Freezer frosts up maytag mf12269veb5 doesnt defrost properly

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a manual defrost will help in the sense that it will healp save your food now if you dont mind spending a little cash may i suggest you go buy a eurika 350 hand held steamer its great for defrosting and about 1000 other thuings around your house you canget it at lowes places like that after defrosting the unit will freeze again in about two to three days depending on how many times you open your door reply to this thered with the appox age of your unit and i can better advise from there some times as in the case of a stuck theroma stat if seen it fix them but i wouldnt count on it hold my rating tii we are done

SOURCE: Defrosting of freezer periodically

You could have a problem with the defrost heater or it could be a problem with the control board. Hope that helps.

Mike Price

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• Posted on Aug 16, 2009

SOURCE: GE side by side is not freezing properly

Hi, With the information you supplied i'm going to assume there is an ice build up at the rear of the freezer. Your problem is going to be with your defrost system. I will also assume you have the ability to repair this yourself. This is going to be one of three problems with your refridgerator, 1st thing to do is remove shelfs and panel in the back of the freezer...you should see ice build up on the evaporator...don't worry get a hair dryer and melt the ice. Next locate the wires for the heater...using a multi meter test the heater for condinuity...if the heater is bad replace it, If the heater is good replace the defrost thermostat..the stat normally is a barrel looking part clipped onto the evaporator pipe. The last possible problem could be the evaporator fan, have you heard the fan running in the past few hours?..if you are not sure pull the panel out to where you can see fan and watch it over an hour to see if it turns. I have included links with pictures of what the parts you need to check are: http://romulusappliance.com/manufacturers/maytag/refrigerators/575432.JPG defrost stat http://www.hotekalliance.com/UploadFiles/2008627111553382.jpg heaters http://www.applianceblog.com/archives/EvapMotor1018185.jpg evap fan. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions please feel free to comment again. If you decide to get a repair guy in should not cost you any more then $120 - $200 depending on make/model/problem Good luck! P.s please don't forget to rate my solution....Mike

SOURCE: freezer defrosts, things melt then frost up

You have a defrost system failure. You can verify this by take off the rear shield of the freezer and looking at your evaporator coil. If it has a large amount of ice built up on it, then your defrost circuit is not functioning. The defrost circuit is made up of the heater (WR51X10055), the defrost thermostat (WR50X10068) that are located in the freezer section close to the evaporator coils and a timing circuit that is part of the main control board (WR55X10942) which is located in your component compartment at the lower rear.
NOTE: If you defrost the evaporator coils the refrigerator should operator normally for about two weeks (until the ice builds back up).
Hope this helps! Hal aka ImJustAvg