Frigidaire 5303918214 Defrost Thermostat Kit OEM Part

I ordered a freezer temperature control. I ordered from you because parts are certified. Last thing I wanted was to go through the replacement process with a part that didn’t work. I’m not a handy person by nature, and I have zero common sense. I watched the awesome instructional video that you provided with my order several times. Before receiving or even opening the package, I felt that I knew what to expect because I watched the video so many times. Before beginning, I made sure I had as little food as possible in the refrigerator, in case I messed up, I wouldn’t waste the food. Next, I made sure I had the right tools, particularly the 1/4” nut driver. I struggled a little because the handle on my nut driver was too long and it was impossible to reach the nut behind the water lines (3rd step in video). It’s best to have a shorter handle (like the one in the video) to access all screws. I also dropped the long nut screw from the back and it took me forever to find it. Finding the nut screw was the hardest part of this project! I paused the video after every step to make sure I did this perfectly. I found a discrepancy in the video. The styrofoam by the damper vent, in the video it looks like a simple snap out step. But the styrofoam piece is glued together. I almost broke it. To avoid breaking it and screeching this otherwise simple project to a halt, I ran the cable without removing the styrofoam and worked my way to the front (instead of front to back). This was the easiest do it yourself project I’ve done. Refrigerator seems to be working fine. Time will tell. Before I did this, liquids such as salad dressing, water and condiments would freeze - solids would freeze too. My regular left overs, etc...would be ruined because they would freeze. My water lines and filter would freeze. I can’t wait to have a working refrigerator again! If I had called a tech to fix this, it would have costed me so much more than I spent. Thank you for shipping so quickly and for the videos that really familiarized me with the process.

Changed the thermostat and now all is well. Quick and easy.

I called a few repair places they all wanted 100.00 or better just to show up. So I looked on line and found the appliance pros they listed a part called a defrost thermostat well that's what my fridge wasn't doing the part was only 11.00 a new fridge like mine was 1100.00 so I took a chance and ordered the part. It took about 10 minutes to put it in when it arrived the next day its been working fine ever since thanks,appliance pros

I ordered a new defrost thermostat from appliance parts pros, although I wasn't positive that my heating element was good. (I was having trouble getting it to register continuity or impedance). I decided to gamble on the thermostat as I could not get the circuit to close even after dunking it in ice water. The part arrived in about 2 days and the install was relatively quick. As I was putting on the thermostat, I did notice that the aluminum band that hold the heating element had let go also, so I replaced them with stainless steel zip ties to keep the element in contact witht the accumulator coils. Short story long the thermostat worked like a charm and fridge and freezer have worked flawlessly since

I noticed both freezer and fridge too warm. Per defrost thermostat repair video, I pulled the back panel off the inside of the freezer section and saw the ice completing covering the cooling coils. This prevented cool air from flowing thru the coils to keep things cool. I noticed the fan in the freezer section was working. I melted the ice covering the coils and now everything worked, so I knew I had a defrosting issue. I "hoped" the thermostat was the issue since others had seen the same thing on this Frigidaire model. There are ways to test the thermostat but since the part was inexpensive I took the gamble and ordered it. I replaced the defrost thermostat and now the freezer section defrosts and both freezer and fridge work great.