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Buzzing noise every 5 to 10 minutes, like an ice machine turning

I have a Kenmore top freezer model that is about 5 years old. It started making a noise like when the ice maker drops the ice and refills however, I don't have an ice maker in use. At first the noise was ever 10 minutes, then it went to 5 minutes. Could this be the compressor or a switch that is trying to engage but can't?

  • Ziggy Lazer May 11, 2010

    perhaps you moved that bar that engages the icemaker.

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No ,very possible it is due to expansion. There is a covering on the return pipe called armour flex. this armourflex stops ice migration inside the walls of the fridge. If it breaks away, the ice expands around the pipe and and pushes on the insulation foam which then cracks and makes those loud noises. Have heard this noise many times on a particular brand of fridge to a point where some customers have dived for the floor thinking they are being shot at. Repairing that problem is a biggish repair and not cheap. You will find if it is the compressor it normally only happens at either start up or switch off (a clattering sound)

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