I need help with a repair

[Stargazer99]

Frigidare refrigerator seems to be working hard telephoned repair man he says $100 plus parts
does that sound reasonable?

[ResIpsa]

1. Depends...

If you're in a big city or right or left coast...then yeah. What's the alternative? New fridge? House call in the mid-west is about 70.00 to start.

[janterry]

2. what does it need?

did he look at it? what part does it need?

[Stargazer99]

4. has not come to check it yet-the cost put me off -thank you for the feed back

[ResIpsa]

3. believe it or not...

unplugging it for a few minutes sometimes works like a computer. What's it doing?

[Stargazer99]

5. the fridge part turns on more than in the past

[janterry]

8. Try cleaning the coils

No, don't call him yet. Try that first.

[ResIpsa]

9. Well...

Mine did that. The guy came and took the cardboard off the back. It was clogged w dust. He swept it out. Worked great. My refridge acts stupid in the winter as well and it's surprising bc...it's the winter.

[Stargazer99]

6. I will try the unplugging and repluging after a while and see what happens

[dhol82]

13. Vacuuming the coils will probably do more

That is what 99% of people never do.
I always vacuum at least every six months. My fridge is 30 years old and has only needed one repair.

[irisblue]

7. Is the seal tight on the door? Do the dollar bill trick

Are the coils on the back of the fridge clean?
Is the drip pan under the fridge clean?
When you say working hard, exactly what do you mean?
How old is the unit?

[Freelancer]

10. Blow out / vacuum out the dust bunnies

Often a fridge labors when enough air isn't getting to the heat exchanger. That's where the fan is. If there's crud back there, clean it out.

[Phoenix61]

11. Not really. He has no idea what is wrong.

Is the air supply/exhaust clear? I have 3 cats and they can screw up anything with an air intake/exhaust. It sounds like he's thinking it's a freon leak and he's going to charge it. That begs the question, why is it leaking.

[Sailor65x1]

12. That is usually a degrading door seal (Working extra hard)

Use a dollar bill. Close it in the door at many places around the seal. It should be held very snugly all around. If not, then a seal is pretty inexpensive and you can often change it yourself.

[ResIpsa]

14. Doesn't

silicon spray sometimes re-invigorate the strip? It works in the doors of my cars.

[Sailor65x1]

15. Yes, it can help

For sure.