My new refrigerator is so loud. I can hear it in my living room. I was told all new refrigerators are loud. Is this true?

Refrigerant and Freon are the same thing. Does the unit display any error messages? Does the fan work? Can you hear the outside compressor come on?

One thing that would concern me is the temperature that the compressor will go down to.

With a cold, or very cold, compressor the oil inside it will be sluggish possibly causing motor start up problems. There is also the fact that the refrigerant will have migrated to the coldest spot, namely the compressor, and this refrigerant will wash away any lubricant on start up.

The first thing I would suggest is that you fit a crankcase heater to the bottom half of the compressor and provide a permanent power supply to it.

Hi,

Many times a freezer and/or refrigerator do not work right because of a dirty condenser coil...there are also many other things that can go wrong.

If you are hearing a clicking or buzzing then check out the last two tips.

If your refrigerator is running but warm, then...

Check out these tips that I wrote about that... it is a great place to start trouble shooting your unit...and something that you can do rather then calling a repair person to do a simple thing for you...

Refrigerator Condenser Coil Cleaning Refrigerator Repair

Refrigerator Troubleshooting Refrigerator Compressor

Refrigerator Compressor Start Capacitor and Start Relay

Refrigerator or Freezer not Cooling or Getting Cold

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No....not short of sticking a pillow over the front of the door...Its a Samsung made in Korea.

When the motor inside the compressor stops, the internal springs absorb the momentum. If an internal spring breaks or (more likely) gets weak, it may allow the motor to bang against the outer case of the compressor. The refrigerator will most likely work many more years this way, but the only way to stop that noise would be to replace the compressor, which is cost prohibitive. If you can't live with the noise, buy a new energy efficeint refrigerator and recycle the old one or use it in the basement or give it away. PS. If you give nearly any refrigerator compressor, even a new unused one, a shake, you will hear it knock against it's outer case.

Not if the repair was done correctly. The oil was probablly lost with the refrigerant and it sounds like it (the oil) wasn't replaced.

take back lower cover off check the fan see if there is somthing in it, clean the coils while your down there take front grill off and clean there too, make sure you put the back, back on it needs to be there or fride will overheat

Is it hooked up to a water supply? If not, you are heaqring the water valve call for water and no water is available. If you are using plastic line, it could be kinked. You should change it to copper anyway as plastic very often fails and floods.

no all the fans have to be working for the unit to work correctly

is unit cooling? if not suspect a deficient compressor. if it likes makes a rattling noise really loud suspect compressor wear hope it can help.