Hello,

Model Number: GE TBX18KKB

Symptoms:

• Freezer was working fine, but fridge got up to 70 degrees. Yikes!
  
• Had a guy out and he tested/replaced the defrost things and manually defrosted the coils.
  
• Fridge got down the around 50 degrees and occasionally dips to 40, but runs constantly.
  
• Doesn't seem to be moving much air into the fridge compartment. Is this a forced air system or is the density gradient the only thing making the air move to the fridge?
  
• Freezer is still super cold and keeping my ice cream supply frozen.

I searched but I couldn't find someone with a hotpoint fridge with the same issue and I am limited on time so I only read about 10 pages of this forum (and I'm certain I came to the right place for expert help).

Last night I noticed my fridge section wasn't as cool as it should so I opened the freezer side and noticed there was a glowing coil behind the freezer wall and there was a sizzling noise. I waited for a few minutes and unplugged the fridge since I was worried about the glowing coil since I didn't know at the time it was just the defrost and I was worried. I plugged the fridge up about 10 minutes later and waited for the fan to start running again which it eventually did. And the fridge side still wasn't cooling at all.
I checked and there was no blockages on the top part of the fridge where the cold air comes in. And I only found one small hole at the bottom of the fridge going to the freezer side and that wasn't blocked up either. I noticed after I plugged the fridge up that a little bit of frost was on the back wall of the freezer side. And about the same was on the wall this morning. I think I unplugged and the fridge during the defrost cycle and it hasn't been able to defrost all the way since them (correct me if I'm wrong).

The freezer fan used to make a terrible pulsing sound where it sounded like the fans speed would go up and down making it sound like the fan was struggling to spin. It doesn't do this all of the time so I didn't really worry about it. And when I plugged the fridge back in last night, and when I checked it this morning. The fan sounded normal and was blowing air on the freezer side.

From the looks of the diagrams for my Hotpoint fridge (model: HSS25GFTA WW) I don't think there is a fan dedicated to put air in the fridge side. I only see a little door opening in the "fresh food" side. My next course of action when I get home tonight is to pull the back panel off the freezer side and check things out.

So to recap, I unplugged my fridge when the defrost heater was on (which cut on by itself, so maybe not a faulty defrost timer). This was after I noticed the fridge side wasn't cooling. Fan is blowing cold air on freezer side but no air flow on fridge side.

Thanks so much for your expert advice!!!

EDIT: Maybe it's the temperature thermostat in the section b/t fridge and freezer sides. http://www.appliancepartspros.c...em-number-ap3185407.aspx
Item number: AP3185407
I turned the fridge temp setting down all the way but it still didn't cut on. Would the fridge side not cut on at all if the thermostat is not reading anything?

Yep, temp in the freezer seems fine. Everything is still frozen solid. The more I read the more I think it's the evaporator fan. I stopped by a local appliance repair shop during lunch today and the guy said the same thing. Or maybe it's the fridge side sensor going bad.

Also, something else has been puzzling me. The guy at the shop said the most likely cause is the evap fan, and reading through this thread also leads me to believe that. But it doesn't make sense to me since the fan is still running. Only sometimes it makes a noise, but the fridge side stays at the right temp. How else could the air be circulated to the fridge side since there are no other fans (besides condenser fan) in the fridge. There is a little flap at the top between fridge/freezer sides, and I push that open and close the freezer but still no air comes out the fridge side. I open the freezer side and it seems to be still open.

My plans tonight are to check out the evap fan and see if there are any issues with it. And as for the frost build up you mentioned. I never had any kind of build up before so I'm really hoping my defrost timer/coil are in working order. There was only a slight build up when I first unplugged the fridge. Which is probably why I saw the defrost coil glowing.

The only things that I could see being the issue are (if there isn't frost build up that I haven't seen):
-fridge sensor not letting that flap stay open for a long enough time.
-evap fan not working properly

you know I had that problem with my samsung it was the fan. I had a Ge before that and I had the tech out and he said it was a temperature gauge fault. It still was not fixed. I finally had enough and worked on it. It was the door on the fridge side it kept lowering to the floor and the light contact switch was not tuerning off so the light was alwasy on and it was casuing all the issues.

Hello,

Just like many others in this thread, my freezer is working fine but the fridge is warm. It seems that the problems stem from the coils so I've attached a couple pictures of the coils. I have a GE and the model number is tfx26kpdaww. Please let me know if you need any additional information from and any guidance/help would be greatly appreciated it.

Thank you,

Norman