What this family is
The Allavino VSWR family is the widest matrix of this brand: many cabinet sizes, each repeated across door handing and finish codes.
The problems that happen on these models
- The cabinet runs but will not hold its temperature — The compressor is audible and the machine compartment is warm, but the air inside never comes down. — Slug: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-cooling-failure-2 — Link: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-cooling-failure-2
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor beside it — Where the water lands names the cause. Covered in full on: Allavino VSWR Refrigerator: Water Leak. — Slug: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-water-leak-2 — Link: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-water-leak-2
- The ice maker produces nothing, or produces bad ice — Look in the mould before anything else: dry means no water is arriving, slush means the compartment is not cold enough, and a fused block means the ejector is locked. — Slug: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-ice-production-2 — Link: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-ice-production-2
- A noise the cabinet did not used to make — Time it rather than describe it. Covered in full on: Allavino VSWR Refrigerator: Abnormal Noise. — Slug: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-abnormal-noise-2 — Link: allavino-allavino-refrigerator-vswr-refrigerator-abnormal-noise-2
Problem classes in frequency order on this family
- The cabinet runs but will not hold its temperature — Ranked first on this platform because a family this wide shares its control and differs in how hard the cabinet works it, so duty-related wear ranks above control faults here.
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor beside it — Second, and the platform is the reason: one control platform stretched over cabinets of very different size, so the same board runs a short duty cycle in the small ones and a long one in the large.
- The ice maker produces nothing, or produces bad ice — Third. It happens on every cabinet of this class, and nothing about this platform makes it more or less likely.
- A noise the cabinet did not used to make — Last.
- Body: Frequency without a denominator is not a claim, and no denominator reaches this page. Read the order as where to look first on this platform rather than as a measured share.
Models in the VSWR family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| VSWR121-2****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2BWLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2BWRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2SSLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR121-2SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1BWLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1BWRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1SSLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR128-1SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2BWLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2BWRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2SSLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR172-2SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR176-1****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR176-2****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1BWLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1BWRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1SSLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR177-1SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-1****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-1BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-1BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-1SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-1SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-1SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-2****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-2BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-2BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-2SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-2SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR30-2SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR36-2****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR36-2BWFN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR36-2SSFN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1BWLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1BWRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1SSLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-1SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2****-** | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2BL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2BR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2BWLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2BWRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2SL20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2SR20 | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2SSLN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
| VSWR56-2SSRN | allavino:refrigerator:vswr |
What is owner work on these models and what is not
The owner side on these models is whatever is reachable without a panel and without a meter: the door and its seal, the condenser coil, the clearance, the defrost drain and the ice bin.
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