Amana AFD2535DES French Door Refrigerator - Answered Questions & Fixed issues

We had the same issues with the water freezing and called a technician out. He added some extra insulation installed around the water lines inside the refrigerator and we also keep our frig at 40 degrees Fahrenheit, slightly above the manufacturers default setting. Hope this helps.

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Is the display flashing when you try and use it or can you hear the dispenser door opening and closing rapidly (clicking or clapping sound)? These are prone to the board going bad and losing the dispenser. Is the "ice" light lit on the dispenser? The touch pad could be bad too. Do you hear the auger motor turning the ice when you press the dispenser? or just the "shhhhhhh" of the water coming out? If there is ice in the bucket then that is not the problem. Dump it and listen if you hear new ice drop to verify. There is no such part called an "ice element". Ice maker-yes.. Heating element-yes.. Ice dispenser-yes

I would say you have a bad jazz board,do this open the right hand side door of the fridge,you'll see on the touch pad the up and down arrows,hold the light switch in and press the down key three times,let go of the light switch press the down button again and i think it says like s and p can't remember but press the down one more time and you should see 4 and 4 or whatever settings you had if you see this close the door,open the freezer, by doing what i told you you manually put it into defrost,if you hear the compressor running the board is bad part WPW10503278 and i have to tell you i've changed quite a few of these boards.also if the strip between the doors are hot check you coil on the bottom,usually when this happens the condenser coil is blocked with dust or the condenser fan isn't blowing,if you ever find the fan not blowing you can get a house fan and blow it onto the compressor and coil this will keep it cool until you change out the fan motor and you won't loose any food but that's another day.your coil might just need to be cleaned or the jazz board could be causing this because the compressor is running longer than it should.if you unplug the fridge,melt out all the ice off of the coil as best you can but the more the better you'll be able to use the fridge like normal for like 10 to 12 days then the coil will freeze up again so order the board melt out the ice with a hair dryer and you should be fine,if you need a hand programming the new board let me know i would tell you how to do it but i don't know if people are getting my answers nobody writes back,so open the freezer door,open the right side door,hold the light switch in,push the down button three times,let go of the light switch and push the down pad again and one more time you should see settings again,close the door,if compressor is running the board is bad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUoGLZYv... one more thing if you remove the bottom kick plate there should be a tech sheet either folded up and it's in the kick plate or it's in a plastic pouch taped up to the floor check right side but could be on left too and clean the coil while you're down there

Possible the source of the trouble you are having is the bracket might not be available or available separately. Most parts lists have an exploded drawing showing all the parts and these are an invaluable aid to obtaining the correct spare parts. I suggest you ask the service department to fax or email a drawing to you.

There a number of reasons that ice forms on the evaporator coil. One is no air flow or not enough air flow over the coil. Another reason could be the unit is not going into defrost. There will be some ice on evap coil most of the time, but the defrost cycle should remove the ice. If there is not enough air flow across the coil to take away the cold, the coil will build up ice. I would check the defrost cycle and make sure there is not an obstruction in the circulating fan system. On the older refrigerators you could turn the defrost timer to defrost, but the newer models have circuit boards, and I am not sure how to force the defrost.

there is two adjusters at the front corners of the fridge

If you are sure the fan in the freezer is running and you don't feel any air flow out of the top middle vent inside the fridge section, then the damper motor must be bad. The damper motor is behind that vent cover inside the fridge section.

Unfortunately he may be right. however, There are a couple things you can check. Is it built-in, meaning... do you have cabinets, directly above? Impeding, being able to raise the front of the unit, so that it can "tilt" towards the rear? Do you follow me? Make sure the doors have jars, bottles, whatever... the weight helps.. Down on the floor, the fronts usually have adjustments, allowing this feature for the purpose in mind.. check too, there are no obstructions.. meaning the drawers aren't in any way coming in contact (where even slightly could intrude.) check foods or containers do pass beyond the edges of the shelves. If I recall, 5-7 lbs of outward pressure, is required by law, to enable the doors of any unit to open. Check the gaskets on the hinge sides, they should be resting Flat, (the same way the top rests, against the metel surface when t he door is closed. )

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The control arm on ice maker broke off

sure , if you look underthe handle is there perahps a small screwhole in which you can tighten handle??this may be prior year in which case if there are no screw holes present you need to grab hold of handle and with a "brisk" pull to the right it will come off hiddenclips, the clips can be t ightened and resecure by snapping back the oppisite way the handle pullled off

Is the compressor running?

You may want to test the ice maker voltage to the fill valve( using a short length of insulated 14 guage wire, with both ends stripped, and a multi meter or test light attached the the icemaker fill valve wires, insert the end of the wire into the "T" and "H" openings in the front of the ice maker, hold the wires there until the main gear starts to rotate, then remove the wire. When the rake arm reaches the 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock position, the control module should send 120 VAC to the fill valve and the light or meter should indicate the voltage is present.Please post back your results so I may help you further.Regards,Richard Rothhttp://appliancecafe.com

I had the same issue. It was the relay overload which essentially provides the extra boost to get the compressor going. The switch tries for about 10 seconds before giving up and then retries 3 - 4 minutes later. In the early stages of failure, eventually it will work and the compressor will kick on. But eventually the switch will fail and will just cycle through the 10 second attempt every 3 to 4 minutes. The part is about $35 - part number 67005560.

thermostat faulty, or maybe defrost timer/heater not working

Yes there is a heater there that will eliminate frost from growing on it. There is no worry here that is normal.

I would first check all water supply's inside and out to make sure we have water at the solonoid, then check to make sure the door switch has power and is working properley, then I would check to make sure of the proper operation of water solonoid, check it for sticking and make sure the coil is not fried. Hope this helps

Denese Service Manual for your AFD2535DES is HERE and the test I need you to do may seem a little hard to do but feel we can identify the problem as either a=> 67003903 Air Damper or a 12002355 Thermistor You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view these documents. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is available as a free download. I also want you to remove the rear panel inside the back of your freezer and insure that no ice or frost buildup is causing the 67003903 Air Damper to be stuck in the open position. Testing/Check resistance across terminals on the two terminals on the 67003903 air damper. If no resistance across terminals replace damper control. Once you are able to download the Service Manual I will be here explain and to answer any question you have. Thanks, Sea Breeze 12002355 Thermistor

the evaporator coil is frozen. i have had this problem for a while. i just figured it out. i believe the compressor is not shutting down. everone else is talking about a bbad fan but that might be a symptom of a frozen coil. i am further investigating.[email protected] (self proclaimed worlds best troubleshooter)