Whirlpool Ice Maker Not Making Ice. How To Troubleshoot Your Ice maker. 

You saved me from buying a new ice maker. None of the other videos mentioned pushing the door switch. As soon as I did that the cycle started. Now it works. Thank you! Let me send you a 9v battery for that smoke detector. Lol

Great advise. I set up for the test cycle and I am waiting. Here is a tip. You can use your digital multimeter as a fused jumper if you set it for amps. Only thing….. Chang the battery in your smoke detector 😁

Excellent! Thanks for the straight-up explanation and footage of the operation and test procedures on this. You are about the only resource that actually sheds decent light and makes good sense! The whole Ice-Maker thing is pretty simple, once someone explains it. Most other resources don't mention anything about the freeze/temperature sensor, and how slowly the ice ejector turns, and most importantly how to trigger the testing of the ice ejector and the water-fill cycles. Now that I know how all that works, it's obvious how to determine what's actually wrong. Cudos my good man!

I’d like to thank you for this video. Your instructions literally saved me from buying a new ice maker that I thought was bad. I had watched another video that left out one very important step which was “pressing the door switch”. When I tested the ice module with the jumper it did nothing, so I was going buy a new one and then came across your video. Turns out I just needed to reset it due to a power outage. Thanks again!!!!!

Best ice maker troubleshooting video I’ve seen so far. Thanks for the tips. I’m starting out in the Industry and this was very helpful. 👍

Very informative step by step instructions. I felt comfortable trouble shooting my ice maker after watching this video, thank you.

Thank you sir! I used the info in your video to test my ice maker. Found out the water line was froze solid. 1 min with a hair dryer and she was working again. You saved me a service call. Great job

I watched several of these “fix it yourself” videos for ice makers and yours is the only one that is worth a damn. Thanks

Great video, very informative. Gave me all I needed to know to test and see what the problem was, without randomly replacing parts.

Thanks, this is excellent!!! Very comprehensive explanation and examination of the ice maker unit! Fantastic, thanks for taking the time to make such a terrific presentation.

Wow, this was a great video and I just repaired mine! The jump was what it needed to start the mechanism. Thanks! Saved me some repairman bills.

Rock on man. This worked. My problem was our Motorhome ice maker. Just bought the RV and they pushed antifreeze through it all, well antifreeze wouldn’t freeze for some reason in the ice machine 🤪. So I could get it to move to the next cycle to get more fluid in to flush the line back out. Thanks man. Your a blessing

Great video! I had to thaw out the frozen drain and had to disconnect the ice maker. Nothing was happening after I reconnected. You're tips helped me in knowing the ice maker is operational. Just waiting for the freezer/fridge to get to temp. Thanks and God Bless!

Thank you very much, changed my old ice maker for a new one but wasn't taking in water so tried it your way to make sure it would take in water but no one else said anything about the door besides you. It works thank you very much, the door switch made it work after trying it so many other ways without any luck. Great job.

I must have looked at 15 DIY videos before I found yours. It worked like a charm. Thanks!

This video did the trick! My icemaker stopped working... and the owners' manual did not give enough information. With a little jumper wire I was able to check the functions of the icemaker. I am checking the temperature of the freezer compartment, to make sure it is at the proper level (0 degrees). Thanks!!

Thanks for posting. I replaced my main water valve on the bottom back. It was not cutting off, was filling the ice holder up. What I found is that when I took the cover off of the ice maker up top, it was caked with ice preventing the dial from turning. I got a long BBQ pit lighter and carefully melted the ice away....so I never got a chance to use my test wire jumper since it started cycling as soon as the ice was cleaned away. The arm went up and down, the tray filled now waiting for a test dump...Thx again for the video, the poor man ribeyes looked good too!!! I've tried those before!!!!

I have the same exact fridge and icemaker everything exactly the same. After I jumpstarted it, it worked like a charm! It wasn’t harvesting after I unplugged it to defrost the freezer drain hole. Thanks so much!

Bro…Much love and appreciation with the advice you gave me. Helped me and my family save money and time. Don’t usually leave posts, but this time, had to reach out and show my respects. “Thanks again bro, God Bless”…!!!!

Very informative and easy to understand! Thanks!!

Thanks, after all your tests it turned in a frozen tube that enters the ice trays. You saved me a ton of money. A new subscriber

Many thanks! Great explanation of how to troubleshoot a faulty ice maker. You gave me the confidence to successfully figure out I had no problem with the water flow, but I did have a burned up ice maker.

Thanks for the vid, muchuv! My icemaker siezes up when I dont use it that often. I come back to this vid several times a year, because my old brain cant seem to remember "T" "H" Bridge 🤣. Thank you for saving me and many others a bunch of $$$ 🤟

Yes INSULATED wire jumper! I got quite the jolt this morning testing mine. Still no ice,but got to get to work. Will try again tonight. Great video. Thank you!

Thanks!! You saved my sanity. We had a serviceman come and replace the thermostat last week & have had no ice since. I think somehow(?) the gear was frozen stuck but the test cycle seems to have freed it up and I’m hoping that’s all it was. It didn’t spin @1st which confused me bc I’d poured water in the tray & it had produced ice last week, but then it started (maybe the heater coil got it freed up). Either way, this video is A+ 🌟

Thank you! We had more than 2 wires that were cut! Such a design flaw. The sears service tech suggested we buy a new door at $1,200.

Great video. For a moment I thought that dead battery sound from your alarm was from my house! Lol.

Thanks for the helpful video. Our maker quit after an 18 hour power outage. Started right back up after making it cycle.

You saved me money. I stuck a wire in both those circuits and it worked like magic. Where do I mail the chuck steak?

Thank You! My ice maker is working!!!!!! Thumbs Up

Great tip on jumper, love the hint about chuck-eye steaks!

Super helpful with the jumpers and door switch, thanks!

I've watched a few videos on testing/repair of the icemaker. What made yours great was the testing of the valve from the head end. No other video has said that. This weekend i'm going to replace the filter on my gf's fridge. Then we will see if the new icemaker and valve work. If not i now know how to test it. Thanks so much.

The door switch trick!!!! Perfect.

Fantastic! You saved me from paying you to come out to fix it!

You Da Man, Excellent trouble Shooting Video, don't have to remove back, to test coils nothing, come to find out, with the Jumper wire, water is working, but ice make is not activating ! Thank You very much my Man !

Thank you. Your video helped me. The steak thing was a good addition to the video!

Thank you so much for this video! So helpful!

Big Help!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

Thanks for the video. Had ice in the ice maker, but wasn't coming out. Did the jumper wire trick and the arms started turning. Hope that does the trick and no more problems...

Great and thorough video. Thank you.

I followed the directions exactly as you said to make sure everything was working. OK, you did a great job. I waited then 24 hours and the refrigerator started to make ice again. I know that maybe the water line could have been frozen. So leaving the refrigerator off for await may have help. But because of your video I knew the ice machine was working. 😊 Thank you.

Thanks for extra testing information of valve, switch and such. very good.

Great, thorough! Hopefully avoids costly calls for me !

This was great thank you for the assistance!!!!

thanks man! super helpful and good camera work with one hand

I'm having the same issue this video helped me big time

Thank you so much for this video! I know my ice maker is good and is cycling. However, I replaced our inlet valve last June and now it is no longer making ice. Now I know how to check if the valve is working properly! You Rock! Thank you so much!

Your a genius man ! Thanks so much. I guess mines was just stuck ? Making ice again now !

Great video. The Lord bless you. 🙏😇

Thanks so much this was such a big help for me. Fixed it myself!❤

Thank you for such detailed commentary, I HAVE ICE.. 🎉

Great information. Mine was only froze up and a hair dryer solved it, but I was able to check everything before thawing out with hair dryer.

Thanks bub. From an old Sears tech. Cheers

excellent ! Rite to the point. MANY THANKS!

Very helpful. Thanks for the tips

Thank you for this. I had an issue where my ice maker was stopped halfway through a harvest cycle and it was just running water into the ice bucket and flooding the floor. I replaced my ice maker out of hand because it was getting limed up rather than trying to fix the one I had. After replacement the ice maker wouldn't move when the power was turned on. Nothing happened, no water and no cycle.I called Whirlpool and the tech support couldn't help me troubleshoot the problem. I asked if there was a way to force a cycle and she was clueless. She wanted me to call a repair man after spending $150 on a new maker. I said I would figure it out on my own. I started searching youtube and found you. The information allowed me to discover that in addition to a bad ice maker the coil on the valve had also opened. I assume it was because it was energized for over an hour before we discovered the flood.

Thanks, this saved me a whole lot of headache

Thanks for making this video!

THIS WAS SO DIRECT I AM NOW GOING TO TRY.

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Thank you!!! You saved me. This totally works. Liked and subscribed

How universal in that smoke alarm twerp!! LOL... Thanks for the video !!

GREAT video! Thanks

Thank you for video of how to check a few things.

Thank you buddy! Great info!

Best video I found about an ice maker like mine. U saved a DIY guy some money!

Hi I believe the arm for the ice was locked as you said. I hear the ice maker working thank you 🙏

Thanks a lot for your video. You are really good.

Thanks man your a life saver. !

Great video! Thanks for showing the testing procedure. Next up ---> How To Troubleshoot a Smoke Detector 🙂

Great Video!

Wow your awesome you explained it perfectly

Excellent and fantastic. Thank you sir.

Thanks for your help.

Dang that’s awesome advice thanks bro I’m definitely going to follow you

Great video. Spread the love for Chuck Eye. Found out about 5 years ago & love it more than any other cut now. Of course this artificial 'inflation' has driven them up from $6 for a pack of 2 to almost $12...

Thanks for the info vary helpful. And by the way I have been buying chuck eye stakes for15 years I like them just as much as a rib eye.

Thanks for this video, easy troubleshooting

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Thanks very useful video

Thank you for this information I'm about to try these tests. I'm not getting full ice kinda hollow on most. I think it's a clogged water line since I have hard water in Texas. My fridge is well over 25 years but don't want to buy a new one just yet.

Excellent job

Thank you for making this video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great video my friend.

this was a great video. also thanks for the tip on the poor mans steak

Great video !

Came for the ice maker tips, left with a new steak recommendation! Thanks brother

T & H , V & L Thank you. exactly what I needed to know about that ice module see if the motor is running, and water pouring. the n digging into the pump in the back, if iti s the pump I will switch it of the water despencer to ice then I know I need a new pump.

Awesome vid!!! Thanks so much

You very good thanks so much man

Woo Hoo! Something that actually worked!! Merry Christmas!!

Great video thanks again

Appreciate you taking the time to put this up. One thing, as I just had to defrost mine with a hairdryer xD: have you heard of the heating element underneath ever going out? Would the entire unit need to be replaced if this was the case? Thanks again!

Thanks. Big help.

Thanks for this.

Thanks, it works now, everything checked out but the water tube was frozen, thanks for describing the tests

That "temp sensor" that you pointed out according to the manufacturer is a thermal fuse... The sensor (thermostat) is actually attached to the ice mold on the front hidden behind the controller/timing unit... according to the manufacturer... Note: I am not a repairman just a DIYer so I may be wrong. Other than that, Thank you. Great trouble shooting info!

Life saver!

Thank you so much!,,,,, it works