My Ice maker is on the on sign and has not been making ice. MD

Hello Jerry;

My name is Peter. I am a retired field service technician.


There are several different ice makers.

Provide you unit model number. This is on a label in the fresh food section on the liner door.

What is going on:

1.) Does ice maker fill with water?
2.) Does the ice maker make sounds.
3.) does the ice maker fill with water, freezes and then does not dump?

Need more information to help you Jerry.

Peter, Baltimore, MD

The water valve could be bad or the icemaker may be bad.

HI,CHECK FOR UNIT TEMP FACTORY SETTING,CHECK FOR CLEAND CONDENSER COILS ,GOOD WATER FILTER, AND FOR A GOOD WATER PRESSURE ...

WHEN THE UNIT GETS FULL YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO SHUT ICE MAKER OFF...
unfortunately there is no sensor to tell the ice maker to stop production so this will happen. sounds like the unit makes more ice that your family uses which normally would be a good thing... just shut the ice maker off until time to make some more and then switch back on ...
hope this helps you out.....

make sure your refrigerator unit is level first . If it is , and you have eight square faced plastic cover on the front of the ice maker itself that can be removed by un- snapping it, remove it and see if there is a small screw with a spring underneath it or positive or negative arrow's on the unit where the screw is located. Regardless, if there is a screw all by itself turned the screw 1/2 turn Counterclockwise. this will decrease the amount of time the water valve is open during the ice bin filling cycle.

try a hard start electronic relay(it has a big capacitor to give it extra kick to start) clean both fins...oil fan motor

Pour about 1/2 cup of water into ice maker . If it dumps , replace the water valve . If doesn't dump , replace the ice maker . Also make sure the coils are clean of dust , lint , etc...

make sure you push the ice lever back down

try forcing the cycle by manually triggering the cycle a few times. Sometimes you can detach the trip arm or turn the tray by hand by disconnecting it from the gear. There may have been a switch bumped to turn it off or the switch somehow jammed. Maybe check for freeze-up. If there is water in it, it's going somewhere.

how old is it ??? it only makes 8 ice cubes every 2.5 hrs or so when running correctly.some times 5 cubes depending on model. try reaching into the ice maker and feel the ice being made is the tray full or is there empty slots in the ice mold(asif not enough water). are the cubes hollow??( a sign of low water pressure)). have you replaed the waterfilterrecently (if applicable) old filterwill restrict water flow.