Frigidaire Freezer - model FFUE2022AW

Updated Review: Sorry to say, after five attempts of service trying to repair the freezer, Frigidaire said the unit will just run constantly. The compressor runs constantly and is noisy. The compressor never seems to stop. The retailer was gracious enough to refund the freezer after five months.
Original Review:
Easy to install, setup and use. Supposed to only use US $57/year. Made in USA. Garage ready. Lots of room.
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[@MegsCarpentry-lovedogs]

Canada here, East Coast. Homedepot has free delivery for this model 1194.00. I am researching to see how people feel about this stand up freezer. Thank you for your review. I hope you got the non stop running sorted and a new one replaced. A lot of time with repair warrenty people...sorry about that! Cheers, East Canada

[@DrBDIY]

Still having trouble with the freezer. Repair people coming for the 5th time. I have a lemon.

[@MegsCarpentry-lovedogs]

@@DrBDIY Well, I decided not to go ahead to buy this standup freezer based on a number of discouraging comments about it. Thank you for your input. We all work hard for our money so putting it into a not so great product like this stand up freezer would be a waste. I also googled how different freezers were rated. This one was not the most reliable. Gosh! What a hassle for you! So sorry😔🇨🇦

[@DrBDIY]

Thanks.

[@dragonmist2173]

​@@DrBDIY Personally I think all Frigidaire freezers are lemons. I'm on my 2nd and LAST. First one made it close to a year. 2nd one 2 1/2 years. NOT ACCEPTABLE, Talk about waste of energy and carbon footprint. The goverments should enforce long term warranties Parts & Labour. Old ones lasted 20 years easy, now the landfills are full of disposable appliances. shame

[@DrBDIY]

My first of this brand. ....

[@bobthomas4651]

I bought this freezer 2 yrs ago it seems to run all the time. Fast forward it won’t get any colder than 30* dont by it. I had a ken more freeze from sears for 25 yrs never had an issue.

[@DrBDIY]

Doesn't stop running for sure.

[@labradorshalladore4966]

Do you have any complaints about this freezer since you’ve owned it? I seen videos were people are having problems with the fan freezing up

[@DrBDIY]

I returned the unit due to constant noise.

[@kellyjhopper9719]

Our 3yo freezer is freezing up. What a waste.

[@lac2644]

Andy Matrundola. This was on KZbin. No good reviews plus i don't have the right tools to set it up. Very 0:29 hard to set up. Please send somebody that has the right tools to set this up. Th

[@trishbrown3179]

I bought this freezer in February 2022. It immediately began to frost up. I've had more repairmen look at and try to diagnose/fix this freezer than I care to count. Frigidaire finally refunded my money (December 2022) and told ME to dispose of the unit. Which included an extra door that was shipped "bowed." Since this is in my basement along with an extra fridge/freezer I decided to buy a new larger fridge/freezer and do away with the two separate units. Made the purchase on Good Friday and because it was from a scratch/dent store it's nonrefundable, and is now sitting in my garage waiting to be installed. Saturday I was so frustrated trying to baby the freezer along in an attempt to salvage some of my frozen food I put in a new door seal I had on hand and clipped each corner to get the unit to stop beeping! Guess what? NO FROST! NO ICE! Everything is frozen solid. Not saying this will last but seriously? Now I get a good seal on the freezer? And if I could - finally! AND a big "if" - figure it out, why couldn't any of the repairmen?

[@DrBDIY]

Appliances should just work. It is difficult to experience repairs on a new purchase.

[@kellysutton2780]

Frigidaire refigators are junk just bought one and freezer not freezing Mexican made junk

[@DrBDIY]

I had problems too.

[@trishbrown3179]

6/26/23 Update Freezer is still working great and…Frigidaire shipped a door ordered last September (!) to my home last week. So now I have 2 extra doors, you know, just in case.

[@daatchley]

@@trishbrown3179 What was it that you did when you “clipped each corner”? What does that mean?

[@rockiewilmot9041]

I bought one in October same thing frosting up just hanging inside, can't find a repair man

[@ufcrules1]

I just bought one of these.. keeping it inside of the house. I have a question for you.. when I go to open the door the whole unit slides forward. I have the anti tip legs fully against the ground but still slides. I am assuming once we fill the freezer, the weight will then keep it from sliding. Just curious if you noticed the sliding at first or if yours never slid? Mine is on hard woods too. so maybe that is different from yours as well and causes it to slide. Thanks for making this video as well.. it was very helpful!

[@DrBDIY]

You can put some rubber under the leg to give it some grip. I suspect, like you said, the unit will not move once it has some weight. Note: my unit is having problems - it runs constantly - and I would think too loud for inside the house. Keep an eye on it.

[@skbgyal]

Those white clips on your shelves are only there to secure them for the shipping and delivery. That’s why the one you ordered by itself didn’t have one.

[@DrBDIY]

Thanks.

[@zmarssojourner7435]

Hi DrB, Ty 4 the vid. We got the same model. Lately, we hear like a airplane propeller noise from the outside back ( towards top ) of the freezer. Do u know what might be going on? Ty!

[@DrBDIY]

Hi, not exactly sure. Could be bearings in fan. Could be fan hitting some paper. But I thought the fan was near the bottom. Check for rattle. If still under warranty, call them.

[@GingerVeronica]

Hi there - thanks so much for the detailed review and sorry that you got a lemon. Did Home Depot give you a refund? Also, do you live in the future? Today's January 15, 2023 but you already met with the contractor on January 20? ;-) I'm just messing with you, must be a typo. Are you going to get the same one or a different model?

[@DrBDIY]

Good one, I fixed the date. Frigidaire is interpreting their manual text "runs frequently" as "runs all the time" . I would not get another of this model / brand. Not sure their support is so great either. One person says it shouldn't run; the other says it should run all the time.

[@gerardocarrillo56]

Thank you for the video, Is this model good in the garage for soutmost part of Texas?

[@DrBDIY]

Well, I have been having trouble with the unit. It won't stop running. I had service come three times. Not impressed with the quality.

[@gerardocarrillo56]

Cosco had a chest fridge/freezer which specifically called out garage ready in freezer mode. We too (wife and I) prefer upright.

[@DrBDIY]

The Frigidaire is garage ready, but some models appear to run all of the time. I know of other Frigidaire and GE upright freezers that are garage ready but don't run constantly. We had a garage ready chest, never again, food gets lost and we had to dig all of the time.

[@alwayspeace898]

That’s not good how long u have this now? Have a nice peaceful day!

[@DrBDIY]

Three months of trying to get it fixed. See description above in video.

[@Ryan-re1rs]

All these freezers should have thermometers built in,, high temp alarm with high temp remember so you know what the temp got upto and if your food was thawed and re frozen. These companies are crap and they don't do that because thier products are junk.. I'm looking at the GE garage ready, but so many complaints on that too. Ugh.

[@DrBDIY]

You have a good point on including a historical thermometer. Maybe I received a lemon, I am unsure but I did return it thanks to the retailer. I did get a GE garage ready freezer that isn't a lemon. It is working great so far. Quiet. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqnEqYypnqZqoZI

[@wannellalawson4001]

what was name of GE freezer. Thanks

[@DrBDIY]

GE Upright Freezer model FUF21QRRWW shown here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqnEqYypnqZqoZI

[@Chris-Alia]

Which GE did you end up buying and is it holding up? Thanks

[@DrBDIY]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqnEqYypnqZqoZI GE Upright Freezer model FUF21QRRWW Works great. Silent 95% of the time.

[@rhondadavis9470]

Why do you say its a lemon?

[@DrBDIY]

I had 4 attempted warranty repairs for the compressor never stopping . So noisy and wasteful. Either a lemon or they all run nonstop.

[@wrongwayeric]

@@DrBDIY I read somewhere that this model is supposed to run almost all the time, Something having to do with a variable speed fan.

[@DrBDIY]

It definitely does run most of the time. The theory is that circulating air will reduce the amount of time needed by the compressor. Mine was pulling amps that looked like the compressor was running all of the time. I found the fan and compressor noise irritating. When I compared the yellow sticker (cost per year) of this unit running all of the time, and another Frigidaire not running all of the time, the cost was basically the same. Same when comparing to the GE garage freezer.

[@kennethknott9138]

@@DrBDIY Is it possible that you transported it on its side and that compressor oil inadvertently ran into a tube, thus clogging it? Asking because Frigidaire says it should only be carried on the side the compressor is on if it can't be transported upright. Wondering because I am thinking about buying this very model.

[@DrBDIY]

I had it delivered and installed. I am unsure what the delivery people did before the unit arrived. I didn't appreciate one person at Frigidaire saying it should not run constantly, and another saying it is supposed to run constantly.