Whirlpool ED2KHAXVQ 21.8 Cu. Ft. White Side-By-Side Refrigerator - Energy Star

Whirlpool ED2KHAXVQ 21.8 Cu. Ft. White Side-By-Side Refrigerator - Energy Star

Unreliable
When I first purchased the Whirlpool side-by-side I thought this was a great fridge and for the first 16 months it functioned fine. Then of all days on April 1st (I know April fool) the refrigerator simply stopped cooling and I could hear the compressor engage and run for a brief period and then turn off. Service confirmed my worst fears that the compressor did indeed fail and would have to be replaced at a cost of $600.

THE WARANTEE FROM WHIRLPOOL IS ONLY FOR ONE-YEAR ON ALL PARTS INCLUDING THE COMPRESSOR so I basically have a worthless box. Calls to Whirlpool simply result in meaningless apologies with the response they will do nothing to rectify the problem. If you check the warantee from other manufacturers such as LG or Samsung you will find that the "sealed cooling system" is guaranteed at least 5 years.

My advice is to stay away from Whirlpool for they will not back their product. And remember they also make Maytag and Amana. And this is from a long...

Not bad for the money...
In this price range, I don't think you will find another fridge with all these features, and with stainless steel. The few reviews you will find, are mostly positive. If you look hard enough, you can find some bad reviews, which are mostly true. One, I found the fridge to be noisy, UNTIL, I trouble shot it one night and found out the annoying buzzing sound that came on when the condenser fan came on, was due to a vibration on the back panel near the floor, rather than a noisy fan motor. I should pull it away from the wall, and look for the vibrating part, but I just carefully wedged a small wood shim(2 wooden close line pins without the spring) underneath the bottom bar on the back of the fridge. NOW IT IS QUIT..

Another negative you will see, is an ice maker that clogs and is troublesome. Especially when going from cubed to crushed ice. I didn't find this, but I did find an occasional issue that sometimes when I go for a cup of ice, it doesn't dispense ice at first,...

Decent choice
From my wife Sarah: We've had this for a couple years, and here are a few pros and cons:

Pros:

- We haven't found it to be at all noisy as some of the other posters have mentioned. It's very quiet.
- It does a good job of cooling consistently throughout the unit. Our last refrigerator froze food in some areas of the refrigerator section, and didn't keep some areas cool enough. This unit does not have this issue.
- We like the water and ice dispenser. You can have cubes, crushed ice, or ice cold water. We like that there's a water filter built in to the unit, and it is easy to change.
- The design is convenient and spaced out nicely.
- It's run smoothly with no issues at all.
- We find it to be nice looking.

Cons:

- The drawers are flimsy. One draw continually gets stuck and it's hard to open and close. It actually cracked because it was sticking.

So the pros are stronger then the cons by far, and based on...

21.8 cu. ft. In - Door - Ice Dispensing Refrigerator - ED2KHAXV

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