Fridge Freezing Food Even When "Off" - Possessed?

Samstung :(

Long story short, I am hoping one of you beautiful people can save me $1,000+.

We have a Samsung RT21M6213WW/AA that keeps freezing everything in our fridge...even when the fridge is turned off.

What I have done:

    1. Cleaned the condenser and fans/everything in the back (I keep up on this regularly)
    1. Defrosted the freezer - the freezer evaporator was iced over, so I got it fully defrosted.
    1. Defrosted the refrigerator evaporator that was iced over, but much less than the freezer (one of the wires was also pulled out of the refrigerator evap fan, so I fixed the pins and got her back to running)
    1. Now here is the kicker, ran great for about 3 days and then kept getting colder and colder. I set it lower and lower (less cold) and it just keeps getting colder.
    1. Fully turned fridge to the "off setting" on the control panel, and left it over night. Woke up this morning and it's colder than a yeti's taint.

What is my problem here? Freezer Damper? Bad seal? Temp sensor? The fridge has 2 temp sensors and I can't for the life of me figure out which one I would need.

Thank you so much! Will legit buy Reddit gold for anyone that can help me fix this demon.

Posted Apr 7, 2026, 11:27 AM UTC

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