I have a Kenmore Side By Side Refrigerator model# 106.53552201 that has a cold freezer but warm fridge. I had a repair man out earlier in the day to look at it and when he took the panel off the back of the freezer to look at it the coils had some ice on the bottom quarter of them but the top quarter was wet and not frosted. He told me that I had a "low cool" situation and it wouldn't be worth fixing the freezer. So my husband and I spent the next three hours out shopping for a new Refrigerator. We bought one that was a lot of $$$ for us. We then got home and out of curiosity looked at the coils again and they are now all evenly covered in frost with no ice in the bottom quarter as it had been only a few hours prior. I told the repair man that the fridge and freezer had sat open for a bit while we emptied them into coolers and our garage freezer and that I had looked at the coils earlier and thought the top part that was now defrosted was frosted when I had seen them, but he convinced me that they couldn't have been based on what he was seeing right then. Well I am now starting to wonder if our Refrigerator is actually fixable since it appears to NOT be a low cool situation like he originally thought, I think the coils defrosted at the top while it was open and getting unloaded. I took the freezer alarm that I have on my garage freezer and stuck in in my refrigerator freezer and I am getting a reading of 14 degrees fahrenheit with the temp still slowly falling on the thermometer.

I guess I just need to know based on that info if I should have another company come out and look at the refrigerator before I have the new one delivered. I can get my money back on my new one, but need to cancel the delivery for tomorrow if it sounds like my old refrigerator can be fixed. I am all for fixing it myself if I can, just not sure how to figure out what is wrong with it.

Thanks

How would I go about checking the damper door? I am planning on leaving it running all night to check it in the morning. Delivery won't be until after 2 pm tomorrow so I could check the damper door first thing in the morning if someone gives me specific instructions how to find and look at that.

Thanks!

I think it will turn out to be the temp control for the fridge section. You can prop the damper open till you get it fixed. I would go with a different repairman. Of course you can replace the part yourself.

Part 12 on this diagram is the air diffuser assembly(damper)>KENMORE | Model #10653552201 | REFRIGERATOR | REFRIGERATOR LINER | SearsPartsDirect.com

Part 6 is your control board,temp control>http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/getSubComp.pd?modelNumber=10653552201&productCategoryId=0165000&brandId=0582&modelName=REFRIGERATOR&diagramPageId=00010&componentDescription=CONTROL&documentId=P0203369&backToLink=Return%20to%20Sub%20Components%20list

I believe the control part is all you need. The diffuser assembly seem to be going where it's told to. It'll have to be your call on which way to go. There's not a reason it won't last for 10 more years if fixed and replacing parts is not that complicated.