Original Samsung DA31-00146E BLDC Motor Fan Replacement Part for Refrigerators - Compatible with DREP5 Models | Perfect for Home Appliance Repair & Maintenance

We bought this samsung refrigerator which had been nothing but trouble. We have owned it 4 years maybe, and this is the 2nd motor we have had to buy. The first, we tried to get Samsung to fix (it was within a few months of buying it new from Lowes). They said it would take weeks and be a $50 service call, minimum...what??? First, we need cold food, second, we just paid for the fridge, now you want to charge us more?? Needless to say, this will be our last Samsung anything, but we set about fixing it ourselves. My husband researched and YouTubed. We bought this motor, let it defrost a few days (this pushes the cold air around the fridge portion. The freezer still worked perfect, and the fridge wasn't NOT working, it just wasn't very cold because the cold air wasn't circulating). He took off the back panel, and replaced the motor with this one. I believe the first time, he had to replace the fan too, as it was glued to the motor. This time (this was our SECOND motor...in FOUR years), since we didn't glue our motor to the fan, we didn't need to replace the fan. I'm not sure if all fans are glued or we were just lucky... anyway, motor replacement is pretty straightforward once you have the back panel of the fridge side off. Motor works great, the problem is not with the motor. I highly recommend this motor. The problem is with the fridge itself. We learned after the second motor that the unit needs can NOT be level. It has to be leaning forward. For us, we couldn't even get the back legs long enough to solve our problem. We had to jam small pieces of wood under the back legs to make it lean forward just enough to keep ANY moisture from getting to the back of the fridge, which will collect on the motor and freeze, killing the motor over time. This will happen if it is level, or even leaning slightly forward. We had to make the angle great enough that force is needed to close the fridge because it is leaning forward (not enough to notice with the eye or move items in the fridge, but the door will not close because of the angle unless it is purposeful. And this couldn't be achieved with just the legs it came with. We also had to shave down our cabinets as this fridge already is so tall and barely fit). Anyway, great motor, if you are having problems with the RS265TDRS (or possibly other models, since they seem to not know how to build a refrigerator or admit mistakes and recall/fix these mistakes), this motor will get your refrigerator circulating air again and get your food cold again at a great price with quick delivery.