent items from freezing.

I thoroughly cleaned the condenser and condenser fan and made sure they were fully operational and the compressor was also still good, I then removed the control housing and checked the damper motor for continuity. Knowing all were in good shape process of elimination told me the control assembly and or the thermistor were bad. The thermistor is very inexpensive and if you're replacing the control you should also replace the thermistor which reads both the freezer and the refrigerator and are housed in the same housing as the control and all are easy to replace and worth the time! Start to finish including troubleshooting and cleaning, it took about an hour. The fridge works like new . By the way the problem occurred due to a power surge after 8hrs without power.