Maytag French Door Refrigerator Ice Maker Not Making Ice

The freezer temperature should be set between 0 and 5 degrees fahrenheit 18 to 15c for the ice maker to work properly.

Maytag french door refrigerator ice maker not making ice.

Remove jammed ice from the ejector arm using only a plastic utensil so the ice maker is not damaged. Because the ice may not be completely frozen yet when the harvest fingers try to harvest the ice cubes the fingers bring up icy water that attaches to the stripper. A clogged or incorrectly installed water filter will reduce the water flow to the ice maker and dispenser which will result in small ice cubes low ice production or decreased water flow. If your refrigerator was just installed it may take 24 hours for ice production to begin and up to three days for full ice production.

First ensure that ice is not jammed in the ejector arm of the ice maker. This will likely resolve the issue. First make sure the freezer is below 10 degrees because the icemaker will not cycle if the temperature in the freezer is over 10 degrees. It s difficult to get water into the icemaker mold so i would use a turkey baster or something to help.

Fix a maytag french door refrigerator that has this following issues. The icemaker isn t making enough ice. Next fill up the icemaker with a cup of water and wait 24 hours to see if it cycles and dumps the ice. If a large amount was recently removed it could take 24 hours to fully replenish.

If the refrigerator has a water dispenser check for a problem with the filter by doing the following.