Product review (1 stars): Not Recommended
Whirlpool is now using undersized compressors with a failure rate and, as such, has reduced their compressor warranty from five years to one year, meaning they do not have stand behind the failures.  Our refrigerator was not yet three years old when it experienced complete compressor failure, and our usual appliance repair company declined to have anything to do with installing new compressor.

I called Whirlpool and explained that I thought I deserved some consideration because the unit was less than three years old.  They refused to budge.  Then I asked for a possible discount on a new Whirlpool unit, and they refused again.

So I found another reputable appliance repair guy who agreed to do the replacement for $700.  He spent a couple of hours installing the new unit and it failed within 20 minutes.  It turns out that the replacement part is so bad that Whirlpool tried to reduce the warranty on it from one year to a mere ninety days, until uproar from the appliance repair community resulted in the reinstatement of the one year policy.  He told us that he had to replace the compressor on another Whirlpool unit FOUR TIMES because the replacements kept failing as soon as he installed them.

So he had to order yet another compressor for our Whirlpool and finally got it working.  Fortunately, he didn't charge us for the extra labor.

So if you just HAVE to have a Whirlpool refrigerator, then buy the overpriced extended warranty (which I never ordinarily do) because you're going to need it.  Better yet, buy a refrigerator from a company that is willing to stand behind its productsthe way Whirlpool did in the past.