Blomberg KNM4551I – Fridge issue

[Ben_W77]

Hello all,

I want some opinion on what anyone may think had happened here?

We have a built in Blomberg fridge freezer. Was fitted as part of a kitchen refit 2 years ago, and is still under warranty thankfully.

It’s been fine, but lately, we’ve been noticing the fridge wasn’t quite as cold …slowly worsening. Last two weeks, we had stuff go off whilst still in date and it was clear it isn’t functioning properly. The freezer however is fine.

Engineer is coming out tomorrow. The wife is Type 1 diabetic and we need a fridge to store her insulin so I bought a cheap one locally from Facebook and emptied it this morning into the new temp one.

Anyway, once stripped, I noticed this at the top, at the back of the fridge

It almost looks like the back panel has ‘blown’…? The only thing I could think of is possibly an ice build up behind it which has pushed the panel forward….however, it’s supposed to be a frost free model, defrosting not required etc!

Any thoughts from the knowledgeable?!

[electrofix]

Ice build up is what i would have thought as well

if thats true is probably scrap

Dave

[Ben_W77]

Engineer came out. I showed him the back panel.

​​​​​​Fiddled on his tablet, confirmed the serial number, took a photo and said ‘Yep, that’s terminal. ill arrange a replacement ‘.

Wasn’t in the house more than 5 mins…

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