Samsung Refrigerator Fan Noise, No Ice, Repair Fix
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In the event that a Samsung refrigerator has a defrost issue, the temps inside both sections will gradually rise. The frost builds up so thick the fan motor can’t pull air across the coils to cool properly.
Samsung refrigerators go into auto defrost every 8-10 hours. The main control board on the back is what sends power to the defrost heater in the refrigerator and freezer (on dual evaporator systems)
Reasons to put a Samsung refrigerator into forced defrost mode:
1. Thermostat/Sensor test good. 2.5k-89k-4.5vdc
2. Defrost elements test good. (Freezer 58 ohms Refrigerator 103 ohms)
3. Need to test parts on evaporator but can’t because frost is to thick to access.
The defrost heater in the freezer is a (215 watt 120vac) cal rod element.
The defrost heater in the refrigerator is a (140 watt 120vac) cal rod element.
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To put a Samsung refrigerator into forced defrost mode you need to press a few button sequences:
-Press both the “Power Freeze” and “Fridge” buttons at the same time.
-Hold both buttons in until display beeps and goes blank.
-To force fridge defrost element to come on, press “Freezer” button a second time.
-To force defrost on both the refrigerator and freezer sections, press the “freeze” button a third time.
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Excellent helpful video. There is another solution to the ice maker problem that I stumbled upon in an online conversation. First clean out the ice from the ice maker (hair dryer, towels, etc.). Once it's de-iced, turn the refrigerator back on (you may need to push the blue reset button on the top front right of the ice maker cavity to get the ice maker to work). Once the ice maker is full of ice, TURN IT OFF using the button on the front control panel. Do not turn the ice maker back on until you've used all or nearly all the ice, then refill the ice maker, and then TURN IT OFF AGAIN. For whatever reason, this solves the problem. We have been doing this for 2 years and have not had to de-ice the ice maker in all that time. Prior to that, we had to de-ice about once a month.
awesome! I have the same issue and have recently just started making my own ice in the freezer and haven't turned on the ice maker in a while, but i'll try this as I had thought about it. it seems like the ice got piled up and stuck where it would dump out, then everything would just freeze solid.
Nice job Jeffrey! , that’s what my son said to me when I replaced the defrost terminator in my GE Estate fridge.
There’s not much shoulder room in a side by side.
Great video
Great video, same problem here with ours. First time it happened since we bought it new about 7 years ago. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Nice job DW, my brother has the same issue and goes through the blow dryer routine on a regular basis. Hard to believe the engineering of that expensive unit is so poor. Hope it works for you, thanks for the vid! 👍👍
I used a smart-plug and programmed it to turn off my refrigerator for 1hr everyday between 1-2am. I tried every damn DIY fix for this problem but only smart-plug method fixed this issue permanently. No more fan noise or ice buildup for me for past 6 months. Food stays just fine and it save electricity too. Defrost all ice before starting . Thank me later ! 😊
Where do I get this? My frig is not cooling correctly because of it freezing up. My freezer seems fine but my upper ice maker and the twin fans freeze.
Update - Worked fine over a year now. No compressor issues.
Just saved me some big bucks $$$ Thanks for all the info. No serviceman needed
glad I stumbled on this video , having nothing but issues with my fridge as well, just ordered that fix that you just did, thanks ,, Im surprised Samsung is not a cheap fridge, they should recall and repair them, if they can anyway,
Just wanted to send you a thank you! I watched this video...went step by step...and it worked
Thank you so much for this!!! I followed your video and the supply list and saved my refrigerator and a lot of money.
Good job ,I have the same problems some times with things you could come over my house and fix things for me ,love your channel watch all the time .
I feel your pain, Brother. I went through the very same issues with the fan and icemaker. Would never buy a Samsung refrig again. Great video and thanks for the heater wire link.
Thanks, man. Saved me a repair bill!
I have an older version of this Samsung, side by side, had an issue with the ice maker, turned out to be an off balanced from front to back, the tray was filling but not evenly, so balanced it, but wasn't filling to specs, so changed the filter, that fixes that problem, now today the damn fan sounds like it's hitting Styrofoam, sure enough ice was forcing the foam into the fan causing the blades to hit the Styrofoam, so did 2 forced defrost cycles to fixed that problem, but the main problem was the seal magnet around the fridge door, it wasn't sealing at the bottom, so fixed that and now no more freezing up issues on the fridge or freezer, so always check to see if the magnetseal is sealing all the way around, BTW great job.
Definitely keep that advice in mind when we are shopping for one later this yer
Awesome job DW6. I appreciate the awesome hack! I will do that this weekend.
Cheers
My daughter and son in law just bought a Samsung for their new house, I sure hate this for them. I'll let them know about your video DW so when it fails they'll know what to do. Thanks bud.
Great video, time to order up one of those heater kits, lets hope its in stock!
great job man. I was sick of battling this issue for months. I actually found a custom kit a 3rd party sells for this issue (its a hard line heater not flexible) but it does the same thing. I wish I would have found this video before I ordered because it's a little pricey and I feel like the flexible heater will work a little better but oh well. Nice work!
Really appreciate your video!
Big 👍for tackling this yourself dw6...for what appliances cost, you should get 10 trouble-free years of service
Thank brother.. this helped me so much. You tha man! Blessings to you and yours.
Great help. Thank you very much
Thank You for this awesome repair video. we got ours for half your mentioned price but I still don't want to pay that again.
I never comment on TH-cam videos but this repair video is amazing… I ordered all my stuff from your link, it came via Amazon the next day and I repaired the issue with no problem at all.
Thank you!
Dude, what the hell: three days after watching this and my fridge does this for the first time ever!!! Thanks for the video and notes. Going through defrost now.
all Samsung refrigs dose that after 3 years
I was expecting your hair is what jammed up the fan! Speaking Of Jam...Strawberry Jelly Type of Guy?
In all seriousness...scotch locks scare me due to them not being sealed! Even If they fail atleast they are easily accessible!
Great Job Roberta!
Happy Father's Day. Replaced my icemaker about a year ago, had an internal leak. Lots of class action lawsuits against Samsung. Also, their washers/some models, dont have an accessible/removable lint basket. Our socks and my Wife's undergarments are always clogging the impeller pump. This pump, does not have an easy access removable pull out basket, like some of the other models. You have to, get under the machine and remove the hose to the impeller and remove the coins, undergarments, etc. This is a real pain, when it is a stackable unit, dryer on top of washer. Worst design ever. I will never/ever buy a Samsung appliance again. Thank you for your videos.
Happy Fathers Day Buddy. My parents have one of samsungs they bought at lowes a few years ago they bought the extended warranty and they are so glad they did. They have nothing but problems with the ice maker it has been repaired or replaced 5 times so far they told them the next time it has an issue they are going to give them a new refrigerator from what i have learned doing a lot of research and talking to a lot of people all brands of this style refrigerator give problems I don't i will buy this style when i have to replace ours.
Tell them to call it in again so they can get a new one.
Samsung is a pain my brother I have been dealing with the fan problem and ice. thanks this helps me.
Brother you save me on buying another refrigerator. The fan and the ice maker freezing up was driving me up the wall. Thank you for your help. I will never buy a samsung refrigerator again.
Did you connect both ends each on one side I see only one side only thanks for the video help’s a lot
Happy Father's Day. Great fix. I have heard a lot of about the junk Samsung refrigerators and their ice makers. I don't know if it is poor engineering or poor quality control. But their should be a class action suit against the company to refund everyone's cost of the refrigerators. To me this gives them a complete bad name for all products. Thanks for the video.
Tech told me it's bad design
It's definitely a bad design, in several ways. And Samsung does not want to admit to anything. They screwed up so badly that it would cost them a fortune to rectify all the problems, so they just bury their heads.
I have a frigidaire and it does the same thing...
thanks man.
Awesome l am doing my fridge right now
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Since aluminum and copper are dissimilar metals can you use the aluminum braided heat tape on the copper tubing without a galvanic reaction happening to the aluminum braiding from coming into contact with the copper?
We have the identical fridge to the one in the video. A few months after we purchased it, it stopped working entirely. Samsung had to order a part for it and it took a couple weeks to come in. We ended up having to buy a cheap bar fridge while we waited, so we had a place to keep milk and eggs. We had a big Costco box of burgers and a whole bunch of steaks I the freezer section. We had to cook them all up on the barbecue so they wouldn't go bad. We still had to throw out a lot of it because you can only eat so much. Now we have this same problem with the fan making a noise because of it frosting up. Next fridge, not Samsung.
Where can I buy this heater kit in Canada? Great and useful video/information.
I was on a monthly force defrost with our Samsung. Finally gave up on the upper ice maker unit and shut it down. Luckily my model had dual ice with another in the drawer. No more defrost issues or leaking into the meat drawer.... Never Another Samsung
Hi DW, I agree --I will never buy another Samsung Appliance. Their TVs are great but the kitchen appliances are the worst :(. I see that you recorded this video in June. I am wondering if this fixed the issue for you? I have had the same problem for few years and have gone through the defrost routine many many times. Lately, its been happening every couple of weeks so I am looking for something that will last longer. Please let us know if this has fixed the problem for you? Thanks for your help and for this great video.
did your cable ties melt? the ones you posted are only good for 85C and the cable reaches 200C stealth according to the label.
One question that heating cable that you putting on is that something that you’re replacing or is extra?
Question for you. I am curious about the cabinet spacing around your refrigerator. Someone mentioned that lack of airflow could be causing my problems but your set looks exactly like mine. Do you have any venting in the wall behind the refrigerator? Fortunately, I purchased a protection plan when I bought my refrigerator and of course my problems started just after the one year mark I have a technician coming on Monday so we will see what sort of a fix they make to mine.
Do I use FD or RD if the fan is noisy? Icemaker is clear (did a FD) but fan still a bit noisy. RD for refrigerator now?
I have the same problem. 4 months later how is the fridge doing? If it’s been working like it was meant too with the installed heater than I’m going to do this mod too.
How do you stop the air movement behinds the auger?
Thanks Splooge. Cheech.
Yo what up Cheech.
This problem occurs on basically all Refrigerators these days. I run into this a lot doing Property Management see product failures on High End to the every day Frig so its a gamble these days how long any product will last. Some of the appliance Service warranties will fix it depending on the company.
Thank God mine came free from a neighbor. I shouldn’t need an electrician certification to own a Samsung fridge. Ridiculous. After defrosting and fighting with it all night, I’m giving this and your video to a fridgeless friend and buying a new one, prob LG like my washer, with a long warranty.
How's your fix working? Any updates?
Wouldn’t the new defrost wire melt all those zip ties?
Well, our Frigidaire "piece of crap" has the same problems as your Samsung!! Good video!
My Frigidaire too!
The Korean appliances (LG too) look so great and have such nice features but man I hear nothing but horror stories about them. Our Whirlpool will be 28 years old this year (but the next Whirlpool will be junk, I know). “Progress.”
One tip I’ve learned: any time I add or replace any kind of heating element, I first measure and make a note of the resistance of the new part. That way if a problem happens down the road I can quickly rule that part in or out.
.... Adding extra load to the existing wiring specification too, it's only DC but someone/somewhere has made a guess.
Is that the only connection that you make on the heating element wire? Where did the other end of the heater wire get spliced in?
I have the same question
I'm in here reading the comments looking for the same thing
If the add-on heater catches fire, will Samsung cover the damages on your home?
I sent a similar repair video to a tech that has worked on our fridge and he said that I could do this myself but that he wouldn’t do it for me because he was afraid this aux heater could stay on and cause a fire. That puzzles me because it would only come on when power is sent to it when the fridge turns on the main heating element right?
We have a Jenn-Air.
I was able to fix these problems by unplugging long enough for complete thaw then setting the unit to 3 freeze and 38 fridge.
What if the noise sounds like a fan coming from the ice maker area? I've put my ear to the back of the fridge and moved my head around listening to where it sounds theist pronounced and it sounds like right behind the ice maker area. Is there even a fan right behind the ice maker or in that area? I know I see the fan in the fridge area where the cover is, but the noise isn't loud in that middle area and I don't see any ice buildup in the slats in the fridge.
I have the same question
Maybe Sampson should’ve put that in the refrigerator to start with
thank you for the vid. never by a $am$un
Your final comments should be etched into the walls of every appliance store! "Don't buy Samsung Refrigerators, they're problems!"
When I was shopping for a replacement microwave, I was advised by a Home Depot guy not to buy Samsung appliances cause they were poorly designed. Went with LG instead and will probably buy an LG refrig/freezer when my Frigidaire, which I have been nursing along for 30 years, finally bites the dust.
I have a frigidaire (2014) model and it does this same thing... it's a piece of junk
Whats going to keep the zip ties from melting?
Use some thin copper wire
Please repost links for the heater parts. This is exactly my problem with my refrigerator but the $200 repair man refuses to open up the inside. Told me that the problem was the mother board. He's been here 4-5 times for the same problem. Only paid once. Cooks appliance repair Albany Ga
Great Video-FYI I purchased Samsung refrigerator and experienced the same problem MULTIPLE times -never again ..I eventually just said f&@k it and purchased a new refrigerator
I just went thru this with same fridge. I getting rid of it and replacing it with an LG. Great TVs, Crappy fridge"s.
No my tv wifi card stopped working after 4 yer
LG TVs are better
Thank you, can you come over here and do my fridge....😊
Such a shame a flawless design for a branded company like that
Samsung should provide that fix free of charge because of their poor design.
Based strictly on your advice, I will never buy a Samsung Refrigerator.
My Samsung TVs and phones have been great.
My Samsung refrigerator is a piece of crap.
Hey, thanks for the video. Did the heater cord do the trick permanently or did the problem reoccur? How about the ice maker....did caulking the cracks solve the problem? I've seen tons of videos on the ice maker problem and none of the suggestions have worked.....local repair shop wants like $500 to replace all the hoses etc. to fix the ice maker. Samsung garbage.
Yes it is still working! I have been told that Samsung upgraded their main circuit board so that the Defrost runs longer and also keeps the ice maker from freezing up as well. If you order the board it has been upgraded to fix these problems.
@@doublewide6 thanks for the reply.
The cord is like $20 and I bet the board is $200 or more and needs a tech to install.
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Hate my Samsung fridge...previous homeowner bought this piece of crap
Let it be known that if you purchase a Samsung refrigerator, you need to be adept at repairing it yourself. Finding someone to repair a Samsung once the warranty is out is nearly impossible. I had a Samsung that needed repairing and could find no one in my area to work on it. I called Samsung and was given a phone number to call to get my refrigerator repaired. When I called the number Samsung gave me, the repair shop told me they do not work on Samsung products and never have worked on them. So much for customer service at Samsung. I will never purchase another Samsung appliance again. EVER.
Top is workin but the deep is not work ,am in SA I change fan the 15A and I put a 260v fan bypassed it from main power supplier still its not cooling well.This Samsung is shit fridge ,when its new it performs gud but once its a couple years old trouble starts.Once p.c boards is fault big trouble starts ,and not main technicians can fix these kind of fridges
Anyone's fridge not cool after doing this fix? It's been 4 hours and it is still at 55°.
Your fan was probably not working anymore. No fan, no circulation of the cold air.
I was warned too stay away from the Samsung brand , but I had already bought a front loader washer/dryer Samsung and I'd replace an heater element in the dryer after 6 years . Yes stay away from any Samsung brand .
I'm thinking Samsung should of stuck to making Cell phones not fridges !
Does anyone know how long my fridge is gonna beep while in forced defrost mode 😂😂 its killing me and its only been 15 mins lol
Yeah I buy Samsung TV's. They work fine. Our refrigerator is a nightmare. Hate that ice maker. Never again.
I have had trouble with my tv not staying connected to wifi. Have to input password everytime I turn it off. Have replaced the wifi module and no better. Wonder if its the motherboard?
@@mgomez5606 ..... LG TV's had issues too with the WI-Fi card, it was oxidisation of two different metals of contacts & socket, just a clean would fix it.
The computer industry learnt that years ago with plug in cards failing.
Would a little dielectric grease on connectors be ok?
@@mgomez5606 ...... That would isolate it from the atmosphere, not sure if it would stop the reaction though.
@@robbieaussievic How do you clean the connections?
This fridge blows!
I have a samsung fridge. It's a huge piece of shit for being a somewhat expensive fridge.
Yep this didn't work, I hate this fridge
Hi Andrew, so you added the secondary heater and still get ice build up ?
@@johntran9985 yep, this last time I moved the sensor higher up on the pipe in hope the defrost stays on longer and added thicker weather stripping around the back cover, no ice up yet.
I’m never buying a Samsung appliance again. Nothing but problems and poor engineering
I'm getting rid of my garbage Samsung next payday. Screw this company. Nothing but the same problems time after time.