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Old 08-17-2015, 12:55 PM
Vic&Judy Vic&Judy is offline
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Default Refrigerator Noise

I really could use some technical advice on this matter.

This year we purchased our second home in the Villages....in the Village of Dunedin. We love our new home and, as usual, the Warranty Department has been fabulous about correcting minor issues.

However, there is one quite annoying issue which I have been unable to get resolved despite many, many calls to the Villages Warranty folk, the repair service, and even the builder.

The culprit in question is a new Whirlpool refrigerator, the one which came with the house, an Elite model with three doors. Several times during the day, it emits a very high-pitched squealing noise, while not extremely loud, feels like it could crack glass. When the technician showed up, he acknowledged the unpleasant nature of the noise, said it was probably the compressor...and...here's the zinger....nothing could be done. He said it was in the range of "normal" sounds and directed me to a website maintained by Whirlpool with several recorded squeals and squeaks (they actually have this); none of the noises, while unpleasant, even approached mine in frequency and amplitude. If anybody has dead thing needing awakening, I think we can help.

The Warranty folk whom we spoke with five times told us the builder would "deal with it" and suggested a swap out; he never called. Folks at the Whirlpool Corporation said they would "look into it." Again, no joy.

Sorry for this lengthy missive, but I seriously need advice.