Maytag Refrigerator Relay, Overload, Capacitor

• Clicking sound
• Won't start
• Freezer section too warm
• Fridge too warm

Removed back cover and installed new start device. Plugged in refridgerator and it runs like new. Read more

Replaced the starter and capacitor, 30minutes, $60.... Bam!!! Fixed Read more

I suspected the start-relay and tested it due to the lint plugged condenser coils. The start-relay rattled when shook, a telling sign it is no good due to over heating. I tested the compressor terminals and compared them the results with the Tech Data Sheet found with the unit, to find my compressor was still good. I checked the start capacitor with a capacitor tester, comparing the results with the rating printed on the side of the capacitor and found it to be good. I cleaned the condenser... Read more

• Won't start
• Fridge too warm

Replaced overload switch and start relay with convenient repair set.Video available on website that gave step by step instructions. Followed the video steps for removal and installation.... plugged in the refrigerator compressor started up everything cool in minutes Read more

Used a muiltimeter to test all parts and ohm'ed out all parts. found out condenser fan motor seized up [open winding in motor] replaced that, and found that also caused the compressor overload and relay to fail, from over heating and over cycling, replaced both parts, powered up the refrigerator retested all electrical parts checked amp reading on all parts under load conditions,works good know, hope to get another 15 years out of this refrigator, its a maytag. over 20 years old. Read more

• Freezer section too warm
• Won't start

Thawed out the evap/heat exchanger assembly, replaced the overload/relay kit as well as the defrost control board and the fridge was back in business, everything working fine. I'm kicking myself for not ordering these parts earlier. there was a clicking sound coming from the compressor that I ignored which was a huge mistake. Read more

I was able to pull off the old relay and swap out with the new relay. Everything went together perfectly. Read more

I have a Maytag Model PTB1952GRQ Serial Number 11003378AJ Top / Bottom refrigerator. It suddenly stopped working and would no longer be freezing / cooling as a result of a failure of the compressor not starting. I was very upset and went to the web site of appliancepartspros.that had a lot of helpful information available. I also visited many other sites and researched / read and looked at all kinds of information on the we sites. A lot of information was pointing to the fact that the... Read more

Replacing the start device corrected the concern. Read more

Perform compressor ohm test, perform start relay test, replace relay Read more

Removed old. Installed new. Read more

• Won't start

My freezer and fridge were blowing warm and all my food in there was garbage... Lights and fans all working. Looked up some YouTube videos on what it could be. Bad compressor least likely culprit even though it wasn't running. It wasn't doing that "click whirr" thing if it were trying to start. It just flat out wasn't running. So, check the overload and relay that attach right on the side of the compressor. I did, and I shook them. They jingled like loose change=BAD. Ordered new ones and... Read more

Replaced the start relay for ~$60 delivered. Read more