Fridge warm freezer cold.

Have defrosted freezer ( was quite frozen) and hoovered the elements . Still same scenario.

We have water in the handle of the freezer. Obviously this has come from the fridge and would indicate the seal isn’t as good as it should be.

Would a seal have that much affect on the temperature? Is there an obvious bit I should change first?

Is your drain hole blocked?

….Sorry, is the fridges drain hole blocked?

How old is it?

River deep. Mountain high.

If the fridge compartment isnt as cool as it should be (have you got a thermometer in there?) then I doubt the seal would be enough reason for the fridge to be warm, the fridge would just work harder to be cold.

A blocked drain would be the reason for the water – but not the reason the fridge is warm

I’d imagine it more likely that the thermostat is on the wonk – they’re usually fairly easy to replace if you can source one.

Long shot, as I infer your freezer is at the bottom, but is there a vent/duct feeding cold air from freezer to fridge?

I had the same symptoms as you, but in a freezer-on-top fridge-below arrangement, and found the duct blocked by ice. As the duct is buried in the carcass of the appliance it took more time and effort to defrost and unblock than only defrosting the freezer compartment.

Sounds like you’re running the freezer part, too cold.

as is a ‘drrrrrrrrrrr’ sound from the appliance.

its struggling to get rid of any accumulated ice.

assuming you’ve got dual controls, try dialling back the freezer to half of what you’re running it at.

I had this happen and I realised that the fridge door had dropped slightly and while the seal was still perfectly good when it closed it wasn’t pushing in fully the off switch for the internal light.

Luckily at the time we had small children so I was able to put one in who was afraid of the dark and shut them in for a few minutes and as they came out with no signs of trauma I concluded that the light was definitely staying on.

Alternatively you can just tape the switch or remove the light to test the theory. I was really surprised that the heat from the light had caused the problem but I guess in a well insulated sealed box I shouldn’t have been

but is there a vent/duct feeding cold air from freezer to fridge?

Mine has a vent and a fan, the only time the fridge got warm was when the fan got blocked, it’s right in the top, so to freeze the duct would take rather a while and about 20 litres of water.
(When the drain gets blocked they both get warm, and i get a puddle on the floor)

Long shot, as I infer your freezer is at the bottom, but is there a vent/duct feeding cold air from freezer to fridge?

This would be my guess, and the reason I never bought another fridge freezer (after the constant PITA one back in the early 90’s).