Why my refrigerator won’t cool, but the freezer works!

Did you know the most common reason that this happens is because the refrigerator is overloaded? 

You see, there are a lot of people who figure that if the door shuts it’s good, well this isn’t true. Refrigerators have vents which help in circulating the cool and the warm air in both the refrigerator and the freezer. This is one way your produce stays fresh in your appliance.

If you overload the refrigerator,  it stops the air flow! This causes a lot of problems like stale food smells, frost build up and excessive condensation.

The best way to see if this is your problem is to clean the refrigerator and clean the compartments properly. Unplug the refrigerator while you are cleaning it. I would leave the refrigerator sit open for a few hours so if there is frost build up on the coils it has a chance to thaw. Then plug the refrigerator back in and wait and see if it starts cooling again.

If it does, then you know that was the problem, and you don’t have to worry about it happening again if you keep it clean so air can circulate.

If that didn’t fix the problem, it could be your evaporator fan. With the defrost system, if the defrost heater burns out or the defrost thermostat fails, frost will build up on the evaporator coils. It could also be a damper control, condenser coil or the temperature control board. If you want to troubleshoot any or all of these, you can go to repairClinic.com and look under trouble shooting.