We have a plain and sorta old looking Frigidaire up at our ski condo that has started to make a rhythmic knocking noise when it shuts off. Seems like it doesn't do it when we first get up there and the place is sitting around 50F, then once the ambient temp gets up the knocking kicks in.
Once the fridge cycles off, after about a minute the knocking kicks in softly at maybe one per second. As it gets louder, there will be double knocking for a while, slightly different sounds but at the same frequency...then back to single knocks that slowly fade out. The whole thing takes maybe 2-3 minutes.
The fridge is still functional, but obviously this gets irritating...I tend to sleep in the living room next to the kitchen when I am up there alone (to avoid having to heat up a bedroom and also because the couch is super comfy), and this sound can definitely wake me up.
Did some googling and this is not uncommon in Frigidaires, even found some references to a repair kit that I cannot track down. I probably should call the company, but never remember to write down info on the fridge while I am up there and would not be surprised to be told the thing is just old and to replace it. We bought the condo about 9 years ago and it was already there, the kitchen had been updated recently but I think the fridge was not changed at that time. I'm not especially inclined to buy a new one without trying a repair because the thing still works, we aren't up at the condo that often, and the thing is also so wedged into its spot that I think I will have to remove trim to get it out and it will probably scratch the crud out of the walls. I guess it's likely I'll have to move the thing to try a repair, anyway, although I am holding out hope that I can do it from the bottom. I have never taken a fridge apart and don't really know jack about their mechanical layout.
Anybody dealt successfully with an issue like this?
Once the fridge cycles off, after about a minute the knocking kicks in softly at maybe one per second. As it gets louder, there will be double knocking for a while, slightly different sounds but at the same frequency...then back to single knocks that slowly fade out. The whole thing takes maybe 2-3 minutes.
The fridge is still functional, but obviously this gets irritating...I tend to sleep in the living room next to the kitchen when I am up there alone (to avoid having to heat up a bedroom and also because the couch is super comfy), and this sound can definitely wake me up.
Did some googling and this is not uncommon in Frigidaires, even found some references to a repair kit that I cannot track down. I probably should call the company, but never remember to write down info on the fridge while I am up there and would not be surprised to be told the thing is just old and to replace it. We bought the condo about 9 years ago and it was already there, the kitchen had been updated recently but I think the fridge was not changed at that time. I'm not especially inclined to buy a new one without trying a repair because the thing still works, we aren't up at the condo that often, and the thing is also so wedged into its spot that I think I will have to remove trim to get it out and it will probably scratch the crud out of the walls. I guess it's likely I'll have to move the thing to try a repair, anyway, although I am holding out hope that I can do it from the bottom. I have never taken a fridge apart and don't really know jack about their mechanical layout.
Anybody dealt successfully with an issue like this?
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