Samsung Refrigerator Fresh Food Evaporator Cover Assembly (White Plastic) (Samsung OEM)

Description

Genuine Samsung OEM Samsung Refrigerator Fresh Food Evaporator Cover Assembly (White Plastic) – Part DA97-12608A

Part Number: DA97-12608A

Replaces: AP5620515, 3282527, PS4176627

Always verify compatibility using your appliance model number before ordering.

Samsung Refrigerator Freezer Evaporator Cover Panel Assembly (Part # DA97-12608A)

Restore precise airflow and consistent temperature regulation to your appliance with this Genuine OEM Refrigerator Evaporator Cover Assembly. This comprehensive rear wall panel module (Part # DA97-12608A) seals off the back cooling system inside the freezer compartment. It conceals the freezing aluminum evaporator coils, protects them from physical impacts, and creates a pressurized air plenum that forces chilled air evenly across your freezer baskets and up into the fresh food section.

Manufactured directly by Samsung, this complete factory assembly features a high-impact plastic face shield, pre-cut thermal polystyrene insulation backing, and the integrated circulation fan motor. If your refrigerator is clicking or buzzing loudly, thawing frozen foods, showing a warm fresh food section, or choking the back wall with heavy ice build-up, the internal circulation fan or the defrost thermostat logic built into your current panel has likely failed.

Quick Info:

• Compatibility: Precision engineered exclusively for Samsung French-door and bottom-freezer refrigerators (commonly utilized in popular series like RF263BEAESR, RF263TEAESR, and RF261BEAESR).

• Fixes Common Issues: Resolves “freezer or fresh food section not cooling” complaints, loud clacking or vibrating fan noises, heavy frost build-up on the back wall, and failed electronic defrost cycles.

• All-In-One Module: Comes complete with the outer plastic panel casing, internal molded foam insulation seals, and the factory pre-wired evaporator fan motor with wire harness.

• Difficulty: Intermediate. Accessible DIY repair requiring the removal of the main freezer drawer and sliding baskets.

Pro Tip: If your refrigerator is making a loud buzzing or clicking noise that instantly stops the exact moment you pull open the freezer drawer, the circulation fan blades are physically striking an ice block forming behind the wall. Do not attempt to force or pry the panel off while it is frozen shut. Prying a frozen back wall will instantly snap the internal plastic locking tabs or tear the underlying styrofoam insulation. Unplug the refrigerator completely and leave the doors open for 24 hours to melt all hidden ice dams safely before unscrewing the panel.

Installation Guidelines:

1. Safety Isolation: Safely store any perishable food items and completely unplug the refrigerator from the wall socket to protect yourself from live voltage at the fan terminals.

2. Clear the Freezer: Remove the front freezer drawer door and slide out all interior freezer baskets and gear tracks to fully expose the vertical rear plastic wall panel.

3. Remove Screws and Caps: Pry off the small plastic screw covers, unthread the mounting screws holding the panel to the liner chassis, and pull the wall forward gently.

4. Disconnect and Replace: Press the locking tab on the central electrical plug to unhook the old fan motor from the refrigerator’s wall harness. Snap the new genuine assembly’s harness into the socket, seat the panel flush against the back tracks, and screw it back into position.

Are you replacing this back wall panel today because your integrated circulation fan has failed completely, or has the foam lining become waterlogged and frozen into a solid block?