AEG Santo fridge is freezing food

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  • March 28, 2007 at 11:25 am #26191
    euphman
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    AEG Santo
    Model 70388-KG, Type KS 20043, PNC -Nr 924519621, Serie No 43511620, Refrigerant R600a, Insulation- Pentane

    Hi…My fridge has started playing up. There are no temperature anomaly warnings showing in the display but the fridge is getting extremely cold to the point where milk etc. is freezing. Have had no problems till now. Tried switching the fridge off using the LED controls at the top but temp stayed very cold. Fridge/Freezer is just over two years old. Have decided to switch off the power to the unit and completely de-frost it. Am I doing the right thing?

    April 12, 2009 at 10:07 pm #209157
    chocaholic
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    Re: AEG Santo fridge is freezing food

    Hi,
    we’ve had a similar problem with our AEG f/f. Its a santo 3274-8kg, probably about 5 years old now. it played up as soon as we got it, and was repaired under warranty. it seemed ok for a while and then started doing exactly as yours is doing..freezing food. milk is always the first thing to freeze, closely followed by veg, then meat…very frustrating!

    we had a repair man out who told us the circuit board was the only thing that could be faulty. this was changed at huge expense (could almost have bought a new appliance, but was trying to be environmentally friendly!) but failed to make any difference. i then questioned how a circuit board above the appliance could sense the temperature within it.. he looked very puzzled, but managed to download something online, and low and behold there are two sensors within the fridge (why it required a woman ‘homemaker’ to fathom that one out rather than the engineer i was paying considerable money to is beyond me..)

    ANYWAY, he changed the two sensors in the fridge, and it was fine…for about 12 months after which it has started doing it AGAIN!!!

    my advice would be, don’t spend a fortune getting it fixed..if you can replace the sensors yourself then go for it-they’re not particularly expensive in themselves, but i would be cautious about spending a lot on it as it seems to be a recurring problem…we won’t be buying AEG again!

    hope this helps-sorry its a bit longwinded…

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