FIXED! Refrigerator buzzing vibration extra loud.
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- LG refrigerator sometimes was extra loud and buzzing/rattling. It was simply a vibrating retainer clip on one of the compressor mount posts. I lifted top tab up onto the post so it is held tight.
That noise happened several times a day, very annoying. It was about as loud as it sounds on video, even when pushed back into the cabinet space.
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Thank you for helping us pin point and fix our fridge! This has been the most obnoxious sound to live with for the past few months!
Our LG frig was doing the exact same thing. It looks like the rubber grommets/mounts get compressed over time and creates space between the top clips and the rubber mounts which causes the noise.
MY FIX:
The clips are very easy to remove (flip the top part up so it's free of the vertical post, then spin the clip until the open side is facing you and push the clip away from you off of the post).
With the clips removed, you'll need something to use as a washer/spacer to fill the gap between the grommet and the clip. I used some old plastic garden edging that I cut into squares and punched a hole in the middle. I'm sure you can find something rubber/plastic around the house or check a hardware store. A metal washer might work, but could also just end up causing more noise.
Slide your homemade washer(s) over the post, use a few if needed, and reattach the clips.
Simple and effective! Frig is SILENT once again.
Same issue here. Mine was really loud and an easy fix with the eraser from a pencil pushed into the clip. Did it to all of them and still working 6 months later.
Was just on my way to inspect the back side of the refrigerator for the noise and than saw your video. You just saved a lot of the time of my life, so I owe you a drink :D
Nailed it man! Thanks. I removed and squeezed the clips tighter with pliers then dumped hot glue on them. Quiet now for a week...after months of annoying buzzing sounds. AAAHHHH!
I had exactly the same problem on my LG fridge. Your post helped me source and fix it (I crafted a plastic u shaped stopper out of a curtain hook and fit it between the gap - buzzing has completely disappeared).....thanks
Thanks for posting this. I have a very similar GE refrigerator (at least the compressor mounts look identical) and I'm getting a similar buzzing noise. I've tried playing with the compressor mounts and it seems to resolve the problem for a while but then the problem comes back. Can you elaborate a little more on how you fixed this?
I just pushed a folded piece of cardboard into the clip so it held it more "spread" than it was. wedged it in where my finger is in the video when I am lifting up on the top of the clip. That fixes it mainly because having it lifted up like that causes the inside opening of the clip to press against the post so it doesn't move loosely and rattle. Nearly 2 years later, still quiet.
Thanks for the tip. I found a very good solution for this fix. Since I can't insert a thick washer between the clip and the rubber mount to increase the pressure on the rubber foot. I use a medium cable tie to act as the washer. While pushing down the metal frame to have enough space to inset the rip tie; then pulling to tighten the cable tie. Now the tie as a washer pressing down the rubber footing. Noise is gone. Hope this helps.
I just fixed our LG LFX25974ST this weekend, it was vibration from the fan/motor. I used lexel sealant around the black enclosure & frame, with a big gob at the fan housing, then when I put the back cover on, I ran a screw through the cover & into the fan housing. This might not fix yours, but it did ours after hearing this thing for 7 years!
I also cleaned the fan off & vacuumed everything I could.
Facing same noise Issue with Toshiba refrigerator and even their technicians are not easily find the proper solution of it, thanks for this videos, it helps me (as a common man) a lot. Now, I will inform them to use a rubber visor to fix the issue. :)
I have a 4 year old Whirlpool 4 door French door style model.The noise started two weeks ago and was unbearable,could not even hear the TV when the compressor kicked on,i did clean the front coils and nothing happened.Finally i decided to open up the back like i saw on your video and the noise was being made by the rubber being worn down a bit.I did a better and permanent fix....I got two new dish washing sponge that i had on hand,and shoved it under the compressor,it's tight like a frogs asshole now and quieter than it was when new.Thanks a lot for the video.
In my case I have a brand new LG fridge which made a loud intermittent buzzing... would buzz really loud for about an hour then calm down again. At the back on the right-hand side I noticed two thin pipes which seemed to be touching and quite hot. The buzzing was being caused by the two pipes making contact, presumably the constant changes in temperature would explain the on-off nature of the buzzing.
I have inserted a very small piece of paper between the two pipes where they touched and the paper's cushioning effect has stopped the buzzing - for now. I'm going to keep an eye on it over the next few days - it's brand new so if it starts buzzing again I shall get the LG technician to come round and sort it out!
I would've never found out my source of buzzing without your comment, thank you very much !
thanks for your video. i checked the mounts on the compressor, and they were tight. my buzzing wound up coming from the metal fan housing. I used a rubber mallet to gently tap it, and the buzzing completely stopped. the vibration over the years must have shifted it a bit over time.
Fan housing. BIngo!
Holy crap, that's the noise my freezer is making, though a bearing was going, thanks!
My kenmore (made by LG) was doing the same thing. Two of their stupid techs couldn't even diagnose this. Thanks! It was exactly my problem. I pushed the retainer clip so that the front of the clip was sitting on top of the post; half way on essentially. That created enough tension to stop the noise.
Thanks for the video. I wound up taking a stack of cardboard, wrapping it in duct tape and placing it under the black frame. When the black frame was lifted slightly, all the buzzing and vibrating stopped. It will be interesting to see how long this "fix" lasts.
Same sound in our refrigerator and it's been going on so long the refrigerator now sounds like a "juke" box playing all sorts of tunes from morning till night; never stops and has actually been the cause of what some call tinnitus...I am going to see if the refrigerator is under a service plan my mother has for appliances and hopefully the mechanic who comes out will fix it. Been driving me insane...thanks for the video...
Thank you for posting this ... We're going to tear the back of ours apart & see if THIS is also our issue. It's driving us nuts !! and only 15 months old.
Gary Gary Gary I almost bought a bunch of just in case parts but after watching your video sure enough it was the same part as you described making all that noise. Had bought some different sized Rubber o rings from the dollar store years ago and finally put them to use. I owe u a case of the finest beer 😅thanks a bunch
Thank you! Been waiting for service to arrive, think they are playing games with me, so I will dig in myself if they don’t show up.
Thanks Gary S, it worked like a charm.I just put a piece of cardboard paper below clip and the noise vanished.
My refrigerator made this noise for maybe 1 minute. I called the Samsung service guy who asked me to get the pcb repaired. He charged me 100 Dollars and now the fridge is not cooling below 9 c. I wish I saw this video before.
typically, the refrigerators (Or any other thing with a compressor) will have a 5 minute delay on power up to protect the compressor from short-cycling
Wow, thank you for your post! I've had the back off the LG 3 times trying to figure out what's buzzing. It's intermittent so I've had trouble tracking it down. I've put braces against the compressor and shoved shims under and around the rubber mounts. It stops buzzing for a little while but then starts up again after a couple of days. After watching your post, I think I'm going to focus on the clips, maybe try wrapping them with electrical tape and reinstalling them.
I had buzzing sound for a long time that sounds like from a loud fan. It turns out the problem is with the compressor mounts. One of the screws holding 4 mounts was missing. It took some effort but fixed it with an additional screw.
You'll notice that the compressor continues to emit a buzzing/humming noise even after the loud vibration in this video is fixed. For other LG fridge owners with sensitive ears, this can drive you insane - especially when your kitchen and living room are one large room (or, in our case - one large echo chamber with tile floors). There is no way to "fix" the "normal" humming/buzzing sound, but I was able to successfully block it by buying a $19 pack of 1"x12"x12" foam acoustic panels online and strategically placing them in the open space beneath the fridge and select areas (primarily the lower half) of the small gap between the fridge and the wall. Just make sure if you do this you don't completely fill in all open gaps around your fridge since the unit does need some air flow, but you should be able to find a happy medium that blocks the noise sufficiently, but allows the unit to vent. I hope this helps someone else find peace from the unfortunate buzzing noise that the compressor emits, even when working properly.
Devin Hollenbaugh yes holy hell the "fixed" sound in this video is still 54 dB in my kitchen and LG says it's perfectly normal. Its a vibration too that travels fairly well through our hardwood.. I guess I'd rather know it's just s crappy product than a missed opportunity to demand they repair it. LG is truly an awful company. It took them 11 months to replace our fridge for a different problem and now it's out of warranty and sounds like you describe. Yeesh.
You cannot fix low-frequency noise with foam. You can't even fix it with concrete. If you can hear your compressor buzzing in another room it is only fixable at the source. But then again, chances are you do not hear the low-frequency noise, like the majority of the population.
@@dmoscrop This. 36 dB is already loud. But what they usually forget to mention is that this probably just in the audible spectrum of the average human. There may be frequencies emitted that many people do not hear yet for those that do are painful.
@@dmoscropit's not LG's fault. If you research, you will discover that lower frequencies travel much much farther than higher frequencies . Lower frequencies ( my fridge has starts from 100 hz) are very hard to absorb or dampen.
Wow nice tip I already fix it within a minute
SOLUTION - I had the exact same issue. Adjusting the clips didn’t give a 100% success so I improvised by lifting up the compressor and stuffing a few pieces of pool noodle under the compressor platform brackets (around the clips). Problem fixed. It is quiet in my home once again.
I used two pieces of dish washing sponge and shoved it tight under the compressor,quieter than it was when new.
I wedged a thin piece of plastic at the bottom of the insulator. The rubber insulator then made better contact with the compressor mounting tab and retaining clip. No more noise.
Thanks for the DX work, I now have a target to focus on to stop the noise on my Whirlpool.
Thanks, my brand new fridge is making this noise. Can't wait to go and check those clips!
Better fix,put a thick piece of sponge under the compressor,make sure it's nice and snug...
@@neilcharles2520 thanks for the tip
Thanks for posting this. I had the same on my Kenmore (LG mfr'd) fridge. It is what I expected was the cause of the sound, and confirmed once I opened it up. I had buzzing coming off of three retainer clips on the compressor mounts (two that are up front, and one in the back... I think there's only there, but not sure). I wrapped the clips tightly with electrical tape. That seems to have muted it. We'll see for how long...
I just had the same exact sound coming from my LG refrigerator. We pulled it out from the wall and it was so dusty back there, my husband unplugged it and I vacuumed out the dust from the vents, then sprayed that air in a can air duster, plugged it back in and now no more noise. If it should happen to come back I’ll try what was shown in this video.
This is exactly the same sound coming from my LG LMXS30776S. Going to try this out, thanks for the video!
Thanks for sharing. Our refrigerator is doing the same thing - good to see it's an easy fix.
Glad I found your video. Same problem with my KitchenAid.
Thank you Sir....In My fridge also same thing was happened....tnq...😊
Why not pull it off, stretch it out (bend it open more) and put it back? Now it has more resistance and shouldn't vibrate.
He showed you the problem. Figure out what fix you prefer.
another fix, put a piece of rubber in the clip. do the same for all of them. they are made so cheap now days.
Thanks so much for your helpful video. I'm so excited I was able to solve the mystery of the incessant buzzing, humming, and rattling of the mini fridge in my bedroom. Do you hear that? Me neither, because the noise is gone...SILENCE. Thank you again.
sounds similar to what mine is doing.. I pray to GOD that's it! Thank you :)
Funny thing is this problem presents itself with alot of brands. I had a Whirpool mini fridge that would make the same noise and if I shook it, the sound would go away. it was a loose dampner also.
too funny, I have an old fridge, when it does this if I hit it, the sound goes away. I'm guessing this is why. Craziness. I'm a renter so not sure I want to mess with things.
I got new Whirpool fridge and I have same problem. If I shake little bit it goes away. How did you fix it ?
Awesome, my fridge is making that exact noise now it is summer and I was worried it was going to be something expensive!
Thank you for the post
I have the same problem with mine. After seeing this video i am going to use electrical tape to secure the clips. Easy and cheap fix. :LG really blew it on this one!
Right on thanks. Wasn't that clip that was vibrating for me but the actual compressor. Just bent it hard a certain direction and it stopped.
I take a nylon washer and stick it between the clip and the rubber foot. Works every time
Your Compressor compartment looks exactly the same as my Samsung Fridge, even down to the grating pattern. Also having a vibration issue, mine seems to be one of the coolant pipes coming from the compressor, specifically the cold out pipe. If I press something against it the buzzing stops.
I had a similar problem with my mini fridge. I just went and bought a new one. Problem solved.
this is the exact noise coming from my GE fridge. going to pull it apart and look now! hope it helps
wish that was as simple for my fridge freezer mine literally vibrates the walls and it isn't against the wall, ive balanced it several times and it stops but less than a day it starts all over again, its that annoying im close to getting a sledge hammer and flat packing it to the floor, it gets that loud it actually keeps me awake at night, even my neighbour has said he can hear it, now get this i live on the basement floor its concrete and tiled and it vibrates his walls even with ear plugs in i can still feel the vibration in my bed as well as a low humming, its causing me so much stress my blood pressure is about to hit the moon
Thanks for the information
i will check this. before i do, i need to turn fridge off at the power?
holly block Be as cautious as you feel you need to be. I unplugged it from the wall while removing the panel then plugged it back in to see what was going on. If you start reaching into places make sure you stay clear of any exposed/bare wires. It took several minutes after plugging in before the compressor started running.
I think its noisy even when you fix it. The grommets dont isolate the vibrations as they should. I have it my own new lg fridge (with linear compressor).
These new appliances are not worth a crap nowadays I have a 1969 Kenmore fridge that is still going and nothing is wrong with it
yes definitely compressor vibrating tie it down somehow so that vibration reduced
your fridge was prob on defrost mode when you unplugged it and thats why the compressor took long to start.(the mechanical timer had to finish the defrost cycle
So could someone show a video of what they used to fix?
this is the exact noise coming from our Whirlpool.
Wooow it worked for me.. thank you
I’m thinking it’s an internal motor mount inside my compressor on my Samsung but maybe I’ll get lucky and it is this. Sure sounds the same
actually what I did was clean the back it was filthy sounds crazy but it worked
Few days ago i cleaned the back of the Lg refrigerator, now it has different sound, when the motor is on at its initiation it has a humming sound that like a fly goes loud and low. Can anyone tell me what should i do? It's not a loud a definite noise, it goes through my head and it's like it has a wave, up down up down
Thank you
its still some background vibration after you fixed the clip. How did you fix the other vibration noise?
i was told any alteration voids the warranty....
Plastic c-clip. Or a neoprene washer under it. You stretch that clip too much it'll break. They're pretty brittle
Thanks 👍
fo me it was the sort of tray just above the compressor that was vibrationg
A rubber hose washer cut in 1/2 or a sliver of pool noodle or a tightly rolled up piece of painter/masking / electrical tape tucked in would be great!!
Swear mine doing that driving me crazy
sir my name is suresh frezer box is working food compartment is not working how can solve the prablem
I’ll try it but why not make a video where you actually fix it and you don’t hear the humming sound after it’s fixed?
does your fridge run all day ? mine only shuts off for like ten min a day..
Will try tomorrow, so annoying
pencil eraser? I mean, you could lop off a pinky tip too I guess... glue it in there. Pinkies don't do the hand much good. Well, unless you have a small child who insists on pinky swearing for stuff....
put some silicone around it let it dry .. enjoy you night sleep again
Dumb companies can't prevent these stupid mistakes
What model is the fridge in the vid? Does it have a linear compressor (inverter)? I have a new LG fridge with the same exact sound (LG GBB60PZFZB) but the little legs are not moving like in your vid, they are solid. Maybe the fault is with the 2 other legs that are not accessible (in the back of the compressor)? Any ideas? Thanks.
Mine is a LFX28968ST /03, 2014 model. If it sounds the same, it could be one of the clips on the other side. not sure how you can reach those.
Hot glue
good man
how loud is your fridge in decibels, mine brand new unit which was
delivered couple days ago when compressor is running sound level is making is 57dB
Rem X it's been a year but can confirm 56 dB brand new fridge here - LG says 44 but the techs say to that figure doesn't apply to in home it only counts as a "benchmark" in a controlled environment. Don't buy Lousy Garbage!
Zip tie
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Add a zip tie to it …
What price of compressor
Wrap a rubberband around it.
Why do you keep a half piece viagra next to compressor ?
Ha, made me look! I think that is a piece of the white gasket on the bottom of the rear panel. You can see it on the floor at 0:12 with a spot missing near the center.
I knew that
Is nt applicable for godrej fridge
Do Godrej refrigerator compressor make loud noise?
Ahhh thank u
Easy fix, get a glue gun, put some on top of that, problem fixed
Godrej
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