So I have looked into this a bit and tried many suggestions like the door seal, cleaning out any dust, making sure the fan is working etc., but I still have the same issue. The freezer gets covered in frost and now the refrigerator is starting to warm... It is a Kenmore elite, freezer on the bottom # 596.71002100. It is about 5 years old. Any suggestions would be helpful, thanks!

WKNDHRO

Try shutting the door once in awhile.
But seriously.
Check the seal on the fridge.

It sounds like a bad timer in the defrost cycle or a bad heater element in the defrost cycle. Both can be checked using a Multimeter but DanO would need to give more details.

In the meantime you may want to run a manual defrost of your freezer. just like they did before frost free. There are also some tips here: Appliance411 Frost in Freezer Post

I have put on a few pounds during the holidays :-) I do appreciate your response and will try the manual defrost while I wait for serious input, LOL. I can tell your a joker. BTW how did you know we have a seal living on our fridge? I don't think he is causing the frost, although he seems to enjoy watching me chip away at the snow.

Thanks again!

WKNDHRO

** The freezer gets covered in frost **

What part(s) of the freezer exactly?

If just on and/or behind the evaporator (cooling) coil cover, you may have a defrost system failure:

- How does a frost free refrigerator's defrost system work?
LINK > www.appliance411.com/links/jump.cgi?ID=658

If on the surface of other parts in the freezer compartment, look for air leakage into the compartment.

JMO

Dan O.
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Thanks for everyones help. It was the temperature sensor. The freezer did not know when to defrost itself. I had a local service man come buy and do the repair. It was a bit over my head. Anyway it took him about an hour. Parts and labor totaled about $100.00. Not bad considering he came when he said he would, was super nice, no more frost and warrantees his work.

Thanks again!

WKNDHRO

Thanks for the reply, glad to hear you got it running again. But maybe you could clarify your post a bit for others?

** It was the temperature sensor. **

"Sensors" are used on electronically controlled appliances but your fridge looks to use a standard mechanical temperature control. Are you perhaps referring to the defrost limit thermostat which was replaced??

TIA

Dan O.
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