Side by side Maytag frig that is warm on top, not bottom

Yes, you can remove the panel in freezer side. After you remove the panel and all the ice is gone, look at the bottom of the evap coil and you will see a glass tube about 6-8" long if it looks like it's burnt on the ends or the glass tube look dislolored then you have a bad defrost heater. On some Maytag models as a cost saving measure they only put on heater in the fridge, if that is the case that's why it burnt up. If the heater or heaters are not burnt up it will be your defrost limit klixon. it will be on the top section of the evap coil right side. You can go to sears.com you will need to have the model number of the fridge,and order the parts online and get the parts for what a contractor would pay and mark up. I don't know if this is something you think you can fix yourself or not but I'll leave that decision up to you. Yes, you can remove the panel in freezer side. After you remove the panel and all the ice is gone, look at the bottom of the evap coil and you will see a glass tube about 6-8" long if it looks like it's burnt on the ends or the glass tube look dislolored then you have a bad defrost heater. On some Maytag models as a cost saving measure they only put on heater in the fridge, if that is the case that's why it burnt up. If the heater or heaters are not burnt up it will be your defrost limit klixon. it will be on the top section of the evap coil right side. You can go to sears.com you will need to have the model number of the fridge,and order the parts online and get the parts for what a contractor would pay and mark up. I don't know if this is something you think you can fix yourself or not but I'll leave that decision up to you.

Yes you can replace it yourself, if you feel comfortable doing it yourself. As before if you order the parts from the website I gave you before make sure to get the defrost limit comes with the heater. When you enter the model number it will put sections of the refrigerator and give you a parts diagram breakdown so you can look at the parts to make sure your ordering the correct ones. The defrost heater will probably come with the defrost limit just letting you know it might be an extra part that you might have to order. Yes you can replace it yourself, if you feel comfortable doing it yourself. As before if you order the parts from the website I gave you before make sure to get the defrost limit comes with the heater. When you enter the model number it will put sections of the refrigerator and give you a parts diagram breakdown so you can look at the parts to make sure your ordering the correct ones. The defrost heater will probably come with the defrost limit just letting you know it might be an extra part that you might have to order.