Ice was collecting underneath the bottom freezer door and now the drawer wasn't closing all the way. Ice was starting to form on the food. This is how I removed the drawer and removed the ice.
Robert, I rarely if ever actually comment but I wanted you to know; This turned what I thought was going to be a half day project into taking less than an hour and much less messy than I expected. Thank you so much!
I was searching for a video on how to remove the baskets so I could clean freeze. There was also had ice build up. Once you mentioned pliers, I used them to remove the baskets! Thank you. Your video is helpful in 2022!
My work around without removing the baskets or door!! I grabbed a chair and hair dryer and sat to the side with the freezer door open and let the hair dryer blow on hot close to the ice for a few minutes. Then I was able to wedge a longer metal bbq spatula under the ice & the inch thick slab of ice slid out on the floor almost in one solid piece! Closes & seals perfectly now. Thank you!!!!! I didn’t have to remove the baskets, door or anything! The plug will be another day.
I had the same problem and Sears repair guy came by and he said the problem is a water line rubber guide becomes clogged... He removed the plug completely and problem resolved! no problem or issues in the last three years.
Hey Robert, big thanks. I’m married to a building contractor, you know that old saying, “the shoe makers wife goes shoeless “ 🤗 well, thank goodness for folks like you who can walk me through home fix it jobs. It would seem that the back panel of the freezer was congested with ice blockage. I took a hair drier to it for a better part of an hour, and easily collected an additional 4 cups of water. I also noticed pet hair that blocked the air filter....could be the source of the ice/frost build up. ** note, with only a butter knife and a monkey wrench I had to get creative . I couldn’t get the freezer door off, so I duck taped the moving parts of the baskets sliders, opened the fridge doors and lifted the freezer baskets out from the back and folded them forward....if that makes sense.with the fridge doors open it gave me 1/4 clearance. I’ll wait another hour to make sure everything is dry before I put it all back together and turn it on. My husband owes me a manicure.🤗 Again thanks for your help. Cheers, Colleen from Toronto 🇨🇦
omg THANK YOU. We have this model and water kept pouring out on the floor. Today I went into my owner's manual to find out how to take the bloody drawers out and there was NOTHING in there. I had removed the top baskets but didn't know exactly how to remove the bottom ones UNTIL I found this. They are all removed now and the stupid frost-free freezer is now defrosting. Thank you thank you.
I have an Amana refrigerator that is basically the same model and had the same problem. I first searched the manufacture website but it was not clear and difficult to navigate. Your video was a great help. Thanks for taking the time to upload it.
If you want it to have an easier time with the top shelves. Use players to release the outside clips first, and then tilt the outside of the drawers up and then it's easy to release the inside clips.
You answered my question in the first minute! I’ve been wanting to take the plastic drawers out for cleaning and was afraid to put much pressure on those clips, was making sure I wasn’t missing something. Thanks!
Thank you! I had water puddling under the fridge because the freezer was not closing all the way (same problem you mention at the beginning of the video). I was able to clean out all the ice just removing the two top smaller drawers. Problem solved! Thanks!
Great video thank you. Only video that helped me get the drawers out. The problem is ice build up over the drain. This is behind the panel/ just right when you took everything off if you removed used a heater to unthaw everything while the units off it would of cleared the problem for good. This video 8 years later but for anyone wandering thats the next step. How to avoid dont over crowd the freezer.
I was actually watching this to find the core issue which is leaking behind the panel on the back. FYI, you don't have to take out all the drawers and the front door in order to clean the ice out. You can get it from underneath.
Thank you! We were trying to remove the freezer drawer on the refrigerator in order to move it through a narrow door. We had tried and tried to get the drawer out, but couldn't figure it out. Your video was exactly what we needed! Many thanks.
Problem was not solved. The drain tube for the defrost circuit is frozen causing the defrosted water to drain into freezer and form the ice shelf eventually preventing the door from closing. Back freezer panel must be removed to melt ice in the drain trough and then pour hot water down drain tube to free up the line. Then the job is done and defrost system will evaporate water under fridge as it is designed.
I thought the same thing, Katherine, cuz I just wanted to remove the sliding bins to wash them....but I think you can glean that he used a flat-head screwdriver to release ONE side of the bins...and a pair of pliers to pinch the OTHER side (the one that has the larger clips). I probably could've figured that out but his video made me more brave to just tackle it.
I did the same job without taking the freezer drawer apart. I put a hair dryer in there for 2 minutes, and reached through the bottom corner of the freezer, and pretty much pulled all the ice out in one chunk. Seemed a better approach than possibly damaging the freezer parts.
Your video is very helpful, thank you ! - God knows why the manufacturers make it virtually impossible to clean things properly. Anyone here who does not want to go to this trouble, if you can "borrow" some room in a friend's freezer and use a camping cooler for the day-to-day stuff, you could just turn the darn thing off and let the blockage melt. The use of a bowl of extremely hot water, renewed every 30 mins in the drawer will speed up defrosting, or leave it open with warm air from a space fan heater blowing into it too.
Thanks, was incredibly useful. As a note, I was able to get the bottom drawer out without removing the door by opening the top doors and pulling the retractors in... it then slipped out and up.
So glad you posted this. I am now in my wife's good books for fixing another appliance problem. Although only temporary, it will prevent water spilling out onto our floor for awhile
stephen clifford So sorry, I went to look for it and couldn't find it either. I hunted it down in my project bins and found it unfinished. I stayed up to 3:00 am and finished it. It is rendering now and hopefully I can upload it this morning.
just stumbled on your video and its very helpful, im also having the water leaking problem , i can't seem to find your video if you uploaded it. could you please link it.
I don't have the ice-forming problem but I watched this cuz I wanted to remove my upper freezer bins to wash them and couldn't figure out how to remove them from their clips. Our ice-maker is faulty so we like to use one of the freezer bins as an ice bucket so I want it to be sanitary. This was SOOOOO helpful!! THANK YOU! I DO think you might have made it easier on yourself if you'd emptied the freezer first :)...and maybe had a helper on hand...but, man...you've really helped by making this video.
Thank you for this. It made it so much easy to take apart my kenmore which was identical. I knew my problem but couldn't get the damn drawers apart. Thanks again. Job done.
More than likely the cause for the buildup is a plugged drain that drains into the drip pan under the fridge, access it by removing the panel on the back of the fridge. The drain is a rubber valve that has slits in it but closes too tightly and gets plugged, you need to cut the rubber valve so it does not plug again and cause water buildup from condensation.
Thank you!!! I could never get the drawers out. I’m getting frost buildup now. It’s 11 years old. First time for everything!! I’m gonna try to disassemble mine !
I know it’s a old post but the nature of the problem is the drain tube in the back of the fridge behind the panel. There is a upgraded tube 14.99 on Amazon, a easy fix. I hope this helps someone.
And as others have chimed in I would love to know why this was happening in the first place. From what I understand moisture is supposed to be channeled down into a tray under the fridge so that the heat from the motor can evaporate it. Something obviously is going wrong in that process.
Ice can form on the bottom of freezers for a number of reasons. The most common are humid air entering the freezer, faulty door seals and poor ventilation.
You don't have to remove the front of the freezer to remove the bottom bin. All you have to do is fully open the refrigerator doors to make just enough room to lift out the bin.
@@andreaandrea6716 - he did fine - I think he figured out very well and also showed that by just looking for the next step you can get things figured out. I discovered about 3 years ago that these types of videos were out there and are super helpful. We had a 2yr old induction oven with some dirt inside the glass oven door !!!! I discovered how to dismantle it and clean it up using a video just like this. It gave me the courage to take something apart and fix it. Then we moved into an older house with very old appliances - guess what - dismantled really old gross oven - could not even see thought the glass doors and got it super clean. Not only can you do some things yourself - there is no guarantee you will get a repair man to fix it anyway - if you can afford it !
@@laviniamartin1619 I am super impressed that you did all of that using youtube videos. YOU should make videos!! I'd let YOU near my fridge!! No, you are absolutely right... and I am super impatient and also critical (even my family are afraid of me) and I do think that if one is MAKING A VIDEO, one should know what one is doing. But you are so right about the fact that, even if one can afford a repairman, you are not guaranteed to get your appliance fixed. I assume that you meant that the dirt in the oven door was BETWEEN two panes of glass? (That's crazy!!). Well done!! Carry on, and "Go YOU!!" I really am impressed.
@@andreaandrea6716 sarcastic bitch aren't you well good for you you go girl I'm really so impressed with your attitude as I'm sure we all are so keep being you.
I have this same model and have to do this every 6 months or so. There is one screw in the rail near the door on each side. Pull those two screws and the whole drawer assembly lifts off the rails. It can be a little difficult at first getting it back together, but gets easier. And for mine, unscrewing the white panel in the very back reveals ice everywhere. That ice causes vibration and noise for my model. Very annoying.
Thank you so much for posting this very informative video. It was exactly what happened with our same model. It was a lifesaver. Did you ever find out the cause for the ice build up?
I had this happen to my same model and the repairman said this part that caused this to happen was in a recall by maytag. Can't remember what part this was. It caused something to clog from top of fridge.
If ice continues to form at the bottom of your freezer despite verifying that the door seals properly and that ventilation is adequate, please contact Maytag Support to resolve your issue.
Our fridge is a whirlpool and we have ice buildup like that but there is no water hooked up to the fridge. It's been hard to open and close since we moved in so it's likely never been cleaned. Now the door only opens halfway.
you have to take the back panel were the evaporater is in the freezer compartment and poor hot water or get a steamer and stick it in the bottom drain hole and clear the frozen drain tube out,its cloged or frozen,thats why water is over flowing in the bottom freezer.
We paid a whole lotta money for this fridge and have hated it since it was a month old (ice maker is crap...produce freezes in the produce drawers...temperature is WAY inconsistent throughout the fridge - I've tested it with thermometers placed in random areas) Unfortunately, when I contacted the store to take it back, they'd gone out of business and their doors were bolted. SOOOO HATE this refrigerator and can't wait for it to totally die so I can justify buying a new one.
