Good evening, hopefully someone can help me. I bought a house with an older model Hotpoint refrigerator in is. I see now why they left it behind. It has worked fine for the past 8 months now problems. It was making a really loud noise, kinda like a plane crashing, and then it would quit. It did this a couple times in the evening so then I went and shut the temperature dial to off. This solved the problem but now my freezer works fine and the fridge isn't cooling at all. The compressor is working and the condenser fan is working as well. Can someone help me with this please!? Thanks!

Thanks.. That is the model number that is on the sticker inside the freezer door.. I know.. Something is wrong because whenever I put that model number into a search engine it comes up wrong. Is the damper control just the little plastic valve that covers the air output to the fridge because that is open.. Unless there is something else in there.

Well, that is the only number I can find. There is a serial number. What do hotpoint model numbers normally start with?

Ok, I unplugged my hotpoint refridgerator for the weekend and then plugged it in on Sunday. It works fine! This leads me to believe that it was frozen up inside and not allowing the cold air to move from the freezer to the fridge. Does this sound like a defrost timer problem? If so, it is very easy to change and I had it off and contemplated changing it but didn't want to spend extra on a fridge that might not be worth fixing. Now I believe it is. Please help.