Refrigerator Ice Maker Not Working - Top 3 Reasons & Fixes - Kenmore, Whirlpool, Frigidaire & more

Hi. I have a similar fridge. It makes ice. But is like melted. Like water had been poured over all the ice. Freezer is working fine and freezing the food. And the ice maker is brand new. What could be causing this??

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What about leaks? Creating a whole block of ice

Why would a solenoid that tests good not open to send water to the ice maker? Good pressure new filter. Water dispenser works fine.

Help! When I tested L and M for the motor I got 74.8 ohms (MM set at 200 which is lowest ohm setting) you said should be 4,400 - 8,800...when I tested the external water solenoid I got no change on MM. Got one on order.....

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I have been working on my Whirlpool model GX5FHDXVY03 that is having issues with not making ice. With you providing the readings that I should see with my multimeter, this was an easy troubleshooting session. The culprit was the water solenoid that was showing a value of "0". Ordered my part and we will have ice very soon! Thank you for the awesome video!

Great video. Solved my problem

Great video!

This video was really helpful now I got to put a motor in the ice maker

This one driving me crazy if anyone has suggestions. My Frigidaire side by side is about 8 years old. The ice maker replaced about 6 months ago. We noticed some wet ice and frozen clumps in bucket then water leaking out of front. I determined that the ice maker was calling for water and it opened up the valve and seemed to fill the tray normally and with no leak. However, it called for water again every 3-5 minutes until the corner of the tray would overflow. The valve seems to be coming on and shutting off properly it is just happening every few minutes instead of waiting the proper cycle time. Is it the ice maker, the inlet valve or something else?

Can the ice maker going out contribute or be the reason why the fridge is freezing everything? (i already tried changing out the cold control thermostat). thanks! Great vid.

External water valve solenoid I’m reading 1 ohm instead of 270. I checked the continuity on the solenoid for the ice hose in the back and it was good. Where is the external water valve solenoid at? I’m not sure what part it is

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It makes ice but won't come out

Dudes' hair looks like he got a hold of some live wires. JK. A REALLY good video. It solved my problem. Well done. Thanks.

Our refrigerator's condenser coils were super dirty, so our ice maker didn't work. Well we cleaned it up, and now our ice maker works.

Excellent troubleshooting guide. Thanks!

Don’t blow up your ice maker like I did. I have the first type he showed how to test. The numbers looked good on the multimeters so I pulled off the white gear thing that says don’t adjust. One of the contacts was black and dirty. I cleaned the gear part with electronics cleaner and a brass brush. Then, for good measure, I sprayed electronics cleaner into the ice maker contacts. Nothing happened until I scrubbed it with a brass brush and BOOM. Instant fire. I blew on it and it went out. Reinstalled the gear and it started turning immediately. Seems to work like new!

Here's my problem, I changed out the check valve, mine is inside behind the panel. I'm getting water to the water dispenser but none to the ice maker, so should I now change the ice maker?

well there's your problem, your ice maker is in your refrigerator!

Very valuable video . Specifically ,short & precise . That is PROFESSIONALLY . Pure gold in the internet garbage . Thank you .

So, If I don’t want to make Ice the Ice Maker Arm should be Up right ?

I have WRS321SDHZ model whirlpool it's making ice but won't dump the ice I reset it

nice video, but it doesn't show my kenmore side by side. the ice maker is in the top of the frezzer. the ice despensor is on the door with a lift out bin. how do I fix this.

I have a whirlpool side by side I have replaced the ice maker waited 24 hrs to make ice I got a half. And then it stopped no more ice. The temperature it’s at 15 and humidity is at 16 . No ice in 2 weeks. What should do next?

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Great informative information will be ordering parts very soon thank you!!!

Hi, thanks for the video. If the water supply line is clogged, would that stop the motor from cycling?

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i got my kenmore refrigetor coop year ago was working fine but , they stop make ice and i never change the filter , do you think is the problem or i have to cleaning on back ?
please can you help me

I have a Hisense French door but the ice maker is identical to the one you're showing . I've had it for 2 yrs and a hard piece of ice knocked the part that flips the ice loose then the wires looked as if they got cut . For some reason , my entire frig seemed to shut down after this happened but everyone doesn't think this has anything to do with the frig stopping but this is the only thing that happened before it stopped. I actually tried to put the wires back together and noticed the frig staying on 45 seconds b4 it goes back out . I decided to replace the ice maker and hope it works . Because non of the videos I've seen has stated this could happen , I've just been guessing . Hopefully the replacement works . Thanks for the video !

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What temp should Frigidaire refrigerator freezer temp be set on the lowest or highest setting to make ice faster ?

This was a tremendous help! My Kenmore IM was still working but not producing as it should. Cubes were smaller, also. First step was clean the coils, and they were completely clogged. After a couple of days the IM close to normal, but still not producing as before. Just checked it out with multimeter and all appears OK.

Why is my Frigidaire professional dual ice maker, bottom isn’t working after I heard knocking for a while

Mine just needed rebooting to fix the problem. Must be running Microsoft software.

Awesome video

Mine was the refrigerant can was not pushed in all the way . Started making ice right away.

Excellent video, by any chance do you have a video on how to reset the ice maker on a 795.74113.710 Kenmore refrigerator , thank you.

How is the plastic cover attached to the control housing? Its a Whirlpool WRF535SMBM00

Last ohm meter test about blew up my ohm meter. Maybe they meant to unplug the refrigerator before testing!

Thanks for the video, dirty coils cleaned and ice maker started working again. Took overnight to work, but thanks for the video.

BRO!! That little piece that fell off, all you do is pop that off and stick a screw driver in there to adjust it. You pulled the ice maker out for nothing