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Did you reuse the existing fan blade

😮You showed how to assess the evaporator fan and motor, however, not how to change them out? It is much more difficult than it seems. Because the newer fan blade isn’t able to slide through to the end of the motor shaft like the old original one did. Additionally, you didn’t show how to replace the compression spring on the old fan blade either or how to install the new one on the replaced new fan blade. If the new fan blade unable to slide through to, the end of fan exterior the newly installed fan could in fact be to long and possibly strike the interior cabinet insulation. How do you replace the fan, motor and compression spring correctly?

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Once all the ice removed and the fridge replugged in, will tit then eventually start up?

Great video! Thanks for posting.Mine had a little bit of frost, not too much, but the temperature does't go below 44°on yhe fridge side- it's set to 34. I replaced the fan but it's the same thing, what else could it be? I have watch a lot of videos but none has shown on how to know if the fan works or not and how to check it. Thanks!

I’ve had it with my Samsung fridge. Replacing it today. After watching so many with the same issue and having to manually defrost this fridge I feel that it needs to go to the dump. It’s noisy, within a month it freezes up and the fan stops working and temperatures rise to over 40 degrees. It’s a 2014 model. Technician don’t even want to work on them. It ruins their reputation. These things are poorly designed and Samsung knows it. Goodbye to Samsung.

Thank you so much for this video. I had exactly the same problem with the fan being pushed in, but no ice buildup. I had to pull up fairly hard to get the fan to snap back into the proper position, but it worked. You're the man!

Thank you do much! Just saved this broke mom alot of $$$

Thank you!

Hey great video, I did all your steps and tested the fan and it works fine but when I installed it back in the fridge it doesn't powers up or cool down at all. Any idea? Thanks

totally following this video later today! Just finishing up cleaning out the food and shelving.

I have this same model of fridge. If your problem is ice buildup back there, then there is an easy way to fix this. You can put the fridge into "Force Defrost" mode which kicks off the defroster and will melt the ice. To do this, first press both the Lighting and Fridge buttons at the same time and hold them down until there is a beep and the display goes blank (this should take between 8 and 12 seconds). Release those buttons. Then, press the Freezer button either two times (to enter Force Defrost of the fridge - you will see "rd" on the display) or three times (to enter Force Defrost for both the Fridge and Freezer - you will see Fd on the display). That's it. Then the fridge will start beeping annoyingly for 15 minutes to an hour - this indicates that it is in Force Defrost mode. Once done, it will stop beeping, and then it will probably take another 15 minutes or so before the evaporator fan starts running again and cooling off the fridge. You might want to set a recurring reminder to run this procedure every month or so.

Thanks for the great informative video. I was able to fix my fridge. The fan was clogged with ice and a simple defrosting solved the cooling issue.

If this doesn't work for your fan.. Try: Pulling the top cover off of the motor case, place a 'thin' o-ring (or rubber washer) on top of the motor and snap the case back together. It will push the fan blade away from the housing, freeing it up .. My fan blade only needed a few millimetres to free it up & it spun very smoothly after doing this.

Thank you!!!!!! You are a lifesaver!!

I’m glad I found this video. There’s no way I would have figured out how to take the back panel off. Much appreciated!!!

Thank you! Found that ice had built up in my fan not allowing it to spin. Let the cover thaw out and reinstalled and it's now cooling again.

It appears the fan was stuck for sitting too low, if you unstuck it there's a chance it could be stuck again. The root cause would be to find the problem causing the fan sitting too low🤷‍♂️. I'm thankful for this video why the fridge stop cooling

PLEASE READ!!! Had to do this every 6 months until I read that if you spray "Pam" on the coils it will prevent ice buildup. So I tried it and haven't had a problem since. 5 years and still no ice build up!

It could be that this happens because the defrost drain is clogged? I have had the same problem with my RS267.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. You just saved me enormous amounts of frustration. I'm sitting here listening to my fridge's evap fan rattling inside the fridge once more as it cools back down from 62 f@#$% degrees. I followed your steps exactly and I may need to replace my fan motor. Thinking the bearings might have been compromised by ice. $%%##@#$%÷ I hate it when engineers build in failure points to make certification. Samsung totally screwed up their appliance game in putting the cert before the durability. They did a similar pooch screwing with the previous owner's dishwasher too. Putting a delicate circuit right next to the exhaust port. I will never buy a major appliance from them. They deliberately made the refrigerator defrost a very short cycle just to get Energy Star certified. This means after a few years, the consumer (who is less than perfect) might store an open liquid, or a kid leaves the refrigerator door ajar slightly overnight. Boom. The short defrost heating cycle can't possibly keep up with all the moisture. Your evap fan is frozen solid in the Greenland ice sheet. Will it work when you thaw it out? Who the hell knows? We are going to swap this weak ass fridge for an OLDER side by side from Frigidaire. It's 11 years old and has never, not once, acted up. We will retire this steel to the garage. That way, next time the Samsung screws the pooch, we won't lose a couple hundred bucks worth of food. We'll lose a case of beer at most. Amateur hour, Samsung. You got some hapless previous owner's money for this. Stick to display screens.

I thought you guys were great but not. After I followed your info. I almost had to buy a new fridge. I advice, everyone should check your manual for troubleshooting. There is a trick on using those switches to quick defrost the ice. I only found out after I took the refridge apart. Then those plastic cases were so fragile that is hard to put them back in the same way. Good luck with this stupid advice.

Thank you for this video! Saved me from an expensive repair call!

thank you ! I never imagined that i would be able fix my refrigerator without spending a money. Being able to save $$$ during these covid days is a big relief.

Hello. Any tips on getting the light covers off?

Samsung needs to stick to TVs smh 🤦🏻‍♀️

Happened to us again, thank you so much for this video (again) - I'm tempted to not put the screws back in, LOL. Velcro would be quicker and easier for dismantling/reassembling. p.s. this time, I had to take the little metal spring off so that I could pull the fan upon the spindle.

This video is awesome. Thank you for helping me fix my fridge and saving my food!

Thank you for sharing. This was the same problem with mine.

Thanks for the video really helped

what if you can not pull the cover off? not even a bit. too tigh

give him a medal

I've had this happen twice and I think I figured out why. Both times it was after putting warm food in fridge. I looked later that day and saw condensation and then the freeze up next day. Try avoiding putting warm or hot food in fridge

I'm going to check into this today. Thanks!!!

Thank for the video as my Samsung dual cooking system stop coolimy in it's 2nd time in it's life. While be trying this to see if it works. I bought my first Samsung french door and it lasted 2 month and both dual cooling systems died simultaneously. I lost $300 worth of food as I had just stuffed the fridge 2days before. Samsung never paid me for it either.The repairman took 5hrs to fix it, smh. Now I see videos on line a see it takes 30min to an hour to fix something. it's ridiculous what they charge at that $475 to repair also thank God it was still under warranty. now I fix it all myself.

Does anyone knows what the fan part number is.

Samsung rs25h5111sr/aa: The upper half of my freezer was not freezing while the lower half stayed frozen. (Note this was the 5th time the refrigerator broke!) Crazy Samsung! First, I checked the voltage to the fan motor and even used a 9 volt battery to make sure the fan motor was working. Since it was working fine, I dug deeper and found your video! After fixing the evaporator fan on the freezer side by following your worthy advice, I took the repair one important step further. In order for the stupid Samsung refrigerator to continue to work properly, it is super important to thoroughly remove every bit of moisture from the condenser coil area before reinstalling the back panel. I cannot stress the importance of this step enough! Use a blow dryer to melt any frozen areas. Check the drain to make sure there is no ice and no clog at the drain beneath the coils. Take towels and dry up every bit of water. Go back and blow dry again removing as much moisture as possible from the compartment, then reattach the back panel. This holds true for both the freezer and refrigerator sides, though it is detrimental to the freezer side of these lousy units. Once the fan was set in the correct position (I said from the beginning the blade was too tight, but instead, they replaced the entire back panel. Unfortunately , the new panel obviously had the same fan problem as the first!!! Of course, It worked for a while after their repair, but eventually broke again after they “guaranteed” it wouldn’t break again!) At any rate, thanks to this video, and with moisture removed, it worked! Woohoo!!! Thank you for sharing your experience! I was ready to chunk the two year old fridge and buy a new one! They are WAY TOO EXPENSIVE to consider replacing every two years for us common folk!

How do you remove the shelf with the wires? Your video doesn't show that

fixed..thanks for the video

I need assistant, I have no cooling at all on my Samsung RS2530BBP refrigerator. Freon is ok in my compressor, I’ve installed a condenser motor w/fan and a relay. But still no cooling, what do you guys think? I need help!!

Thanks for this. Found out that my fan had completely iced over. After I thawed it, the refrigerator worked well

Thanks so much for posting your video! I have the same fridge, but I was fortunate enough to just have an ice blockage; which I was able to clear with ease because of your video.

Thanks for posting this. Once I got mine apart (per your excellent instructions) I found mine was iced up into the fan housing, preventing the fan from turning. Once defrosted, it turns fine. Reassembled and cooling down nicely. Thanks again.

Thanks for the video. Helped me out today!

Thank you Sir. Fixed my issue with your assistance.

Thank you for your video. Just did my refrigerator this morning. It was at 47 degrees before. Now it’s a cold 36. Great instruction

This video saved me hundreds of dollars in 2019. Thank you!

How can do u know if u need to replace this part? I have taken the panel apart and it was mildly frozen over once I put it back I noticed the fan was not turning but it is freely spinning when I do it manually I read in another post to close the door let it start up again then open the door quickly and check if the fan is spinning which is not, this means I should replace this part you did here right?? Thanks for your feedback and your video!!

Thank you so much !!!

I have the same fridge, had it since 2012. This was the first issue, fridge compartment not cooling, bottom shelf however was freeing everything.. It was of course ice buildup blocking the fan you showed how to remove... Just a word of advice, if after removing the six screws, the panel still seems attached tightly in places, in my case if was the ice buildup stretching from the fan into the evaporator coils keeping everything tight. 12 hours of unplugging w door open was not long enough to defrost that chuck of ice..