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The Arctic Wind ABMW refrigerator family covers four listings, ABMW141E, ABMW170E and ABMW171E, plus the starred variants of those numbers shown in the table below. What those listings have in common is the model roster in the table below and nothing this page will claim beyond it; the complaints that dominate here are airflow-driven cooling loss and fan noise.
What goes wrong, and where to read about it
- A new noise from the cabinet or the machine compartment — Opening the freezer door switches the internal fan off, which is a free first test on these models. See: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Abnormal Noise or Vibration. — Slug: arctic-wind-arctic-wind-refrigerator-abmw-refrigerator-abnormal-noise — Title: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Abnormal Noise or Vibration
- The cabinet is running but no longer holding temperature — A warm refrigerator with a cold freezer is an airflow story on this layout, not a compressor story. See: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Not Cooling or Not Freezing. — Slug: arctic-wind-arctic-wind-refrigerator-abmw-refrigerator-cooling-failure — Title: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Not Cooling or Not Freezing
- The ice maker has stopped, or the cubes are poor — The shape of the cubes is the diagnosis: hollow means water volume, cloudy means freeze time. See: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Ice Maker Fault. — Slug: arctic-wind-arctic-wind-refrigerator-abmw-refrigerator-ice-production — Title: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Ice Maker Fault
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor — Dry everything and watch the timing: water that comes and goes tracks the defrost cycle. See: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Water Leak. — Slug: arctic-wind-arctic-wind-refrigerator-abmw-refrigerator-water-leak — Title: Arctic Wind ABMW Refrigerator: Water Leak
Problem classes in frequency order
- Water inside the cabinet or on the floor — A narrow cold drain is the thing that blocks on this layout.
- A new noise from the cabinet or the machine compartment — Rarely the compressor; almost always something with clearance.
- The cabinet is running but no longer holding temperature — A stalled defrost or a stopped fan, ahead of the sealed system.
- The ice maker has stopped, or the cubes are poor — The arm, the temperature or the supply, not the module.
- Body: Read this as an ordering, not as a measurement. The ABMW fact bundle carries no counts, so no share, rate or percentage appears on this page at all.
Models in the ABMW family — Every listing this profile generalizes over, taken from the model spine.
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| ABMW141E | arctic-wind:refrigerator:abmw |
| ABMW170E | arctic-wind:refrigerator:abmw |
| ABMW171E | arctic-wind:refrigerator:abmw |
| ABMW171E* | arctic-wind:refrigerator:abmw |
Fault profile for this family — No snapshot carries a counted component share for the ABMW roster, so this table has no denominator and no percentage. The frequency column is a qualitative band.
General guidance| Problem class | Relative frequency on this family | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Water inside the cabinet or on the floor | Reported regularly | Qualitative - no counted denominator available |
| A new noise from the cabinet or the machine compartment | Reported most often | Qualitative - no counted denominator available |
| The cabinet is running but no longer holding temperature | Reported often | Qualitative - no counted denominator available |
| The ice maker has stopped, or the cubes are poor | Reported often | Qualitative - no counted denominator available |
Where the owner line sits on this family
On the ABMW roster the owner line is the freezer liner panel and the water fitting. In front of both: thermometers, seals, vents, the condenser, the ice bin, an accessible drain, levelling. Behind them is service work, and the sealed system is licensed work regardless.
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