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The 4w5ij90 family covers a long revision run of ten models. They are one platform rather than a catalogue, which is what makes a shared fault list mean anything. Temperature is the class that dominates, and it drags the leak and the ice complaints along with it more often than not.
The problem classes on this platform
- Runs but will not hold temperature — The cabinet hums all day and never gets cold, or one compartment holds while the other drifts. Covered on the cooling page.
- Water under the drawers or on the floor — Water that arrives in slugs is the drain or the fill; water that seeps all day is plumbing. Covered on the water-leak page.
- A noise the cabinet did not used to make — Open a freezer door: a noise that stops is inside it, one that continues is behind it. Covered on the noise page.
- The ice maker has stopped filling the bucket — An empty bucket with everything else normal, or cubes coming out hollow and half formed. Covered on the ice-maker page.
Ordered by how often it comes up
- Cooling — Leads here. The class that produces the other three as symptoms.
- Water — Next. Usually a drain that has silted up rather than a joint that has failed.
- Noise — Next. Fans, fasteners and feet, plus normal cycle noise read as a fault.
- Ice — Least common. Cheap causes dominate: supply, shutoff arm, freezer temperature.
The 4w5ij90 model matrix
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| 4w5ij90-07 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-08 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-09 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-10 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-11 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-12 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-13 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-14 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-15 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
| 4w5ij90-16 | amana:refrigerator:4w5ij90 |
The shape of the fault list — No snapshot carries a component share here, so the column is a position rather than a share and no denominator is printed.
General guidance| Problem class | Position on this family |
|---|---|
| Runs but will not hold temperature | Leading class |
| Water under the drawers or on the floor | Second |
| A noise the cabinet did not used to make | Third |
| The ice maker has stopped filling the bucket | Least common |
What to do before you start
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel; a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off.
What is owner work here
Anything reachable without a panel — coil, feet, drain, shutoff arm, filter — is owner work on these models.
Other families of this brand
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