Whirlpool 4389144 Evaporator Motor for Refrigerator, Black and White

The evaporator motor in my side by side Whirlpool refrigerator/freezer was starting to make a vibration noise and it seemed to be getting worse over time. Looked up a couple Youtube videos and it looked like a simple job to replace the motor on my model .....so I decided to do it.It's a pretty simple job. The hardest thing is taking all the frozen food out of the freezer side. Once the food is all out, take the necessary shevles/racks out, take out a few screws holding the back panel in place, unfasten the old motor, fasten the new motor in place, put the back panel back in, replace the shelves/racks, replace your frozen food and plug it back in and you're back in business.The new motor purrs along just like when the refrigerator/freezer was new !If you're at all mechanically inclined, or at least not totally inept with a screwdriver, you can do this yourself ! I do suggest you watch a youtube video first since that does make it a lot easier to understand what you actually need to do ahead of time.

My evaporator motor for my refrigerator works like a charm, keeping everything nice and cold. It was easy to replace had everything I needed at a great price. It had arrived sooner than expected which was great. I highly recommend this company and will be using it in the future if the need arises

Air flow is much better now.

I purchased this to replace the failing motor in my fridge. The motor works well and the fridge is cold again. But, the motor is a slightly different configuration that the one it replaced. The motor would only fit when it was turned 180°. This required the contacts to be connected on the back rather than facing front. A little fiddly, but contacts on first, then mounted motor and it all seemed to work out.

Easy to get to and replace. Only thing was the wire connectors were on the opposite side from the original. No big deal, I just hooked the wires up before I mounted it and put the connectors toward the back of the freezer instead of the front like the original was. Fixed the horrible noise that would happen whenever this fan came on.

If only I could give zero stars. This line of motors is junk. The original to the fridge lasted five years. The first replacement lasted 2 years. The next lasted 8 months. The next replacement never worked right from the box. I just gave up and purchased a mew fridge.

This evaporator motor was fit exactly in my whirlpool side-by-side fridge!! My fridge is cooling Great now!! I was so surprised that i found this on Amazon!! I tried to get locally where i live and they wanted $65.00!! I got mine for less than $30.00 on here including shipping!! I would recommend getting Amazon Prime if you use there Service regularly...

The replacement fan motor fit fine but it is cheaply made with plastic motor bearing caps instead of sturdy metal like the original. Nothing at all like 'OEM'. Also not as quiet as it should be but it works, so at least there's that.