Operating Sounds
Improvements in refrigeration design may produce sounds in your new refrigerator that are different or were not
present in an older model. These improvements were made to create a refrigerator that is better at preserving food,
is more energy efficient and is quieter overall. Please note that the surfaces adjacent to a refrigerator, such as hard
walls, floors and cabinetry may make these sounds seem even louder. The following are some of the normal sounds
that may be noticed in a new refrigerator.
SOUND
Clicking
• Freezer control (A) clicks when starting or
stopping compressor.
• Defrost timer or electric damper control (B)
sounds like an electric clock and snaps in and
out of defrost cycle.
• Condenser fan (D) makes this noise while
Air rushing
or whirring
operating.
• Freezer fan (C) makes this noise while
operating.
• Freezer fan (C) slows to a stop as the freezer
door is opened.
• Evaporator (E) and heat exchanger (F)
Gurgling or
boiling sound
refrigerant make this noise when flowing.
• Ice cubes from ice maker drop into ice bucket (G).
Thumping
• Dispenser ice chute (H) closing.
Vibrating
• Compressor (I) makes a pulsating sound while
running.
noise
• Refrigerator is not level.
Buzzing
• Ice maker water valve (J) hookup buzzes when
ice maker fills with water.
• Ice maker (K) is in the 'on' position without
Humming
water connection.
• Ice auger (L) hums as auger agitates ice during
dispensing.
• Compressor (I) can make a high pitched hum
while operating.
• Solenoid valve (M) operating ice chute door.
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POSSIBLE CAUSE
SOLUTION
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• See Leveling (see page 9).
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• Stop sound by raising ice maker arm
to OFF position. See Automatic Ice
Maker, page 18 for details.
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
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