The short answer
The ARF roster spans several capacity cores rather than one, so the cabinets it covers differ in how far air and meltwater have to travel inside them, and each entry carries a bracketed chassis reference alongside the model code, so the full code and not the family name is what identifies a part. This page covers one Arctic King refrigerator line: the models it spans and where to go for each fault it produces.
What goes wrong, and where each one is covered
- Not cooling properly — Slug: arctic-king-arctic-king-refrigerator-arf-refrigerator-cooling-failure-2 — The cabinet runs without pause and is cool rather than cold, or one compartment holds while the other drifts. Diagnosed in full on the Not Cooling or Not Freezing page.
- Water on the floor — Slug: arctic-king-arctic-king-refrigerator-arf-refrigerator-water-leak-2 — Water under the crispers and out of the door, or a wet patch at the back of the cabinet. Diagnosed in full on the Water Leak page.
- An unfamiliar noise — Slug: arctic-king-arctic-king-refrigerator-arf-refrigerator-abnormal-noise-2 — A chirp that stops when the door opens, a buzz from the back, or a rattle that stops under hand pressure. Diagnosed in full on the Abnormal Noise or Vibration page.
- No ice, or poor ice — Slug: arctic-king-arctic-king-refrigerator-arf-refrigerator-ice-production-2 — A dry mould, standing water that never freezes, or hollow and shrunken cubes. Diagnosed in full on the Ice Maker Fault page.
Problem classes in the order they are met
- Not cooling properly — Met first on this line — it leads because the common versions are airflow restrictions rather than failures, and restrictions build quietly over weeks.
- Water on the floor — Met second on this line — the cabinet makes water at every defrost, so the usual fault is the route that water takes rather than a component failure.
- An unfamiliar noise — Met third on this line — noise is common and mostly cheap, because the usual sources are the two fans, loose hardware or a cabinet that is not level.
- No ice, or poor ice — Met last on this line — production depends on water arriving and on the compartment being cold enough, so most failures here are upstream of the mechanism.
- Body: No counted sample stands behind this order, so it is written as an order and never as a share.
Models in the ARF family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| ARF10MW | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF12MSS | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MBSS(D) | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MBSS(D)1 | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MSS(D) | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MSS(D)1 | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MSS(D)2 | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MW(D) | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MW(D)1 | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF18MW(D)2 | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF31MW | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF44MW | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
| ARF44MW1 | arctic-king:refrigerator:arf |
Fault profile for this line — Problem classes in the order they are met on this line, not in counted shares: no warehouse sample stands behind this table.
General guidance| Problem class | Order met |
|---|---|
| Not cooling properly | Most common |
| Water on the floor | Second |
| An unfamiliar noise | Third |
| No ice, or poor ice | Least common |
What is owner work on this line
Nearly every first check on this line is free, which is why they are worth doing in order before calling anyone.
Other lines of this appliance
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