20 Most Recent Hotpoint HSS25GFP Side by Side Refrigerator - Page 2 Questions & Answers

First thing I'd do is defrost it completely, that means turning it off for a few hours with door open & letting the ice melt, you could be getting a buildup of ice in your freezer jamming the fan before the automatic defrost has time to clear it. Also check that the seals are sealing completely, (that can allow frost to form in freezer), if not use a hair dryer to soften them (gently) & mould them back into line.

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Here is a tip that I wrote about refrigerators and the fan noise that they develop sometimes...

Refrigerator Fan Noise

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The word is that many fridge manufacturers didn't insulate enough in the freezer door. The easiest fix I found for this is get some styrofoam from the walls of a cheap cooler and tape it to the inside of the freezer side door right behind where the water and ice dispenser are located. It works faster if you turn off the fridge for a couple of hours to let the water line thaw first. Then it should remain unfrozen.

most likely you have a defrost problem,usually the defrost heater part WR51X10055 and thermister wr55x10025.you can unplug the fridge,remove food and shelves to get at the back wall,with a hair dryer melt the ice,put a towel on the freezer floor,when you can remove the screws that hold the back wall on remove the screws and pull out the back panel so you can get at the evap coil,now melt out all the ice,get another towel and stick it under the evap coil so the melted water can't go down the drain hole under the coil,the pan that catches the water won't be able to handle all the melted water from the coil and this way it won't flood out onto your floor,once you have the ice melted your fridge will run normally for 7 to 10 days so you can get the parts and still keep your food cold,if you already moved your food just keep it unpluged until you get the parts that are bad.when you have the ice melted you'll see the heater on the bottom of the coil,you have to remove the two phillips screws,remove the heater from the coil bracket,disconnect the two wires and check the heater with a meter,also on the top of the coil you'll see a white piece that kind of looks like a bullet,if this has a black ring around it where the wires connect to it you should change that too,the new part is all white,it's made better but if you're in there already and the heater is bad i would change the thermister too.you also have a mother board in the back of the machine part WR55X10942 that also could be bad but i'd check the heater first.good luck and hope this helps you out

Possible failed water inlet solenoid valve or the water line is frozen.

Rust is cause by presence of water you either have condensation (due to we insulation) or some kind of water leak.

First you'll need to determine whether it's a sealed system issue or failure of some other part. Troubleshooting system problems is beyond the scope of this media. YouTube has literally hundreds of such videos.

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You need to remove the door from the refrigerator, then remove from the door the plastic frame carefuly, its snaping, and attach the new (1/4") line to the end of existing line then pull up the existing line softhly until the new one appears, check before all this if the line is broken at then of door or in the middle and if leak is below the refrigerator check from the solenoid to the door.

The same thing happened to me then I noticed ice had formed at the bottom of our fridge. It was covering a drain hole so water was leaking out the front of fridge instead of going to the drain pan or wherever the hole goes. After I chipped out the ice and cleared the hole with warm water the leak stopped. I also fixed another leak coming from bottom of fridge caused by a loose brass connection on water line going to the door.

Have you tried plugging it in to a different outlet? You may have too many things using that same circuit. Seems worth a try - hope it helps. We found that our fridge was using the same circuit as our washer and microwave and this kept it from popping the breaker after we used another outlet.

The refrigerator has a blocked condensate drain line. In most Hotpoint models it is easily accesed by pulling out the bin at the bottom. There should be a drain grommet at the center of a trough in back. This plugs up. You may have to pour hot water the thaw out the ice and then either blow out the drain tube or I use a 5/15 plastic hose and push it through the drsin to clear it out. this should fix the problen for a long time. Food particles etc. collect in the drain and ice forms around them and blocks the drain.