Model # WBM35LW, 26 months old. Stays in defrost mode, cant find the defrost timer, was told it is in the control panel as one piece, not a seperate item, do I have to replace the whole control panel? And where is that?

nutinurs, August 2005

( The unit was mine for 175$, nothing else. In my eyes that's robbery. And why complicate the thing at all by having the thermostat electronic? )

Magnus, August 2005

I have a E-lux freezer ( same manufacter as Whirlpool ) which was stuck in "super"-mode ie the thermostat was bypassed. By a local dealer I learnt that it was quite common the electronic failed but sometimes you could fix it by letting the freeze be unplugged for a couple of hours, and that worked for me once.
I don't know if that can help you but at least it's free to try.
Sorry to say a similar problem appeared later and now I had to replace the electronic unit ( easy done but 100$ for the unit.. )

Magnus, August 2005