The top part wont keep any thing cool but the freezer part works grand

There is only one source of cold in many refrigerators. If yours is a top freezer, then most likely it is in the freezer.
But the thermostat that you set temperature with is in the refrigerator, not the freezer.
In the cold garages, what can happen is that the refrigerator stays cold enough that it does not call for cold. So the freezer does not get enough cold.
The freezer control works by diverting cold air into the freezer WHEN THE RERIGERATOR HAS TURNED ON THE COOLING. If it is not turned on, oh well.
The best you can do for this is to put both on max cold. Then the refrigerator will call for more cold at a lower temperature, and the freezer will get it more often and will divert more when it is cooling.
This can result in the refrigerator freezing things too. You can try raising the refrigerator setting JUST A LITTLE and see if both work, but keep freezer on max cool.
This works for my situation, but ambient temperature fluctuations in the garage make this dicey. We don't put things like lettuce in the refrigerator in the garage in the winter because freezing damages them.
Good Luck

Sounds like a defrost problem. Three things can be wrong... Defrost heater, defrost timer or defrost thermostat.

The first thing to check is if you can hear the fan running inside the freezer. This not only keeps the whole freezer cold it alspo circulates air down to the refrigerator keeping it cool as well.

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heatman101

Sounds like you have a leading freon problem. Not something you an fix yourself.

the defrosting mode could a problem with the defroster timer. as for the bottom one if the top is not cooling the bottom one wont either. the freezer fan is what also keeps the bottom frig cool. the defrost timer should be on the bottom frig close to the ligth.

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heatman101

normaly the fridge has its own thermostat to keep the tem right, if this thermostat has stoped working it will do one of two things,,, freez every thing up as it wont turn off the compressor or will just stop working as it wont turn on the compressor,,, try turning up the thermostat first,

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heatman101

Hello bobbie50,
Welcome to Fixya,

You said, After making a louder than usual grumbling noise several times today, my refrigerator is no longer cold (freezer too). Please tell me I don;t have to buy a new one. my refrigerator is not working properly. The freezer keep thing cool but will not freeze. the bottom part does a little cooling ,but not like it should.


Help me with a little info.
What is the model # and the year or age of your fridge?
Let me know right away. I'm here for you!
Huuum