KitchenAid KRFF507HPS03 49 / 32 deg

[marcva]

This French door fridge is 15 months old. Had a new factory compressor installed 1 month ago (after a 2 month wait) worked fine at first. Now will not cool below 49 in fridge and 32 in freezer. Measuring with thermapen in glasses of water.

Compressor sounds happy. Thermostat? Butane top off?

I'm still under warranty, but want to understand how bad this will be.

[Marcplante]

Compressor is new. Compressor fan is running. Coils are clean. Both freezer and fridge are running warm.

[Budget Appliance Repair]

@marcva Most likely going to have to call them back - sounds like a very good possibility that one of their joints had a pinhole leak - bad connection either brazing or Loc-Ring whichever they used or possibly they missed a leak somewhere else.

Sounds like it's most likely low on refrigerant again if it was working after the repair and gradually started to warm up/not get as cold as it should.

[marcva]

Tech came out and said the compressor was "Dead" because he was not a senior tech with refrigerant testing tools. He suspected that the previous tech didn't seal the new compressor right, but his form only allowed him to diagnose at the component level. Compressors are out of stock nationwide again for this fridge. We escalated to the technician's supervisor asking to have a tech sent out to troubleshoot and patch the compressor connection and recharge.

We shall see