A spring cleaning of your refrigerator can help prevent food-borne illness and make cooking at home more enjoyable. (Andrey Popov/istock) Each spring, I get the urge to clean. I don't know if it is a ...

Q. We have a Hotpoint refrigerator with a top freezer. Whenever the compressor stops, we hear a sharp thudding noise. This noise first appeared about three months ago as a quiet thud and has gradually ...