Product review (4 stars): Perfect Fit and fixed my fridge
So far so good. Part fit perfectly and the fridge works. The rest of the review is information. Notably the compatibility checker did not know that our Kenmore 596.73503201 was compatible with this part, I bought on the fact the Sears parts listed this as the correct part number for my fridge. Notably Amazon was 1/2 the cost.
My Kenmore french door fridge failed. We pulled the back cover off and found the fan running but the compressor idle and hot. I looked online and found this was often caused by a relay failure. I pulled the relay, checked the compressor resistance (8 ohms, 12 ohms) was good. Once I had the relay out I noticed it rattled like a lot of stuff was floating around inside.
I bought the new one and everything is working. They lose 1 star because we upgraded to overnight prime and ordered before noon. The part didn't ship until the next day so we ended up being one more day down. First world problem but... Amazon already refunded the prime upgrade so no biggie. Just should have shipped day of order.
If anything goes wrong I will post an update but I am happy, I didn't need to buy a new fridge.