My wife left the refrigerator side open for an hour yesterday evening around 8pm and since then, although it may just be a coincidence, the unit is no longer cooling on the refrigerator side. After about 12 hours of cooling, I would think the refrigerator side should be back to normal.

When I checked the fridge this morning before work, it seemed that the freezer side was cool, although not as frigid as what I remembered it to be when previously opening up the freezer. Nothing was melting, it just didn't seem as cold as it usually is. The pound of bacon I had put back in the freezer was about 2/3 frozen after being in there for what I would guess to be about 7 hours.

On the fridge size, it's pretty warm, probably 60 degrees. I can barely feel any cool air coming out of the top left vent.

From what I have read, it sounds like it could be a faulty defroster on the freezer side, a bad opener for the vent that leads into the refrigerator compartment, or a bad control panel. I did **not** see any ice buildup on the back wall of the freezer. I don't think this unit has a defrost timer that I can check. Is the defrost action controlled by the control panel?

When I get home, I plan on opening up the back of the freezer to check to see if the evaporator coil is frozen.

From other's experiences with this model, what else is likely to be the issue on this particular unit that is about 6 years old?

Thanks for any help and advice.

Would somebody mind telling me-

1. The expected resistance of the thermistor in the refrigerator side. 16,300 ohms?

2. How to test the continuity on the diffuser on the fridge side.

Also, where is the Defrost Timer on this refrigerator? Does it have one or is the heating electronically controlled by the control board?

Thanks so much!

Why is no one replying to this thread? I have read the sticky and feel that I am asking intelligent questions that a search could not uncover. Hmmmmmmmm.