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Whirlpool Refrigerator Clicking but Not Cooling: Relay Fix
You open the fridge and the milk is warm. The interior light works, you can hear a fan running, and every few minutes there is a sharp click from the back near the floor, followed by a short hum and then silence. If that sounds familiar, your Whirlpool refrigerator is clicking but not cooling, and the most common cause is a failed compressor start relay and overload.
The good news: on many Whirlpool, Kenmore, Roper and Estate refrigerators, the relay is a small plug-on part that you can test and
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Oct 09, 2026