We have had a Kenmore (LG, I think) side-by-side for about 13 years. Only problem to date is the threads striped in the yoke for the ice dispenser auger. This was (apparently) later redesigned with a hardened nut vs threads cut into soft metal stamping. I couldn't find a replacement for just the part so bought a used auger motor assembly on eBay and swapped the yoke (after cutting the old one off with Dremel tool).
While on active duty (pre Internet) we moved every few years so we bought Sears appliances because of nation-wide parts availability. It's all online now but Sears still has a decent parts site and I often find a part cheaper elsewhere using the part number from the sears site. -----Original Message----- From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Max Dillon via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2020 2:14 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Max Dillon <dillonm...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Samsung refrigerators We bought a Samsung side-by-side maybe 8 or 10 years ago. Control board died almost immediately, was replaced under warranty. Water dispenser died a couple years later. Would not dispense water if the filter was installed, but would dispense with no filter. Ice maker died shortly after, same issue as yours: Big chunk would form in the bottom then nothing would come out and then the plastic cracked. I pulled it out so we have more space in the freezer. Other than that, the freezer and refrigerator work just fine. Max Dillon Charleston SC Jul 12, 2020 11:08:52 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > Avoid Samsung refrigerators. They are piles of crap. We bought a new > expensive french door model back in around 2017. The reason we went with > this model was because it had an ice maker in the door and one in the bottom > freezer. At first everything was fine but within a short time the top ice > maker turned into a pile of junk. It constantly freezes up with big chunks > of ice and gets jammed. 90% of the time it does not work unless you thaw it > out then it will work for a day or 2 maybe. Bottom ice maker has always > worked fine. > > I am sitting here in my chair in the living room which is just right behind > the refrigerator on the other side of the wall (open floor plan), heard some > sort of different noise coming from the kitchen. I did not think much about > it. Just a few minutes ago I got into the refrigerator and when you open the > doors the temp of the freezer and refrigerator display on the control panel. > Freezer was a 36 and refrigerator was at 58. Was fine when I went to bed > last night. Compressor does not appear to be running. That strange noise I > heard earlier now that I think about it was probably the compressor trying to > run, or running but dying. Lucky I did just sign up for that home service > contract which I already have an appointment Tuesday for the Bosch Dishwasher > issue (drain pump). Guess I will put in a service request for this too. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
