Kenmore / Sears Defrost Thermostat, Sensor

Took everything out and transferred it to coolers etc. Unscrewed and took freezer unit apart ..Evaporator fan not working and made decision to replace motor and bi metal defrost thermostat. Order parts from Appliance Pros. com and the unit was put back together and so far it corrected the problem. The instructions and service were outstanding. Great Company. Read more

Replaced thermostat and heater. Read more

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

• Freezer not defrosting
• Freezer section too warm
• Fridge too warm

Ordered a ge thermostat part . Took everything out of freezer , unscrewed panel and took the plate out. Used a hair dryer to defrost ice. Took out old part and installed new part. Everything is working just fine!!! Used a meter to test old/bad part and indeed it was dead. Read more

Replaced defrost thermostat, replaced frig thermistor. Good experience. Excellent support and assistance for Maytag. Read more

When I looked on the Appliance Parts Pro website it said the usual fix for a refrig that is not cooling is to replace the defrost thermostat in the freezer. I didn't see how that would keep the refrig from cooling but I figured I would try it. Got the part yesterday ( two days shipping which was great!). I took the panel off the back of the freezer and the coils were all covered in solid ice! it took me an hour with a heat gun to melt the ice. I changed the defrost thermostat and now the... Read more

For an emergency fix I installed a 3 in1 kit disabling the original start cap and wiring in the original run cap to the run winding. Ordered the proper PTC and overload from Appliance Parts Pros and installed them 2 weeks later. The original start and run capacitor were good, rewired back to design specs. The original PTC had pins 1,2 and 3, the replacement had 2,3 and 4. Only wiring change was to install the red wire from pin 1 on the original PTC to pin 4 on the new PTC. Read more

• Fridge too warm

I bought a thermostat and defrost timer. Read more

Hired a retired local appliance repairman who was recommended to me to replace parts. The unit is now working okay. Read more

Replaced the temp sensor. Read more

Replaced the thermostat. Watched the video and it made it easy. Read more

Hired a retired local appliance repairman who was recommended to me to replace parts. The unit is now working okay. Read more

Replaced the Defrost Thermostat. the part came in a day. Watched the video which helped a lot it took 15 minutes to swap out the part. Fridge is back up to temp and will keep watching to see if it freezes up again. Read more