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Use & Care Guide
Operating Sounds
Improvements in refrigeration design may produce sounds in your new refrigerator that are different or
were not present in an older model. These improvements were made to create a refrigerator that is better
at preserving food, is more energy effi cient, and is quieter overall. Because new refrigerators run qui-
eter, sounds may be detected that were present in older refrigerators, but were masked by higher sound
levels.
Many of these sounds are normal. Please note that the surfaces adjacent to a refrigerator, such as hard
walls, fl oors and cabinetry may make these sounds seem even louder. The following are some of the
normal sounds that may be noticed in a new refrigerator.
Sound
Clicking
Air rushing or whirring
Gurgling or boiling sound
Thumping
Vibrating noise
Buzzing
Humming
Hissing or popping
Possible Cause
• Freezer control (A) clicks when start-
ing or stopping compressor.
• Motorized device (B) sounds like an
electric clock and snaps in and out.
• Freezer fan (C) and condenser fan (D)
male this noise while operating.
• Evaporator (E) and heat exchanger
(F) refrigerant makes this noise when
fl owing.
• Ice cubes from ice maker (select mod-
els) drop into ise bucket.
• Compressor (H) makes a pulsating
sound while running.
• Refrigerator is not level.
• Ice maker water valve (I) hookup
buzzes when ice maker fi lls with water.
• Ice maker (J) is in the 'on' position
without water connection.
• Compressor (H) can make a high-
pitched hum while operating
• Defrost heater (K) hisses, sizzles or
pops when operational.
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Solution
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
• See page 7 for details on how to level
your refrigerator.
• Normal operation
• Stop sound by raising ice maker arm
to OFF position (see page 18).
• Normal operation
• Normal operation
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A
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F
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C
E
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H
K
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