Frigidaire Ice Maker Hack 

Yes I was doing that routinely and you are right, it works temporarily…in my case it would stop making ice again in two or three days. The water line was not frozen, the fan was not frozen, none of the components were frozen…it would just stop. As an update since making this video, I no longer have to intervene, the tray is always full of ice. I’m sure I will need to defrost it again the months ahead but so far this band-aid trick works well for me!

Yes but it will only work assuming the plastic water pipe attached along the back side of the fridge isn't frozen, plus you need to be sure the coil behind the ice maker isn't frozen as well. If you know it isn't frozen, then the power-cycle trick might help. However instead of unplugging it you can just put it into service mode and tell it to drop the ice now, then tell it to fill with water now, and finally when you exit the service menu, it will cause a reboot. That is what I've been doing for ages to keep the ice tray full, but now I've automated the process as I explained in this video. I don't know if you have the same model as mine, but to put it into the service mode you press and hold the up-arrow and the plus-sign simultaneously. Once the menu is active, press the minus button so the number 63 shows on the right side of the display. Then press the Set button and wait for it to dump the ice. If it won't, and just ignores you, then press and hold the Plus button to exit (it will power-cycle). Then try going back to the same menu (63) and press Set again. It should dump the ice at this point. When the dump is completed then press plus twice so the number 55 is showing on the right. Press Set to make it fill the tray with water. When its done filling, press and hold the up-arrow to exit and cause a power cycle. You'll have to remember to do this every few days but once you learn this sequence at least you get one tray of ice immediately and a random amount of ice for the next few days.

@@westrex Thanks, I will give it a go.

Having just gone through the process of taking apart, putting back together, running multiple defrost cycles, running automated troubleshooting, running manual troubleshooting, etc I will laugh at my misery if this was the solve the whole time. Good stuff.

​@@westrex I have to press and gold the + button and not the up arrow to go back to operating mode, and 63 doesn't dump my ice. I think 57 does

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