Fixing a refrigerator that’s on the fritz is one of the most common appliance jobs for a do-it-yourselfer. Finding the right refrigerator parts can be a little tricky sometimes, however, especially if your fridge is a few years old (or more).

Most of the major brands of refrigerators such as GE, Kenmore, Whirlpool and Maytag aren’t crazy about selling you parts. They would much prefer to send one of their own repairmen out to do the work for you.

Of course this adds a lot to the cost of the repair, and if you’re comfortable with replacing the parts yourself why wouldn’t you save the labor costs?

The fact is, replacing parts in most refrigerators is a lot easier than replacing parts in your car. Why wouldn’t you do it yourself?

There are several websites that sell parts for almost all brands of refrigerators. One of the biggest is Easy Appliance Parts. They carry parts for all the major brands – Admiral, Amana, Caloric, Electrolux, Frigidaire, GE, Hotpoint, Jenn-Air, etc.

Another good site is Part Select, who also carries parts for all the major brands. They actually carry parts for many different appliances as well – not just refrigerators.

The way these websites work is you enter the model number of your fridge, and they will give you a list of all the parts to choose from.

For example, if you’re looking for a part for a Kitchenaid KSCS23FVMK refrigerator, you would enter that part number on the website and it would give you a list of all the parts they carry for it.

You can get everything from drawers or shelves to ice dispensers or even the circuit board that controls all the functions in the fridge.

As long as you are able to diagnose the problem, you can get the part to fix it. Some things are obviously a lot more difficult to diagnose however. A broken crisper drawer is pretty obvious, where a faulty circuit board is going to take more troubleshooting skills.

But if you have the ability to diagnose the problem and install the part, these sources can get you the parts you need.