In January of 2009 I purchased a Sears Kenmore "Elite" Freezer model # 253.28092801. Last month, the freezer started acting up - it would cool part of the time and then it would stop cooling. I called the Sears repair guy - who was really nice and was told that the electronic control board was bad. These freezers are actually made by Figidaire. The bad part number is 297242003. This part, which takes about 2 minutes to pop out of the front of the freezer and replace was going to cost me $440.55 - which is more than half of the cost of the freezer. I called their "customer service" number and was rudely told that there was nothing that they could do.
I am planning to take the freezer out of the house and lay it down outside and run over it with our loader.
I just wanted to warn everyone against buying a Kenmore freezer!