Hearing a strange or weird clicking noise coming from your residential refrigerator is typically caused by an electrical fault in the compressor start relay or a mechanical issue within the automatic icemaker assembly. The most frequent culprit is a failing start relay module attached to the side of the compressor; when this small component wears out, it tries to send electrical current to start the motor, fails, and triggers an internal safety overload switch that clicks open and closed rhythmically every few minutes. Alternatively, clicking can come from water valves or control boards. You can troubleshoot by locating the sound source. You can verify that your corrective action is successful when replacing a faulty start relay module successfully stops the rhythmic clicking noise and allows the compressor to run.
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