Fix a 7 year old fridge or just get a new one?

[GilpinGuy]

Our 7 yo LG fridge stopped keeping both the fridge and the freezer cold. The coils were virtually spotless, so no problem there. I'm stumped so I got the local appliance repair guy to check it out.

Guy says the compressor is shot and needs to be replaced, but good luck finding anyone that will come up here to fix it. He doesn't do compressors himself. He also tells me that I'd be lucky to go another 2 years after a new compressor is installed before it blows up again. $65 for the guy.

I find an "authorized LG repair facility" in Denver. They want $90 to come up and tell me what I already know. Plus they won't give me a labor estimate on replacing the compressor without me doling out the $90 to have their tech come up.....to tell me what I already know.

I'm getting frustrated and ready to just buy a new fridge, but 7 years ain't that old. But they don't make em like they used to.

Any experiance with this sort of stuff?

[Irving]

I'd think that $200 or under for another two years would probably be worth it. Give you some time to research a new one.

[Great-Kazoo]

Have you priced a new one, lately?

Last sticker[s] we saw was IMO insane

[thedave1164]

LOL my LG fridge crapped out yesterday, was 46 degrees in the freezer when we noticed something was wrong, 56 this morning.

Called Home Depot, which is where we bought it and have the extended warranty through them, it will be next Wed before the tech can come out, pretty sure it is the compressor, it doesn't run.

LG is not on my list of recommended appliances after this one, we have had it 2.5 years, and have another 2.5 years on the warranty, they already had to replace the ice maker 2 months ago

[Jamnanc]

Fuck lg.

My first fancy new stainless French fridge shit the bed after two years. The repair was going to cost a grand, even with the free compressor. I won’t buy anything that says lg after my poor customer service.

[fitterjohn]

If you have it repaired don't skimp on getting someone good. My experience on small appliances like that is someone brakes in a new compressor,condenser,evap,ext and they plug a line and then you chase a restriction forever. Watched a boss and coworker at another company blow 10k trying to fix a 2k cooler

[beast556]

Memorial day weekend is just around the corner. I would wait and jump on a good deal.

If you have the tools and know how to change the compressor I would change it. If your gonna have to pay a service call and labor and there 20% plus mark up on parts it makes more sense to buy a new one. Just my 2 cents.

[GilpinGuy]

Looks like Home Depot is having a Memorial Day sale, so we're going for a new one. The one I was looking at last night went down $400 overnight. I don't have time to screw around for 2 weeks getting this POS fixed.

[beast556]

Looks like Home Depot is having a Memorial Day sale, so we're going for a new one. The one I was looking at last night went down $400 overnight. I don't have time to screw around for 2 weeks getting this POS fixed.

That is what I would do. Once you get it fixed fan motors and other shit will burn out from having to work double time from the failing compressor.

[MrPrena]

Wow. I was thinking LG was better than Samsung in terms of residential refrigerator.
I bought a Samsung Refrigerator about year ago, and all working great. However, the ice maker makes very loud noice during ice drop and water refill.
Even now, I even have to listen from upstrairs carefully to see if it ice maker or [maybe possible] intruder.

[thedave1164]

So update, I left the fridge plugged in and running, this morning it is cold, and making ice.

WTH, I don't trust it right now.............

[Irving]

I always assumed that LG made decent stuff, but I'm glad I read all the experiences here before I went out and bought one.

[BushMasterBoy]

So update, I left the fridge plugged in and running, this morning it is cold, and making ice.

WTH, I don't trust it right now.............

I think there is a thermal switch that protects the compressor. I changed one out on my friends fridge. It had a lot of cat hair on the coils. It wasn't too difficult.

[newracer]

So update, I left the fridge plugged in and running, this morning it is cold, and making ice.

WTH, I don't trust it right now.............

Could be your defrost timer, very common to fail, easy to check and easy to replace.

[TheGrey]

So update, I left the fridge plugged in and running, this morning it is cold, and making ice.

WTH, I don't trust it right now.............

LOL- Murphy's Law.

If you're holding on to the fridge, might I suggest you use it for things that are convenient to chill, but not necessary, such as canned/bottled beverages, condiments, and the like. That way, if it craps out again you don't lose foodstuffs.

[CS1983]

Kegerator!

[Alpha2]

Yes, MrPrena, Samsung, and every other ice maker apparently, is total crap. We're on our second, and the repair guy said none of them work, and ours would be the same POS as what we were replacing, so don't bother. We bothered anyway, cause I pitched a bitch and got them to replace it under warranty, (2 weeks out of warranty). The "new one" failed almost immediately. Independent repair guy was telling the truth. So, we got a full refund from Samsung, still have the fridge, have to scrape ice from the ice maker every three days, and have to dump the shot glass full of water before getting any ice from the ice maker, and don't have a serial number sticker anymore. We're good. It doesn't work, they know it doesn't work, they don't have a fix, and don't care about us anymore. I say make do with what you have, save your money, and don't EVER buy an extended warranty from Home Depot.

[Erni]

MIL's Samsung icemaker was a pita. It constantly froze solid or melted or something, been too many years. Found a service bulletin and tore the whole thing up, did all the bulletin work and then it started working fine. Been a few years, but so far it works fine.

[kidicarus13]

MIL's Samsung icemaker was a pita. It constantly froze solid or melted or something, been too many years. Found a service bulletin and tore the whole thing up, did all the bulletin work and then it started working fine. Been a few years, but so far it works fine.Common Samsung refig problem. Here is the fix, parts 1 & 2... https://youtu.be/l5y0CqH09kU

[thedave1164]

So I am going to pull the covers on the back of the fridge and vacuum off everything, right now it seems to be working, and I have thermometers in the freezer and refrigerated sections to monitor the temps.

I have till Tuesday to cancel the service call, so we will see what happens

[fitterjohn]

So I am going to pull the covers on the back of the fridge and vacuum off everything, right now it seems to be working, and I have thermometers in the freezer and refrigerated sections to monitor the temps.

I have till Tuesday to cancel the service call, so we will see what happens
Sounds like your compressor was opening the thermaloverload. Spray some soap bubbles on the piping while it's running and see if you get a bunch of bubbles formig

[Stu_Padaso]

R290 IS THE FUTURE 134a is trash

[thedave1164]

looks like the control board was bad, tech replaced it and we are GTG for a while longer