Whirlpool advice – Not cooling often enough – ART 469 G/R

[mcgon1979]

Hi all,
I have ART 469 G/R fridge freezer by whirlpool.
Automatic defrost works. Freezer is very cold. All seems fine.

The fridge gets nice and cold at maximum setting (7). 2c on lower shelf and 3c on top shelf. The problem is as the fridge is used throughout the day (door opened and closed) the temperature in the fridge rises to 5 or 6 or 7 or even 8+ degrees. The fan or condenser doesn’t seem to kick on often enough? If I open the lower freezer (or sometimes just the fridge door) the hum will often start up and the motor or condenser or fan comes on and fridge starts to cool again quite quickly. Is there only a thermostat in the freezer? Or one in the fridge too? Any ideas on where to start to investigate this? It just doesn’t seem to detect that the fridge temperature has gone form 2c to over 5c etc so doesn’t kick on the fan to blow cool air from freezer into the fridge cabintet? Well, it certainly doesn’t do it often enough to maintain the fridge at below 4c.
Any ideas on what I can check? I’d really like the fridge not to go above 4c in normal use. i.e. the fan should come on more often I think. Every second time the door is opened perhaps?

Any help or advice at all, greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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