Product review (1 stars): The Last "American" Appliance I will Buy
I bought a similar unit about 5 years ago. It is the last "American" appliance I will buy. The little Brazilian compressor that Amana, Whirlpool and Kenmore all use (all assembled in the same factories in Mexico) has made more and more humming/buzzing noise the last couple years. The repair shop gets most of the price of a new refrigerator to replace the compressor. The compressor is cheap to buy online but I can't do it myself because the freon has to be recovered and replaced. When I bought the refrigerator, the consumer testing articles said the LG was the quietest and best made but I wanted to "be American, Buy American" not knowing they all use the same crappy Chinese compressor. The compressor runs almost constantly with a loud 60 cycle hum. The unit is level. I pulled it out into the middle of the room, took the back off and isolated the noise. Interior plastic parts are flaking apart. Unlike the american companies, LG designed and builds their own compressor.

  Update- i took it apart again, altered the compressor mount and got rid of the objectionable noise. i removed the rear mounting bolt, lifted the compressor and added a pad of 1/8" rubber under the two feet closer to the back of the refrigerator. i found that if i pulled the compressor counterclockwise more vibration was isolated so i used a tension spring, s-hook and nylon wire ties to keep tension by pulling from one of the feet to the near side of the refrigerator.