OT Question on Ice In door Fridges?

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Jerry Nicholson

I have a 16 year old Frigidaire side by side. I had to replace the ice maker in November 2017 and August 2019 due to failure of the timing and control mechanism. My wife is always complaining because when she has selected crushed ice she gets about half of it crushed and half in "cubes" (actually, half moons). I replace the water filter when the "cubes" get down to about half size and the water is only a trickle.

BTW the ice maker is fairly easy to replace in my Frigidaire.

Jerry

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Paul Blackwell

We have a Samsung refrigerator with freezer on the bottom, and ice dispenser in the door. Ours is nine years old, and no problems with ice dispensing so far.

Whirlpool is a POS with in the door

Dick Coers

With the ice maker on, darned thing would almost never shut off. Items on the top shelf of the refrigerator would freeze and lots of defrost cycles for the freezer. Frozen food always had ice crystals on it from all the defrost cycles. I finally shut off the ice maker and the wife was not happy. #1 feature she wants is the ice and water through the door.

Mine is a Kitchenaid

neal in SC

Sounds like a similar problem I had with mine when it was new. There is a door at the top of the chute in the door that would get stuck open allowing warm air up into the auger. It would then either melt all the ice in the auger causing a big puddle on the floor in front of the door or cause the ice in the auger to melt and refreeze into one big solid lump which was a real nuisance to get out. The service tech took three tries (under warranty, fortunately) to get it working reliably. It's been 4 years with not further problems. Put your fingers up the chute and see if you can feel the door, and if the door is fully closed.

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David Yoho

I still have an old Kenmore side by side with ice and water through the freezer door. Earlier this year I discovered ice not dropping down the shoot because it was frosted up on the top end where the ice exits the auger/ice bin. Turns out the problem was a sticking flap (door) that allows the ice to pass and is supposed to close back when done. It wasn't closing all the way allowing warm air to enter the shoot which formed the frost build up.

Instead of replacing it, I cleaned it and worked it back and forth quite a bit. I even reached my hand up the shoot after dispensing ice for a while to check that it was closing. So far it's worked.

After owning both...

Jim Matthews

I feel the same way about ice makers as sunroofs in cars.

Nice idea, but leads to leaks.

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Bob Herrman

We have Samsung same as yours. Ice maker is a problem in fact their is a class action suit against Samsung over the ice maker design. Hopefully the third time visit by the repairman has fixed the problem... don,t know about yours, but this unit is very noisy and moans when it is making ice.

How about that $50 filter every 6 months?

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frank morgan

I have a Samsung too, about 2 years old...same problem. While still under warranty had the appliance guys come out to attempt to fix...it's a little bit better, but still freeze's up every 2 week or so. I like ice in my drinks and I tend to use it 2 to 3 times a day. Our's has wifi, and we can force it to defrost via an IPAD app...so we've been doing it every 2 weeks or so, and that avoids it freezing up. Its something we are learning to live with.

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John K Jordan

I have a Kitchenair about 16 years old. The icemaker became unreliable after about 15 years and I disassembled it completely and do some maintenance (clean, align). It is a quite complicated mechanism, both to disassemble and then figure out how it worked and how to rebuild it. It has worked fine since. A new one is about $150 so if it gives up again I'll replace it.

Mine drops ice into a hopper then discharges into a chute for use with or without the crusher engaged. This has worked reliably MOST of the time. I think twice since I've had it I had some frost buildup in the chute. I removed the hopper and chute mechanism, dumped the ice, then ran cold water through the chute/crusher to melt the buildup. All worked well then. (I always use it with the crusher.)

JKJ