Norcold Refrigerator

Dougrainer: Like many on this forum we appreciate your technical knowledge but to make a statement that Norcolds should last forever or that it is unusual for the cooling units to fail is ludicrous! The Norcold is an example of mis-engineering. maybe if they were made in China the fridges would work properly. Not only do they fail they can and do start on fire. The cooling units have a very short lifespan. The units are so bad that whole cottage industry has started with rebuilt and newly manufactured cooling units. The door hinges fail. The door gaskets fail and you have to buy a whole door to get the gasket at some ridiculous price like $500 or more. Many new RV's are now coming with residential fridges and thousands of RV'rs have switched to house fridges after having problems with the Norcold. The so called recall is a joke. To state that the fridges fail due to being off level is wrong! Maybe that applies to some but there are lost of experienced RV'rs that have Norcold problems and are anal about being level. The cooling units are too small. The tubing is either bad quality or too thin. The defrost cycle is nuts. I am fortunate that mine is still working but I bet within 2 years I will need an Amish unit. Anyone who does a search on this subject will need a few moths to read about all the problems. I am wondering if you posted those statements to stir up the pot???I might add that if the lawsuits against Norcold are successful I would bet that Norcold will apply for bankruptcy protection.

Moisheh