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The ice dispenser is not dispensing ice. When you put a cup under dispenser and push in, nothing happens. Its a Kenmore Elite, model 106.5896*701

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Here are some places to look, check the dispenser switch is working and also that it is being activated by the mechanizm, check that the auger is turning, if not is the motor getting power but not working? is the selector switch in the correct position and is it making contact...

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