Purchased the refrigerator summer 2017. It has consistently always made terrible crackling noises. In the past few months recently the noises became worse and the freezer started to fail. Ice cubes would not form, ice cream began to melt and food started to soften. The thermostat was failing to maintain proper temperature and it then failed to go into its regular defrost and cycles. Ultimately the compressor and fan overheated then severely froze. This warped the inside freezer shell and pushed the back panel into the interior of the freezer.
This freezer only lasted 7 years and the cost to repair it would have exceeded what I initially paid for the appliance. Buyer Beware! This is not a long term reliable applicance.