Maytag side by side refrigerator does not get cool

A refrigerator has one cooling unit and distributes cold air via fans and ducts. The freezer gets the bulk of the cooling and much less goes to the refrigerator box. If the freezer is cold your cooling unit is working, you must have either a bad fan or blockage between the cooling unit and the refrigerator box.

Some fridges use the same air fridge gets its cold from freezer the duct could be frozen closed a good defrost could do the trick

unplug unit and let defrost overnight, use a blow dryer to speed things up if you like , return air ducts are iced up by the evaporator coil,

return air ducts are frozen and need to be defrosted. unplug unit and with doors open , introduce warm air from a blowdryer for a couple of hours , the ducts that are frozen are behind the rear panel on the rear wall of the freezer

remove both crisper pans and check the return are duct opennings. next check if there's a built up frost/ice on the rear wall of the frzr. is you frzr fan blowing air? if so, there's a small window inside the refrig's freshfood side back wall towards the cieling, make sure that's open.the cover should snap off. if window/damper is open, go ahead an pour hot water down the return air ducts behind the crisper pans. they look like grill slots in one or both coners

Check to see if the evaporator fan is blowing. Sometimes removing the back panel to expose the fan and hand turning it can make it come back on. If this doesn't work then the fan is bad. Also make sure that there is good circulation to the fridge side. Food can sometimes block air flow.

These units only have coils on the freezer side and just blow cold air to the other side through small ducts. These ducts have a tendency to ice up and block the airflow. Do a manual defrost for about two (2) hours and then plug it back in. Hope this helps. Good luck.

Hi,
There are a few reasons why the refrigerator part will not cool...here are a couple of tips that will help you to figure out why the refrigerantor is not cooling...

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Something has stopped the cold air being ducted from freezer side to refrigerator side of things. Possibly duct blocked due to ice build up, evaporator not self defrosting etc. Turn unit off for a few days till it melts and then turn back on. If it was because a door has been left slightly open you will be ok. If for any other reason you will want to have it serviced in the next week or so.

Your condenser coil is frozen up with condensate...need to fix the defrost system, most likely it is the control sub module.