--- title: "Refrigerator not cooling: repair cost" description: "JennAir refrigerator not cooling: repair cost — where most refrigeration calls actually land, and the band the expensive one is reached by eliminating." url: "https://jennairmiami.support/repair-cost/refrigerator-defrost-and-cooling-repair/" date_modified: "2026-08-24" Appliance type: "Freezers, Refrigerators" --- # JennAir refrigerator not cooling: repair cost ### Defrost first, refrigerant last The order is not arbitrary. A cabinet that has stopped holding temperature is, in rough order of likelihood, a defrost circuit that has let ice build on the evaporator, an evaporator fan that has stopped moving air, a thermistor reporting the wrong number, a damper that is not opening, a condenser choked with dust, and a door that is not sealing. The sealed system is at the end of that list and it is reached by ruling out the rest on record. ### What this page absorbs Freezer frost and drain work is priced here rather than separately, because it is the same circuit and the same visit. A drain clear is the bottom of the band; a defrost heater on a cabinet that has to come forward out of a built-in housing is the top. ### Before you pay anybody This maker warrants refrigeration for ten years on the sealed system in three steps, and for two years parts and labor on everything. If your cabinet is inside any of those, its own service line is [(305) 745-7213](tel:+13057457213) and that route costs you nothing while the coverage is live. We are independent and we are not that channel. What moves this figure Researched market range: evaporator fan $200–$400; defrost heater $200–$450; thermistor $100–$250 Airflow is measured before anything about refrigerant The manufacturer's own warranty is checked before any figure is given Which half is wrong A warm fresh-food side with a cold freezer is airflow, and airflow is the cheap end of this band. Both compartments warm together is a different search. Column or combination cabinet A column has one sealed system and one door, which makes the diagnosis simpler. What it does not make simpler is the access, because it is trimmed into your millwork and may carry a cabinet panel on its own hinges. Whether the condenser has ever been cleaned In this climate that is maintenance with a service call attached, and it is behind most complaints of a cabinet that runs constantly. Cleaning it is sometimes the whole repair. The warranty position Two years parts and labor, then years three to five on the cavity liner and sealed system with labor, then years six to ten on the sealed system with parts only. Established before a figure, not after. Defrost first, refrigerant last The order is not arbitrary. A cabinet that has stopped holding temperature is, in rough order of likelihood, a defrost circuit that has let ice build on the evaporator, an evaporator fan that has stopped moving air, a thermistor reporting the wrong number, a damper that is not opening, a condenser choked with dust, and a door that is not sealing. The sealed system is at the end of that list and it is reached by ruling out the rest on record. What this page absorbs Freezer frost and drain work is priced here rather than separately, because it is the same circuit and the same visit. A drain clear is the bottom of the band; a defrost heater on a cabinet that has to come forward out of a built-in housing is the top. Before you pay anybody This maker warrants refrigeration for ten years on the sealed system in three steps, and for two years parts and labor on everything. If your cabinet is inside any of those, its own service line is [(305) 745-7213](tel:+13057457213) and that route costs you nothing while the coverage is live. We are independent and we are not that channel. ### The fridge is warm and the freezer is cold. Which end of this is that? The cheap end, almost always. That combination means air is not arriving in the fresh-food side — a damper, a fan, or ice on the evaporator — rather than that the system has lost refrigerant. It is one of the most useful sentences you can give us on the phone. ### Why does a column cost more than a freestanding refrigerator? It does not, for the part. It does for the access: a column is trimmed into your cabinetry, often carries a door your cabinetmaker made, and has to come forward and go back leveled. The repair is frequently the same repair. ### It runs constantly. Should I be worried? Less than people expect. A cabinet that runs and runs is usually one that cannot shed its heat — a packed condenser, a covered grille, a door letting warm air in — or one whose defrost cycle has stopped clearing the coil. All of those are a fraction of the figure people brace for. --- **[Read full article: Refrigerator not cooling: repair cost](https://jennairmiami.support/repair-cost/refrigerator-defrost-and-cooling-repair/)**