Why the freezer works fine but cooler doesn't

Freezers expel warm air. There should be no 'blowing' inside. If it is expelling warm air, then it is working fine, eventually the expelled air should get cooler and cooler.

Mine bottom freezer 10 or so year old unit did the same thing, problem was the thermal switch ("clicks on") on de-ice circuit was broken. Quick "fix" is to defrost the unit by shutting it off, putting frozen food in a cooler. Once the ice melts the path for blowing cold air UP to the frige will be opened. Will work fine for days until the freezer ices up again.

Most likely the "clicks on" or thermal swithch that is bad and will not let the defroster heater work. Easy fix. Everything is BEHIND the pull out frozen food tray. Remove a couple of screws and you will see all the ice. If I remember correctly my clicks on was just to the right of center and took only 5 minutes to replace after defrosting the unit.

Hope this helped,
Ken C

this is usually do to a blockage in the air duct from the freezer to the fridge. put food in a cooler with ice and unplug and open all doors for 12 hours. If doesn't work, need a repair man due to fan probably broken

The doors have tabs that push on the switches that turn the light off when the doors are closed. These doors have not been installed properly. I fixed the problem by shimming the bottom door up using washer at the lower hinge rod. Or yo can tape a bit of plastic to the tab on your door so that it makes good contact with the light swutch.

Try reducing freezer temperature. Unplug and let main control board reset. I need to assume you have the PSS26MGPABB model when I ask you to do this. I can send you the manual and assist you if you want. Let me know, Thanks Sea Breeze

The compressor needs regassing. Look in yellow pages under refrigeration engineers who can do this for you.

I have the same issue with our refrigerator. I called a service man and he found defrost does not work. There is a heater in freezer that has been broken and lot of ice formed in the compartment. He poured hot water and melted the ice..after 1 hr I started the cooler and it works fine. So I need to replace broken heater tube and he is supposed to charge 200US$ for it. Should I fix or go for new one in dilemna..

First thing i need to know what kind of refrigerator you have..
Model # and make...

take a dollar bill and close it in the door gasket and see if you get a pull on the bill when u pull it out.. go along the whole door gasket like that and it will tell ya if your gasket got a leak anywhere...

Try unscrewing the light, bulb mine did the same thing I couldnt figure it out. It turned out to be the light switch! Everything is fine now.