In short
A CR cabinet is a BougeRV refrigerator built around a rear-panel evaporator and a single drain route, and those two design facts explain most of the service history of the line. The table below lists all sixteen models the label covers.
What you observe
- A chirp or squeal that stops when the freezer door opens — The door switch cuts the evaporator fan, so that timing places the fault. The noise page for these models starts from that test.
- A deep hum that has grown louder over months — Gradual noise is a capacity story - a choked condenser or a cabinet off its feet. The CR noise page separates the three things that turn.
- The cabinet is warm and completely silent — Nothing running at all is a power or start-component question rather than an airflow one, and the cooling page splits that branch off early.
- Temperature swinging between too cold and too warm — A cycling fault: sensor, damper or a defrost cycle that has become erratic. The cooling page for this family covers it.
Ranked causes for these models
- Evaporator fan stopped or obstructed — The delivery half of the cooling story, and the reason a cold freezer can sit above a warm fresh-food compartment.
- Start relay or overload protector failed — The silent-cabinet branch. Nothing runs, the cabinet warms evenly, and no amount of airflow diagnosis will find it.
- Condenser fan not turning — Less common than a dirty coil and worse in its ending, because the compressor then runs hot until something protects it.
- Defrost stall and the ice sheet that follows it — The most common single origin on this family, and the one that presents as three different complaints depending on which symptom the owner notices first.
Models in the CR family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| CR01801 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR03021 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR03512 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR03513 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR04001 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR04512 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR04513 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR05201 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR05512 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR05513 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR06501 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR07801 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR12 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR22 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR28 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
| CR35 | bougerv:refrigerator:cr |
Problem classes on this family, most reported first
General guidance| Problem class | Relative frequency on this family | What it means for the owner |
|---|---|---|
| Airflow and defrost | Leading cluster on this family | Cooling, noise and ice complaints share this origin |
| Drain and water routing | Common | Owner-fixable on most cabinets in this line |
| Ice-maker supply | Common | Filter and fill tube rank ahead of the module |
| Capacity loss: condenser and seals | Less common | Gradual, and shows up first as longer run times |
| Controls and sensors | Less common | Erratic behaviour rather than a steady fault |
| Sealed system | Least common | Licensed work, diagnosed by elimination |
Based on: No measured denominator: the fact bundle for this family carries no component share, so this ordering is a technician ranking of problem classes and not a share of reports.
Safety first
Safety
Unplug the refrigerator or switch off its breaker before removing any panel. A capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off, and the evaporator fan on these models starts the instant the door switch is satisfied.
Where the owner fix ends
Stop and call if the cabinet has to come out from a built-in surround. Panel-ready and column installations are shimmed to the cabinetry, and getting one out without damaging the door or the floor is its own skill.
Related faults on these models
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