Question about Roper RT21AKXKQ Top Freezer Refrigerator

Frigerator not cooling

Okay, here goes. Both fans are running, compressor getting warm, but not kicking over. I do hear a clicking noise, like the compressor is trying to kick in, but never does. It will do this every 5-10 min. It clicks twice. I have tried unplugging it for hours, thinking maybe it would reset. I was out of town Saturday night and came back to a warm frige. It was stormy that night, so I don't know if the power was surging. Please tell me this is a small part that can be replaced and not the compressor. I have a Roper RT21LMXKQ00. It was made 1-02. So it not that old, just old enough that the warranty just expired. GO figure. I did clean the coils about a week before this happen.

melissame99 Sep 09, 2008

freezer is working, frige is not cooling.....checked fan and it runs, what next?
Shirley86 Mar 12, 2009

I am having the same problem, but I let the compressor cool off and plugged it back in, with a thermomoter I watched as the temp went down.... it got down to 2.5 degrees, I thought it had reset itself from being unplugged, but when I got up the next morning it was 50 degrees in the freezer?? is this a small problem. I have checked the cost of a compressor $$$$$

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Anonymous

Pull the thermostat out and short the two wires together and see if the fridge cools,

Posted on Apr 18, 2007

Anonymous

COMPRESSOR TURNS ON EVERY TWO MINUTES

Posted on Jun 05, 2008

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