Why is my fridge not getting cold and is it fixable?
New consumer-grade refrigerators do seem to be built with the &quot;dispose culture&quot; mindset as it applies to cheap components. I have had electronic failures, compressor failures, and refrigerant leaks.
Whatever your problem is, it is almost always &quot;fixable&quot;; the dilemma you will likely have is that the repair will amount to a significant percentage of the cost of a new unit (oddly, the repair cost always seems to be right in the range of 1/2 the cost of a new fridge...) so you end up doing a &quot;good money after bad&quot; analysis.
I had one with the same symptoms as yours and it was a minor coolant leak. The technician soldered the tube leak, installed a charging point (which the fridge did not have stock) and recharged the freon for $225 U.S.