Frigidaire ice maker making ice slowly or not making ice at all - easy fix
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- We have been suffering with our ice maker not making ice fast enough for a couple of years now. Finally its been fixed and its making enough ice! Watch the entire video as one of these easy solutions I showed may work for you!
Go to 5:00 if you want to skip to the final fix that worked for us! If it doesn't work watch the whole video for the other possibilities that could work for you.
Thanks to Ruben Mendez for letting me know that the codes for ice level seem to be the same on kenmore machine as well. It could very well be that many of the key combos are the same!
If your still having issues with not getting enough ice, then watch this next update:
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Not all heroes wear capes, this video helped so much, thank you sir.
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My mothers ice maker stopped working after she emptied the hopper. After checking the settings in your video, I rain a hair dryer inside for about ten minutes, and put things back together and turned the ice maker back on. Two hours later, my mother called and reported that she heard ice drop into the hopper
Thanks for the great tips!
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Changing the temp to 2 totally worked!! I changed the freezer temp to 2 and left it for 24 hours then changed it back to zero. I have ice now!! I was about to start shopping for a new fridge. Thank you for this video!
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Okay I'm going to try this.
Thanks . Will try
I can’t wait to try this.
I turned the temp down to zero and it worked. Thanks so much!
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Solution 01.) Turn off ice maker - 01:24
Solution 02.) Increase ice production - 01:56
Solution 03.) Defrost mode - 02:26
Solution 04.) Turning down freezer temperature - 06:12
Thank you for supporting my channel, I really appreciate you sharing that with everyone. I should have probably done that 😅.
Thanks again with everyone’s help we are so close to 1k subscribers.
@@CravingSolutions My pleasure. Thanks for providing the solutions in the first place!
Thanks for the video. I agree it was long winded but you’re learning. Thanks for putting the work in.
Dude just kept talking
thank you for showing me the way from moving ice from level 1 to level 3.
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I am a senior citizen and I live in a senior apartment complex. I bought my Frigidaire two years ago, and the ice and water was not producing effectively, so I’m thankful that I found your video online. Your explanation was thorough and easily understood. Thank you so much for the information, and by the way I am a new subscriber.😊
I’m really happy to see this helped, makes me very happy whenever someone benefits from them! Really appreciate your support my efforts and my channel!
Im wondering though, what was wrong with your water that my video was able to help you fix?
This was helpful and you explained it very well. Thank you sir
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thank you so much for this video.. i have alot more ideas to use to fix this icemaker. i never thought i would find a video with the exact same fridge that we have. hasnt been fixed yet but regardless. thank you
Thank you for all the what didn’t work we changed the filter and reset it to new, then turned up temp on freezer to 2. One or both of them worked thank you
It’s me again. I kept the setting on 2.
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Thanks for all the different solutions. We had a weird clonking noise. I had to search for a way to solve that. It doesn’t make that sound but then the ice got slower and slower until it just stopped completely. I hope one of these will be the solution and we are about to give it a try. Thanks!
I just found this video and trying to implement some of what you have suggested. I have the same exact refrigerator but my freezer was already at zero so moving it to 2 degrees and hoping that might make a difference. Im not exactly sure why a hair dryer would make a difference. I dont see any frozen components? the one little water line doesnt appear to be frozen
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this have solved my problems with the Frigidaire ice maker
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There is another menu for that unit. One specific to the ice maker that tests all c omponemets and does a specific defrost for the ice maker evaporator. Hold up arrow and plus together and you're in ice mode. There is a schematic diagnostic menu on the bottom right side in plastic stuck on above the drain pan. Need a rong of needle nose to get it out. It will tell you all the test codes and what the numbers mean in diagnostic menu.
Thanks for sharing that, I will have to check it out sometime! Thanks for taking the time to comment and supporting my channel! With your help, we're almost at 1,000 subscribers! :)
It's been a few years of battle with this exact fridge and not enough ice. The water that came into the dispensary was also fairly slow we just thought it was the frig. I went through everything on this video and still didn't solve my issue. I went into my crawlspace and noticed the supply line went from 3/4" to 1/4 to 1/2" back to 1/4". I am no master plumber but that didn't seem right to me. I replaced the entire pipe from the main 3/4" ran a 1/2" to an quarter turn ball valve PEX ice maker outlet box. The stream of water is at least 3 times faster now when filling up a glass of water and ice maker now has zero issues. CHECK YOUR SUPPLY LINES!!!!
Same fridge. Nowhere did I see the options for increased ice. Had same issue. Giving it a shot, thanks!
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@@CravingSolutions it’s still not great, but much better. I also have RO water feeding it. However I installed a booster, so it has 65 lbs pressure. Going to try the temp up and down as you did. I’ll update back ! Again thanks !
@@Cire3PC You mean as in part 2 of this?
That next setting really does help, just bringing the temperature from 40 to 38 mad e a huge difference. Here is the video on that:
th-cam.com/video/BoBnRVRF-rA/w-d-xo.html
@@CravingSolutions you gotta be kidding me. I changed the freezer from 0 to 2 degrees for 24 hours. Then set it back to 0. The following day ice is completely full. Dam…. You attack things like I do…lol. Hats off, worked great between the two !
@@Cire3PC that’s awesome I’m glad this finally worked for you!
Thanks for the ideas I'm convinced one will work,I kept turning it off for 24 hrs it will make a little ice but then quit again. I'll go thru these steps. Thank you!
Thanks for the knowledge on the short cuts. My kenmore is giving me the same problems but I never knew about the ice level and when I checked mine it was at one. Now that I have it to three let’s see how it does. Thanks! By the way the shortcuts are the same.
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did it work?
Thank you for all the quick digit shortcuts
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Thank you for this. We have the same fridge and issue 😩. Learn new tricks too.
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Ours exact same fridge no longer makes ice cubes, only crushed ice? Any help would be appreciated
We bought a new Frigidaire refrigerator in May 2023. The ice maker was making ice very slowly. Like 2 glasses full a day. So we needed ice. We bought a bag of ice and put 1/4 of it in the ice bin. A few hours later, it started making ice! A lot of ice!! So try this first before anything else!! Seems like it had a sensor that that activated the ice machine when some ice was put in the bin. Hope this works for many of you!
That's a great suggestion! Thanks for that, I hope it helps someone in the future! Thanks for taking the time to comment and supporting my channel!
Thanks man, Zero degrees worked perfect!
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I just tried bringing the freezer temp from -1 to 0 and increasing the output as shown. Hopefully, this will help. I am also going to turn it off for a awhile too.
After replacing my refrigerator 3 times. Finally two technicians told Me they had to install an ice maker in the bottom of theirs. One said it would cost a $100.00 but I talked with company and they paid for it. We sometimes have to throw ice out now and the top is working better.
I’m glad you were able to get them to do that! Glad things are working good for you now :)
I’m glad you were able to get them to do that! Glad things are working good for you now :)
We got the same model and what I found is that there would be a piece of ice stuck on the edge of the tray. No need to take anything apart just feel around on the edge of the tray , just be careful as there is a plastic arm in that area that seems it may be fragile. Pull the piece of ice out and you should be good for a month or so.
Thanks for the ideas. I'll try them.
Lifesaver. I moved the controls to three and 0 degrees and next morning I had a full ice bin from nothing. Thanks and great job!!
You had a full ice bin? Takes days for mine to be full lol
Thanks brother, really helpful video! ima try all these options out, currently defrosting
Good luck! I hope it will. has worked out for you! Thank you for commenting!
my ice maker is making ice but the ice is not dropping, any idea how to fix that?
Thank you Sir Happy Holidays!!
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Is there a list of what all the diagnostic menus are? How did you discover that 26 is the icemaker temp?
Great video revisit it many times appreciate it!
How do you change the ice maker temperature, mines is high but only blinks. When I press the plus or minus sign it changes to other settings. How to change it?
Thanks for information man.👍🏽💯
Ours the same frige. I need to replace the control panel because the LED numbers half work some dont so we cant tell the temp in fridge or freezer. Maybe its too high on the freezer we cant see......
That’s unfortunate that it won’t show you, I can only imagine how annoying that would be!
Awesome video! It solved my problem completely!
Hi i have the same fridge an d it keep freezing on the back in the inside by the ice maker making the refrigerator very warm
Replacing the filter may help also!
Have never explored the maintenance menu, thanks! Surprised that you keep the the fridge at 40°, that’s on the high side. We always keep ours at 34. Since the ice maker is in the fridge, not sure if a higher fridge temp affects the ice making & ice maker frost situation.
How long did you leave your freezer temperature at 2 before you changed it back to 0?
It was on 2 for a while. Putting it at 0 is what fixed it. Thanks for taking the time to comment and supporting my channel! With your help, we can reach 1,000 subscribers :)
My ice maker tray isn’t pulling out? Any advice?
I’m going to assume that it’s frozen shut or that the ice in their has frozen together and could have possibly gotten higher then the tray. I would recommend to turn off the refrigerator and use a hair dryer heat the air up where it dispenses. Hopefully after a an hour or so enough will thaw out to where you can open it. Be careful to not melt or damage any of the plastic of the refrigerator.
Hie long did you keep the freezer on 2 before you put back on zero
Thank you for telling us about the temperature in Portland.
I had the same problem with this fridge, no ice / intermittent ice. No water would come out on test 55, there was a noise but no water. Both cables that run to the ice machine just needed to been reseated. Reboot the fridge and it was working again.
I'm thinking you described my issue. I'm not hearing the water noise anymore.
Thank you so much! I have an older version of the Frigidaire professional series but I am going to try all of your suggestions!!
Hopefully all/ has gone well! Thank you for commenting!
Hmm, I bought a fridadaire side by side that i thought was a dent and ding but was a used/reconditioned one.
The controls are on the side of the door and not the front. My thinking is the control panel went bad as it's a very shiny black while the sides are the no finger print type. No matter what I set the freeze, it's 14f. I replaced the water filter (which is a big scam) that took about a week to get here as I couldn't buy it locally. The line is clear and the valve is fully opened.
My guess is it's the wrong front panel or the ice maker is working but not correctly or the correct one for this unit. As luck would have it, as soon as I got it, I got sick. The a-hole delivering it would have to scratch the hardwood floor. Not happy at this point.
How do I even turn the ice maker on? We just had the water hooked up
My icemaker is making ice good I replace the cartridge and the filter but it’s got a bad taste to it and when I get the water out of the door it taste funny and it’s not cold could you please tell me how to fix that thank you
Is there an option to change the size of the ice? I thought there was but for the life of me can't remember how to do it....
thank you for this me and my mom just moved and we didnt know how to work it
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I just got this fridge today and have been on since 2 pm and is 11 pm ! There is like 10 ice cubes in the tray … let see if i have luck.
I have a question. This fridge is loud right? Mine is making a weird noise non stop.
Ours isn't loud, I mean obviously you can hear it but it isn't loud. Something could have happened to yours upon shipping/delivery.
Did you have any issues after day one. We just had one delivered.
@@kristinakilby6798 I don’t believe I happened from day 1, but it seemed like a short period of time.
@@kristinakilby6798 2 + months and the refrigerator is working fine.
Just today i had a little of frost build but I think someone left the door a little open.
Pressing water and crush buttons don't show the ice setting for me. I'm pressing on the light area at the same time, this is where the sensor is. Even tried water & cube, cube and crush...nothing works. Any idea? My fridge is producing too much ice. Want to lower the amount.
Mine doesn't work pressing both either. I am not getting hardly any ice
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Good video. Thank you!
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One thing I have found is it has sort of a safety system built in in case of a power outage. We have had several outages due to weather a couple weeks in a row. It stopped making ice. My guess is that it goes into a hold mode and stops making ice till I turn the ice maker off then back on. I did that and an hr later it started working again. My power was off for 8 hrs at a time so it may have gone into a hold so the ice does’t melt and cause a puddle in the bottom of the freezer section. Just a thought.
Glad you got it working again, hope my video was a little help at least.
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How long did you have the temperature on 2 before moving it back to 0?
It has been on 2 for quite some time, but you don’t have to wait. I didn’t do that to thaw the ice maker or anything. It was just advice Frigidaire support gave that harmed instead of helped.
If this video didn’t help try watching part 2:
th-cam.com/video/BoBnRVRF-rA/w-d-xo.html
I'm 78 yes old and I'm widow. For the 2years I've had the refrigerator it made tons of ice now it is so slow, i'm out. I have freezer at zero and frig at 37. I didn't understand your comment about a 2 setting. Mine is aside by side
Thanks for the video. I have the same frig. Is your ice maker still working good after you did this?
Yes it has been working better since :)
Have my temp at -1 I’ll raise the temp to see😊 if my ice maker works 🙏🏽 thanks
Thank you Sir! Saved us from a service call $!
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THANK YOU!!! This video helped me get the ice maker going.. I too had the freezer at a - number... setting it back to 0 was the simple solution!! who knew!!! (I feel so silly.... but grateful!)
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Thank you for the video.
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Just bought a new Frigidaire refrigerator. The first 48 hours the ice maker products very little ice. Change temperature from minus 8 degrees to zero degrees and I had plenty of ice within 24 hours.
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It's hard to find the error codes on line.
Link please...? Thanks.
thanks, set freezer to 0 degrees.. works great!!
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WHAT IS THAT WHITE WIRE THING THAT DANGLES IN THE ICEMAKER AREA??
most ice maker have a temperature sensor that prevents it from cycling if it is not cold enough, it may be low on freon charge or dirty coils
I thankfully didn’t need to do any of that, but your right that could be other issues.
Tried the option to increase ice output, mine was on the lowest so now it’s on the highest and I’ll let you know.
How did it go?
Did yours ever make a clicking type sound? That’s what mine is doing, plus not making any ice. Thanks!
No I don’t believe mine did… Is the noise when you try to get ice or like all the time?
@@CravingSolutions it’s all the time lol I shut the ice maker off completely and I still hear it lol. Sounds like that’s where the noise is coming from. Lol. Thanks for answering me, trying to get the hubby to play around with it too. We’ll see!!
@@jamiekennisoncormier9293 that’s odd, wish I had some helpful advice on this. You have it off yet it’s still making noise. I would possibly recommend defrosting it, the steps are in my video. You can even try the blow dryer as well but just be careful to not melt anything. Perhaps if you do that something might start to work better..
@@CravingSolutions we sure gonna try!! Thank you so much for replying!!!
@@jamiekennisoncormier9293 good luck!
I had a similar problem where the ice maker was not cold enough. Ice was melting and no new ice being made. I turned off the ice maker and removed the bin for several days and then it started working. I think it wasn't get cold air to the compartment and something thawed out
My ice maker temp just said CL what does that mean it wasnt making any ice at also how will i be able to change the temp in the ice maker
Hello I have tried everything they replace the maker 4 months ago. I just unplug it for 30 minutes plus use the hair dryer. Not sure what else to do. Thanks in advance
Have you tried my second video that follows up after this one with the solution? Here is the link:
th-cam.com/video/BoBnRVRF-rA/w-d-xo.html
Just to make sure, is your ice maker doing a low amount of ice? Or none at all?
Does the model matter I can’t quite find one with the exact model
Hi Ruth,
All tips I give on this video can pretty much be done on any fridge.
But if you referring to the entering maintenance mode, that may need to the models to match. However if your refrigerator looks similar I would definitely try to see if you can enters.
Also if nothing works on this video for you, then I recommend watching my part 2 to this:
th-cam.com/video/BoBnRVRF-rA/w-d-xo.html
My new Frigidaire doesn’t have the option to increase ice. It doesn’t matter what you press down, nothing comes up. No manual menu or anything. My ice input is terrible.
It’s been two years. How is it working now?
Ever since the date of posting this video, the issue has not popped up yet. Its as if it never happened to begin with! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
@@CravingSolutionsNo problem, and ours did the same thing.
I'll give it a try
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Just checked mine and it was at the lowest setting. I set it to 3 and will find out if my production increases.
I'd like to follow up and see if it is working now? Thanks for taking the time to comment! :)
Are we talking Celsius or Fahrenheit for the 0 ?
Fahrenheit! Thanks for taking the time to ask that question!
The water doesn't even come out on mine or ice it's been 3 days since
Check under your kitchen sink, perhaps someone accidentally closed the valve going to your refrigerator.
Ice maker temp it’s at 15f, how do I lower it?
The temperature of the refrigerator it self actually effects it a good amount. Try changing the temperature to 38. Also make sure your freezer theme is at 0. Then monitor it, you should see that your able to get below 15f.
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I recently installed an RO system and my ice maker started making significantly less ice. It turns out, the water was going through the RO system filter and the fridge water filter system. I bought a Bypass filter off the Frigidaire website for my model and took out my fridge water filter and put the bypass filter in. The ice maker started making ice way faster and within a few days my bin was filled with ice. Just wanted to leave this comment here because I thought my ice maker was broken and tried a couple tips from this video and it didn’t work. Turns out I just needed to install a bypass filter the whole time. Hope this helps someone out there
Very helpful !!!!!!! Thanks
Thanks!
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Start at 1:20
Thanks for that! I probably should have put that in the video. I'll be sure to do this in the future! Thanks for taking the time to comment and supporting my channel!
There are kits and other things that need to be fixed before those units really work
For some people yes… were you able to get yours working?
What about the bottom ice maker?
The tips/advice I gave should help with any refrigerator. Is your ice maker in the freezer drawer?
So when I hold down water and crush it doesn’t come up with the settings of ice :(
Are you pressing on the light above the words or the actual words them self? Try to maneuver your finger a bit around the area and make sure it’s at the same exact time.
we had this fringe for 3 years its been working just fine now its making basically nothing
Hi, has my tips helped you at all? If your not able to get ice still try watching my part 2 to this:
th-cam.com/video/BoBnRVRF-rA/w-d-xo.html
@@CravingSolutions i turned it up to level 3 iv been gone all day so it should be full when get home around 11pm so lets see if the ice holds of not ill try the other tips
So they put your freezer on 2 degrees for a couple days and then when you moved it back to 0 it fixed the problem? Trying to make sure I understand
Oh no I had it on 2 for months, I was always having issues and when I did all I said things started to be much better. I did add a follow up idea showing that even brining down the temperature of the refrigerator helped a lot.
Water line in the fridge is freezing and not letting water through
@@ShortArmStrongArm which steps have you taken to unfreeze it? Also did you try reaching in all the way to the tray to see if it had water/ice?
I have a Frigidaire also and it has been making ice but VERY SLOW. I tried everything, I mean EVERYTHING mentioned here and the 74 other videos and post and help desk I could find😫 but nothing was changed in the pace of ice making.
So I decided I was just going to rip the stupid ice maker out just so I could make room in the TINY freezer for manual ice trays and i was pulling everything out and about to dismantle the ice maker and I noticed a very large crack on the inside wall of the freezer!!😑. Don’t kno how it happened and how long it’s been there but that was obviously my problem. The freezer was losing cold air thru that and so was not freezing the ice fast enough even though I had it set at its lowest temperature. But I really can’t wrap my head around how the crack happened. It’s only 5 years old and it’s just me and my boyfriend living here, no kids. So I don’t even store that much frozen food in it. Any ideas?
Try getting some heavy duty rubber patching tape to put over the crack. And then put some metal duct tape over it. Should hold the cold in
We have a more basic model ice maker and it makes ice so slowly 😅😢
How do I lower the temperature in the ice maker? Mine is set to 0 and makes ice very slowly.
Try lowering the temperature of the fridge if the ice maker isn't getting any cooler with the freezer temperature being lowered.
My water pump to the fridge doesn't run anymore how it used to..
Thanks for taking the time to comment! Could you possibly elaborate that a bit more?
Love your video sorry for late reply. I come back here every other month to fix my issue. Thanks bro
Thank you.
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Yes, from what I’ve understood, it Hass to be on zero or below to make ice.
Yes, also making your fridge it self be a little colder could help. Like taking it from the default 40 to 38. Hope this helps and really appreciate your support for my channel!
Your only temporarily fixing this. Replace the defrost heater for the im.
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Why so much problems with ice makers for newfridges too much problems
I agree there shouldn't be so many issues, but it also doesn't seem to be impacting to many people. I hope the video helps solve the problem for the people that do have issues.
Poor design, go back to the old school ice makers