Whirlpool Refrigerator Model Guides — Complete Models Guide

Twelve Whirlpool refrigerator guides, and the third letter is the configuration. WRT311, WRT518 and WRT519 are top-freezers; WRS325, WRS571 and WRS588 are side-by-sides; WRF535, WRF757 and WRF767 are french-door; WRB322 is a bottom-freezer; and the WRV986 and WRX735 are multi-door variants. Where the freezer sits determines where the evaporator, the fans and the defrost components live in the cabinet.

Each page ties that model's usual complaints to the checks that resolve them: one compartment warming while the other holds, frost sheeting the rear panel, an ice maker filling but never harvesting, a dispenser gone silent. Defrost and airflow always precede the sealed system, because a defrost heater or a bimetal thermostat produces the same warm cabinet at a small fraction of the cost of what people fear.

Fans, defrost hardware, dampers, gaskets, boards and ice makers are ordinary work with the machine unplugged. Anything that opens the refrigerant circuit is restricted regardless of skill. Before a compressor quote can be judged, check what the sealed-system term covers for your model and serial, since it runs on its own schedule rather than the general one. EasyBear repairs Whirlpool refrigerators throughout Sacramento and the Bay Area.