My late mother had an Australian made Kelvinator fridge which she bought in the 1980’s and it was an absolute dog with no repairer in Townsville or Brisbane able to sort the piece of junk out satisfactorily.
A cousin of mine who was a qualified electrician who specialised in appliance repairs told my mother that he believed that when it was manufactured, the cavity had not been properly filled with foam, but there was no way of proving it without demolishing it.
I bought a new fridge for my mother and the Kelvinator was relocated to its proper home at the Brisbane tip.
On the other hand, when we had our previous residence built in 1996, we made the mistake of buying Kleenmaid appliances including an Amana two door icemaker fridge made in the US.
