My kitchen Aid motor is so loud. It is a high pitched hum Any ideas how to silence it? it is a mini refrigerator, under counter type.

SOURCE: High-pitched noise

Could you specify if noise is coming from : - The freezer - The outside back of the refrigerator - The bottom of the refrigerator

SOURCE: kitchen aid refrigerator superba

The pan is located under the front. Open the door, pull out and up on air vent grate at bottom of fridge. You may have to pull one end at a time to "un-pop" the grating. Once removed the pan is visible and can be pulled out for cleaning or replacement.

Denny Adams

• 125 Answers
• Posted on Mar 09, 2009

SOURCE: motor sounds loud and high pitched

most likely your bearings are shot. it will need a new motor

SOURCE: kitchen aid under counter ice maker

S, the interior light is timed. If you leave the door open for more than 5 minutes, it'll shut off automatically. Close the light switch manually (at the top up there) and hold for 5 seconds. After you release it, you may see a red LED where the clean light is... disregard for now.

Now replace all of the hoses you removed for cleaning. These can be cleaned using the "cleaning method" posted and labeled on the inside of you IM door.

Now go get some of this, or something similar and follow the cleaning instructions.

As an aside here... I ran a service call for a guy who did exactly what you did, except that he chose to go to Home Depot and get all new tubing. (!!!!) Well, the tubing didn't fit and even if it di it was routed improperly. Then he called me to come fix it.

Close to $200 later everything was back to normal. All he had to do in the first place was to maintain his IM like it was a swimming pool. Get the right chemicals and use them as instructed on the label.

Please don't misunderstand. I'm not scolding or anything like that... it's just that sometimes the simplest approach is the best approach. Your high dollar IM is a complicated and computer controlled piece of equipment, when you start pulling the guts out, the "brain" has a difficult time interpreting what your doing, that's all.

Let us know how it goes. If there are any additional symptoms, please let us know immediately.

SOURCE: Decreased suction and high pitch whine in motor

clean out suction tubes ther is something caught in them