Hotpoint Refrigerator Parts

• Door sweating

The freezer door on my 12-yr old GE side-by-side refrigerator/freezer would not stay completely shut resulting in temperature variations and ice buildup from outside humidity seeping into the freezer compartment. These problems were exacerbated by the fact that this appliance is located in my garage in the heat / humidity of the Atlanta, GA area. I applied a thin layer of petroleum jelly to the gasket which improved the seal but did not completely solve the problem. I discovered that... Read more

With the help of AppliancePartsPros.com I was able to find my O.E.M. refrigerator door handle (which has now been discontinued by the refrigerator manufacturer, G.E.) at a much cheaper price than other websites offering either the same discontinued handle or the newer replacement. The door handle kit came with everything I needed to replace my broken refrigerator door handle. I just needed 1 Phillips screw driver for the 2 top screws holding the top of the handle to the refrigerator door and 1... Read more

• Leaking

We noticed a puddle of water in front of the fridge a couple of months ago-dried the floor up both times and thought someone had dropped ice-or spilled water. A couple of weeks ago there was water dripping through the dropped tile ceiling in the basement. I shut off the water for the water supply to the fridge at the copper pipe in the basement and removed some of the tiles which felt a little damp. It still dripped all day. When my spouse came home he pulled down more of the tiles. It was as... Read more

I am a home owner with no technical experience on doing refrigerator failures diagnostic/repair. So, I look for internet DIY type of help describing the symptoms. I found recommendations from Appliance Parts Pros going from the easy to the complex potential parts failures and decided to order the compressor start relay and the compressor overload. While waiting for the overnight delivery, came to my mind and decided to look to the freezer compartment and found frost all along the coils panel.... Read more

This was a two and half year issue as different things failed at different times. I would get one part, then another would fail. Ultimately, I got to a point where what failed, I hadn't been ordered the part yet. The seal on the freezer door took three bathing's before it plumped up and un-creased. The directions on the box it is shipped in said to heat the seal up in hot water then cool it down with tap water. I didn't need to do that. It took a lot of massaging of the seal, but... Read more

Replacement fan assembly with motor Read more

Replaced the ice tray. Read more

WENT TO YOUTUBE FOUND OUT HOW TO TEST THE COMPRESSOR IT TESTED GOOD SINCE IT WAS NOT THE COMPRESSOR I ORDERED THE PARTS THAT WOULD MAKE IT WORK AGAIN - THE CAPACITOR & OVERLOAD PTCR COMBO I INSTALLED THE PARTS NOW I HAVE A FRIG. THAT'S WORKING AGAIN.AT A FRACTION OF THE COST TO REPAIR- THANK'S TO YOUTUBE. Read more

• Fridge too warm

The defrost heater element looked good and had continuity. The defrost thermostats checked good, so that just left the Defrost Module as the likely suspect. I installed a new defrost control module and thermostats. The thermostats were inexpensive and the old ones could have been intermittent, The only "tricky" part was finding out how to get to the back screw that holds the main control panel. Discovered that the return air duct surrounding the control panel needed to come off. It helps... Read more

Replaced defrost heater, temperature and defrost limiter thermostat. After taking the cover off the air chiller I found the coils frozen solid and defrosted it with a hair dryer. Once defrosted I remover the heater coil to test it it was fine, then I could see the defrost limiter was broken and as I put the unit back together I broke the heater tube (it is glass) so I ordered all the parts that might be defective and replaced them for less than the charge of having some one come to check it out. Read more

BEWARE THE HAIRDRYER In an effort to unfreeze the indoor water supply line with a hairdryer the extreme heat deformed not only the activator paddle but the housing that surrounds it. In the time it took to order and install replacement parts the frozen blockage had thawed. Back in business for now and if the problem reoccurs I will be looking for a different path to resolve the issue. Read more

• Light not working

I researched the model and watched a YouTube video on the repair. I ordered the part. Two days later it arrived and I made the repair. I'm all thumbs in home repairs, but had it done in 5 minutes. My husband was surprised. Nice that I can take care of a few simple repairs around the house. Read more

I went on line and read your advice page. Based on that, I removed the damper assembly (six screws counting the miserable light fixture) and found the damper door broken as predicted. I went back to your page and ordered the new part. Nice breakdown to get number. After that, I disassembled the damper assembly, found that the ABS plastic damper had broken from the actuator probably as a result of fatigue from cycling back and forth for twelve years. I used super glue to re-attach the damper... Read more

I checked the freezer and found the door gasket was damaged. When the parts arrived, I checked them for a good fit and the attachment method. Due to past experience of replacing door gaskets, I was expecting a lot of screws that would have to be removed and replaced. To my surprise, the gaskets pressed in place without tools and had a good and secure fit. The instructions the came with the gaskets suggested the hot water be used as needed to remove any kinks that might cause a poor fit. I... Read more

Replacement of the evaporator fan motor, fan blade, and grommets. The amount of disassembly to reach the part took most of the effort Read more

• Fridge runs too long
• Door sweating

REPLACED DOOR GASKETS. Read more