Product review (4 stars): Drop-in replacement part
My 2008 Kenmore fridge had been getting NOISY over the past few months.  A good smack on the side would sometimes stop the whining noise, but it got more frequent, and besides the irritating noise, I wanted to replace the bad part before it suddenly failed and left me with spoiled food and a puddle of water on my kitchen floor...

Found this was the correct replacement part by entering the model# from the sticker inside the refrigerator on: http://www.searspartsdirect.com/ (searspartsdirect DOT com).  I ordered this item from Amazon seller: partshousesupply and (apparently unlike some other sellers, according to several other reviewers) they included the pictured wiring harness.  It was a perfect fit for my fridge, which made installation significantly simpler and faster.  There are a couple other evaporator motors on Amazon that cost a couple dollars less, but the time saved is easily worth the price difference, and I'm quite glad Amazon had the exact replacement part.

Since I took apart my freezer 6 months prior to see what was wrong, I remembered the tricks to taking it apart and reassembling it (including the hassles with the ice maker) and it only took me a total of 30 minutes to swap the motor, so nothing even melted.  Replacement part is working fine (but only time will tell if it holds up), my refrigerator is now nice and quiet operating again, and I expect now has quite a few more years of life in it...  This motor and&nbsp;<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/the-thermostat/dp/B001DPOAHU/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">the thermostat</a>&nbsp;are the only two moving parts that are likely to fail, and are both easily user serviceable.  They can both be swapped with non-identical replacements, but having the correct part will save you lots of time.

Will come back and update my review, for better or worse depending on how long it lasts, after I've had it in use for a year or two...  The click on/off is a bit noisier than my old one, making me a bit concerned, but still working fine (July 2015).