Kenmore by Whirlpool sxs water in the door. Ice maker 106.565424

If your ice maker is not making ice and you poured water into the ice maker, that would indicate the ice maker is not cycling. If you have any make or model except a whirlpool, kitchenaid or sears kenmore, if you replace the ice maker, you will be making ice in no time. If you have one of the aforementioned brands, AND the ice BUCKET is mounted on the door, you will have to replace the electric eye boards on either side wall as well, as these often short, damaging the icemaker electronics in the process.

Take the two lines off the valve and try the dispenser to see if water comes out and if you hear the valve click when you try it. If you hear it but no water comes out then the valve didn't open. There is a screen filter in the line before the valve that can be stopped up. Replace the valve if it doesn't work. If water does come out Your water line could be frozen in the door. You can disconnect the line under the unit before it goes into the door at the bottom hinge. Push the dispenser button and see if it comes out there. If it does leave the door open till it thaws. Covering the opening with a blanket will prevent the loss of cold in the freezer.

When you open the freezer door , the receiver should flash 2 times then pause , repeatedly . Close the flap on the left side , and the emiter should stop flashing and be off . If you open the door , and no flash , then the icemaker should be in the harvest cycle ( trying to dump ) . If not trying to dump , then the ice maker is bad . Also check the black fill tube , above the ice maker fill cup . A lot of times , it will freeze up , not letting water get to the ice maker ( sign of a bad water inlet valve ) . As far as voltages , I don't know of any techs , who check this way .
If the optics are responding this way , and the black fill tube is clear , then the problem is the ice maker .

You would need a volt meter to narrow waht component has failed. It sounds like you have a sxs unit with ice and water in the door. There is a double valve in the back of the unit (if it's a GE Built Kenmore -it may have a double -double inlet valve). You would need to hook up your volt meter to the inlet valve side for the Ice maker. This is where the 1/4" tubing is going into the valve. Next you need to know haow to harves the Ice maker. Most newer Ice makers have an module in it. ther is a jumper sequence that you need to do in order to get the ice maker to harvest maually. Once the IM is harvesting, note the voltage at the valve - this is not a constant voltage- you would have to wait until the IM is in the cycle where it energizes an internal switch to send 120v to the water valve.. If you are getting 120 V and No water, then you have a bad valve assembly
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defrost fill tube to ice maker. if no water in ice maker need to replace module

The fill solenoid for the ice maker is not working. Replace it and you are good to go.

water valve or icemaker or make sure freezer is freezing check see if you have frost build up

check inside the bottom of the refrigerator for water, the water line goes thru the back of the refrigerator and it may have cracked and leaking inside instead of going to the dispenser.
if not then water is most likely frozen in the line going thru the back of the refrigerator. look behind the pans in the refrigerator and there should be a coil of clear plastic water line, this is the reservoir that chills the water for the dispenser. sometimes it will freeze up if the refrigerator is very cold.

Sounds like a water valve problem to me. Force the ice maker to cycle. (turn it off and let it get cold for at least an hour then turn it back on). Test for voltage on the ice maker side of the valve. The valve is usually in the back near the floor. Just follow the water line. Another solution. switch the wires on the water valve. then try the water dispenser and see if it makes the ice maker fill up. See if when the ice maker cycles water comes out the door. If the ice maker causes water in the door , replace the valve, If door switch causes ice maker to fill up replace ice maker again.

Hi,
Here is a tip that I wrote about the reasons why ice makers do not work.

Ice Maker Problems and Ice Maker Troubleshooting

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