What are the most common causes of refrigerator problems?

Today it is almost impossible to live without a refrigerator. No one has time to go to the grocery store every day, buying only what they need for their next meal. Given how important our refrigerators are to our daily lives, it makes sense to learn a little about them. With that in mind, we've put together a short guide that outlines the most common causes of refrigerator failures and how to prevent them so you don't need emergency refrigerator repairs.

Problems with the icemaker

It may surprise you, but an ice maker is one of the most common causes of refrigerator failure, especially during the summer. Common problems with an ice maker include freezing of the water supply line to the ice maker, which occurs when the temperature in the freezer is too low. Another problem is too high a temperature. In this case, the ice tends to melt and refreeze as the door opens and closes, turning your individual ice cubes into one huge block of ice. This may damage the ice maker.

Ice maker problems are usually easy to fix. If you've fixed your freezer temperature issues and the problem persists, you may need to replace the icemaker's condenser coils or something like the icemaker's water inlet valve. But this will require you to go to a refrigerator repair shop.

Refrigerator running all the time

If your fridge is running all the time, chances are you've been overloading it and it's having to work harder to keep things cool inside. Due to too much food in the refrigerator, the motor-compressor is loaded. If your refrigerator runs all the time, then it's probably just a matter of time before it stops working altogether. If, after making sure your refrigerator is not full, you find that it runs all the time, you probably need a refrigerator repair.

Bad wiring

Bad wiring can cause your refrigerator to stop working altogether. Luckily, it's usually fairly easy and relatively inexpensive for an expert to replace faulty wiring and fix your refrigerator. If your fridge freezes completely, it's usually worth checking it out before completely replacing it with a new one, as this is often an easy-to-fix electrical problem.

Ffreon leak

Fixing a refrigerant leak is fairly easy for a refrigerator repair technician, but the problem is that once a leak has occurred, you can almost always expect more leaks. If your refrigerator runs all the time without getting cold, and if you can tell that the air supplied to your refrigerator is not noticeably colder than room temperature air, then the problem is almost certainly a refrigerant leak. If you have a new refrigerator, it might be worth getting it repaired, even if the warranty has already expired. However, if you have an older model, a refrigerant leak could mean it's time to buy a new refrigerator.