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If your newly purchased refrigerator emits noises, it could be due to several reasons: imbalance, foreign objects on the top and sides of the refrigerator, or lack of frost accumulation...
1. Common Causes and Solutions for Abnormal Refrigerator Shaking
If your newly purchased refrigerator emits noises, it could be due to several reasons: imbalance, foreign objects on the top and sides of the refrigerator, or lack of frost accumulation. If the refrigerator has been used for some time, it may be due to a faulty compressor, dry fan blades, faulty ice discharge relay, or the drainage pan...
If one fine day you notice a “re re” sound coming from your home refrigerator accompanied by slight or strong shaking, check to see if your refrigerator is experiencing any of these 11 scenarios.
If your newly purchased refrigerator is shaking and making unusually loud noises, it can only be due to the following reasons:
1. Fridge tilting imbalance
When the fridge is not properly balanced or the legs are unstable, it may tilt and lightly touch the floor, causing a squeaky noise or noticeable vibration.
Solution: Check the balance of the fridge and securely adjust its legs. For some fridges with twist screw legs, you can adjust the height by turning them clockwise or counterclockwise.
2. Fridge making wind-like noise
For new fridges, during the cooling cycle, when the fridge hasn't reached the desired temperature, it continues to cool, causing the fan motor to produce a 'wind-like' noise. However, this is a normal sign, so no need to worry excessively.
Solution: Just ignore it. Once the fridge reaches the set temperature, it will stop making noise. Or check if you've set the appropriate temperature and adjust it accordingly. Similar to air conditioners, setting the temperature too low or too high can quickly damage the fridge.
3. Magnetic objects on fridge top, sides, or exterior
Not just magnets, but other heavy objects placed on the top of the fridge can also generate noises for your fridge.
resulting in loud noises from your fridge
Solution: Remove all magnetic stickers or heavy items from the fridge as they not only create noise but also restrict the heat dissipation process of the fridge.
4. Due to large capacity fridge
When purchasing a fridge with a larger capacity compared to the old one at home, it's also a reason for noise, because the larger the capacity, the more the fridge operates with a higher power, resulting in louder noise, making you unaccustomed to the noise of the new fridge.
5. No-frost fridges often make noises
Currently, no-frost fridge models on the market often produce noise during operation. This is because when the fridge operates for a long time, frost buildup on the coil triggers the defrost relay to activate, resulting in a 'clanking' noise. However, this is a normal machine noise and usually doesn't last long. Nowadays, there are many no-frost fridge models that operate quietly with various designs and brands for you to choose from.
For fridges that have been purchased and used for some time but are making loud noises and vibrations, the causes are as follows:
6. Fridge noise and vibration due to compressor damage
After prolonged use, the compressor of the fridge may show signs of wear or aging, resulting in noise emanating from the lower rear area of the fridge.
Solution: In this case, you should call the supplier or a reputable repair technician for assistance.
7. Loose screws holding evaporator
When you notice the fridge making a 'thud thud' noise or ceasing to operate, it's highly likely that this noise is due to the 4 screws holding the evaporator being loose.
Loose evaporator screws causing loud noises from your fridge
Solution: To eliminate this noise, you can manually disconnect the power, remove the screws, add padding, and tighten the screws back as before.
8. Faulty ice defrost relay
Fridge noises can also be caused by a faulty ice defrost relay, which fails to defrost properly, causing ice to accumulate around the fan blade and fan box casing.
Solution: In this case, you should replace a new relay for your fridge.
9. Fridge ice compartment emits strange noises
If you hear noises from the ice compartment like dry engine sounds, it's likely that the fan blade motor is dry.
Strange noises from the fridge ice compartment are due to the dry fan blade motor
Solution: Simply disconnect the power, remove all food items. Use a stick or screwdriver to wedge into the air vent slot inside the drawer, pull the drawer out, and you'll see the fan motor inside. Remove the motor, apply grease, and reinstall as before, the noise will stop.
10. Machine lock latch slipping
If there's a 're re' noise like objects vibrating against each other, check if the machine lock latch pins have slipped or shifted, if so, re-secure them.
11. Fridge drain pan damaged
The drain pan is located directly below the fridge and is usually mounted on a layer of foam rubber to prevent vibration and noise while the fridge is running. It's possible that during usage, due to some reason, the drain pan becomes misaligned and slightly touches the cooling line or heat dissipation wire. In this case, the pan will vibrate and create noise.
The solution and detection are very simple, just bend down, if there's noise coming from under the fridge, the cause is the misaligned drain pan. The simple fix is to move the pan back to its correct position, and the noise will stop.
