Ghost in the Samsung RFG297AARS refrigerator? Not cooling right

[blondedrum]

Model Number

RFG297AARS

Brand

Samsung

Age

More than 10 years

Please help! I have the Samsung RFG297AARS French Door Refrigerator. The problem started with it not cooling right. It would randomly get warmer. The refrigerator would get up to the 50s and the freezer into the 40s. It would get cooler again after a day or 2. It then stopped cooling altogether. It appears the compressor is not turning on. All fans are working. There is no defrosting issue.

The inverter board was blinking 5 times. Inverter board was replaced. Still blinked 5x. Main PCB was changed. Still blinking 5x. OLP was good and windings on compressor were good. It has been plugged in for a week and not cooling. Last night the compressor kicked on and it is now at correct temperatures. I am at my wits end! Has anyone seen anything like this? Please help!

Thank you
Justin

 

[Jake]

Hi Justin,

Back in Nov. 2022 another person had a very similar issue, check everything I mentioned to him first, your model number is the exact same one he has:

FIXED - RFG297AARS/XAA compressor turns off after an hour

My Samsung RFG297AARS/XAA will not keep cool and compressor turns off. When I plug it in everything powers up, compressor kicks on and gets warm, light on inverter board is solid red, and the fridge and freezer start to cool BUT only for about an hour. After that the compressor turns off and...

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