Frigidaire Gallery Ice Maker Fix! Works every time. No Tools Needed. Read disclaimer below.
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- Disclaimer!! Not all fridges are the same, even with the same model number. The first time you do this be prepared to unplug your fridge if the water does not stop.
This is a fix for the Frigidaire Gallery FGHB2866PF3. It may work for other Frigidaire refrigerators as well.
This is not a permanent fix, but it is simple to perform as needed. NO TOOLS necessary!
Link to service manual
www.manualslib.com/manual/549...
Diagnostic cheat sheet:
+ & - together = defrost
up & down = auto diagnostic
up & + = manual diagnostic for a separate system (probably the fridge)
+ for 10 seconds exits manual diagnostic - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Thank you for this! I wanted to add one more diagnostic trick i learned on my own, with this exact fridge model. The ice cube/water dispenser diagnostics are in a separate section. Press and hold ^ and + to enter it. THE ICE MAKER MUST BE TURNED ON FIRST OR THIS DIAGNOSTIC MODE WILL NOT WORK.
This is great. Confirming all my parts of the ice picker work from water dispersion to the dumping mechanism but for some reason my ice just won't be made.
How do you exit this mode?
Press and hold + for several seconds to exit. @@ElliotKolt
Thank you it has been about a week or two with no ice. I had to get ice trays. Whew the struggle! It humbled me 😂.
Placing the ice maker in defrost solved my issue. Plenty of ice now!!! THANK YOU SIR!!
I had my ice tray stuck on my Frigidaire Professional in the down position I was worried it was the motor but I saw your video and ran the diagnostic and the tray reset itself. Thanks so much this was super helpful!
Oh. Man. Thanks SO much. I have a slightly different model number but figured it would work. You saved me a minimum $75 service call. God bless you.
As a person with a full life and little money for repairs thank you!! Your wife is a lucky gal!
You are a lifesaver! This also works if the water won’t dispense as well. Thank you. 😊
Michael you are the "Frigidaire Galley side by side ice maker trouble shooting guru". I was thinking it maybe a programming issue after checking continuity through my 4 coils of my water valve which i could now rule out. I had my service data sheet which made mention of activating/deactivating the system diagnostic mode but did not quite grasp how to force it into a manual test until I came across your tutorial. Many Thanks!
Thank you for posting this!! We have a slightly different model and I've found removing the tray, reinserting it, and keeping the setting on ice also works sometimes.
Very helpful, thank you. Kinda long video but still was the first thing that actually helped.
Anyone else have a problem with the crushed ice maker? Mine just spits out full cubes and never crushes it anymore out of no where. Hoping resetting it will possibly fix that too, but doubtful.
Hi Mike,
It worked! Thank you so much for your video and all of your help! Great Job!
Doug
Thank you! I’m going to try this. I had a tech out 5 different times for the ice maker and he said mostly it’s just a poor design and something inside the ice maker freezes up and suggested turning it off for a day or so and then back on, which usually works. Since then my warranty expired so I haven’t had them back. My fridge also has the optional ice maker in the bottom freezer drawer, which we loved until it quit working about a year ago.
I totally agree that the software glix could be driving the inop. Tried replacing tray motors etc, and nothing worked long term. Now run through hard reset and it runs for months at a time. Great detective work !
Michael,
Super thanks for your video! Hope all the tremendous good karma heads your way. We are all grateful for your time and efforts helping show us the way. Can we call you the “ice man”? 😂
Thanks for the video. I normally pull the electric plug and it reset the whole thing and works on my fridge. Thanks again Bro.
Brother I am a commercial refrigeration tech and have been for almost 30 years. This little refrigerator was frustrating me because I couldn’t get field information on it. Thank you for posting this. Because I’m not an appliance repair tech and don’t work for Sears or Frigidaire I don’t have easy accessibility to their tech manuals. Thank thank you thank you!! It’s New Year’s Eve 2023 and we need ice!! You are the man!
Awesome, thanks. Maybe it will make you some money.
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Never seen a Frigidaire with fully working led panel...
Up up down down left right left right B A start. #lifehacks Thanks bro!
Thank you so much! You saved us from calling a repair person! Thanks for the tips about the towel and glass!!! You rock!
You're still the best advice I very much appreciate 😊😊😊
Holy shit man. Thanks for this video. I almost took my refrigerator apart because the nice try wasn’t filling up and there was no obvious mechanical issue. This saved me a shot load of time and grief. Thanks
Excellent. Thanks Mike. It worked for me. Your written notes were also very helpful. Sadly, Frigidaire won't share the diagnostic codes with customers. You have to call a Tech to do what we just did for zero $.
Thank you for the video this worked for me! Fixed the ice maker but now the fridge freezes everything no matter what temp i put it on lol so gotta solve that now
Tried defrost mode (shows as "d F" on the display) and it worked. Took about 15 minutes to go through the cycle and then it goes back to normal mode automatically. I was worried about food in the lower freezer but that was not a problem. Could not tell anything happened other than the water dispenser and ice maker started working!!. On my Gallery I press the plus (+) and minus (-) at the same time for many seconds until "d F" shows. Then leave until it cycles back to the normal display. This beats buying a new fridge or paying for repair.
Thanks for this! I used the auto-diagnostics to reboot my ice maker after a filter issue resulted in the ice mold becoming locked in the up position. In case my situation might help somebody else out, I left my water filter in a couple of weeks past 6 months, and it eventually restricted the water flow to the ice maker enough to cause the ice mold not to sense that it had ice cubes in it...when this happens, the ice mold won't turn and dump its contents. And I had not even realized how small the ice cubes were getting as the filter got older. So, knowing the filter had gone past 6 months, I replaced it, but the ice mold was still basically locked. Luckily, I found this video, and running the auto-diagnostics reset the system. I had new ice within a few hours. Additionally, the ice cubes are back to their normal size. So, definitely keep an eye on your filter age and the size of the ice cubes...an older filter can indeed cause the system to shut down.
This is happening to me with the ice maker at the bottom. I changed the filter and then saw ice in the tray but it wouldn’t dump them. I put warm water over the trays and the ice maker dumped quickly after, but that’s it. It didn’t dump again so I’m hoping this helps. I did run a defrost as well hoping something with get the bottom one working.
Update: It didn’t work.
@NeelyJLA I'm not an expert, but if the cubes dumped only after you warmed them, there might be an issue with the heating element that is supposed to handle that by itself.
@@stevedion8031Thanks for pointing that out, you’re probably right. I’ve considered replacing the ice-maker but the top one is still working.
Ugh! My fridge stopped when I did this.
My Gallery is FGHB2868TD8 (MAY 2021)
The instructions were identical. I ran the auto diagnostic and let the unit cycle through till it simulated an ice making process. The twisting of the tray to eject the cubes was pretty cool. I too forgot to place the cup and took a bath. Anyway during the ice making simulation the unit made a sound like gears having difficulty turning. That was because the motor was coated in ice. After a DF sequence the unit produced a full bin of ice about 15 hours later. Thanks for the (water + crush) to increase ice production. Mine was on low and took forever to make ice.
The following day it stopped again so I first ran another DF. This cycle did not take as long (5 minutes) as the first time i ran it the night before (about 20 minutes) which lead me to think that the unit knows when it is defrosted. I also read that not changing the filter can cause problems so I changed it for the first time. Well I can't say for certain if that solved the problem but it did start producing again and I sure could see an increase in water flow.
I would conclude that this unit will not produce ice or stop producing ice if the on board computer detects a failure. In a sense the unit is trying to preserve itself. Unlike the way we are used to knowing that a device is malfunctioning by hearing a strange noise but by then it is to late because the mechanics of the ice maker will have destroyed itself trying to cycle but this units software will not allow the device to complete a cycle unless a hardware test carried out by the computer software gets a "thumbs up" to proceed with the next step. I mean in a way its nice that most of us were able to correct our issues by pressing some buttons and not buying expensive parts but technically speaking if Elon Musk can land a rocket on a moving platform in the middle of the ocean then we should be way past trying to perfect the bloody ice maker.
Thank you for posting this, it worked!
Thanks Mike. It was great watching the vid.. we icey again
After having the local service techs here to "fix" the "not making ice" with three replacement parts under warranty and the problem continued, I reviewed the parts diagram and wiring diagram. Supposedly there should be a defrost cycle for the water fill line. Maybe it works, maybe it doesn't . My "fix" for three years, when the ice tray is almost full, I shut off the " make ice" function. It appears when the ice container is full, the ice is close enough to the water line that it freezes the water line thus no water to make ice. When the container is close to empty, turn the "make ice" function on, a couple of days later, container is full, shut off the "make ice" . Has worked nicely for some four years now.
Brilliant! Also you're a good presenter. I kind of enjoyed the video. Kind of like a fix-it Bob Ross.
Thanks 🙂
Thank you! Worked like a charm. Great directions!
Very helpful. Your video fixed the problem!!
Thanks for the information. After running the self test, I could see that the tray was not being filled with water. I tried the defrost cycle a few times but that did not help. I ended up using a blow dryer to heat up the entire unit. That got things working again so I guess the water line that fills the tray was frozen.
Hey Mike! It's Nikola. 😂 Thanks for your help with this!
Hahaha! How you doing?
Amazing!!! Even washed my floor!!!
Yup haha, and when I was in the code section I went by to fast and the water just kept coming when you get to number 8 or 9 DO NOT HIT SET AND KEEP GOING LOL GO BACK AND HIT SET AGAIN TO SHUT IT OFF HAHA. I was running and dumping cups freaking out
Thanks for this video. I had the same problem, but based on what you showed I tried this first. I replaced the water filter, which I should have done a year ago. The filter was restricting the water flow to the degree that it was allowed to freeze in the tube at the top (my deduction). So, I took a hair dryer and pointed it at the space between the top of the fridge and the ice maker for about a minute. I wanted about 8 hours and ice started coming. Works great now! Thanks for the explanation.
Waited 8 hrs for ice? I'm at the 6 hr mark and nothing yet. I'll keep an ear out. Thanks!
Great video! Thank you for your help.
This started happening for my mom after I changed the board. Hers is the older model and probably had it for like 10 years so I guess in a sense she's a lucky to just now have the issue. Hopefully I can use this to help her get some ice back. Thanks for posting.
Thanks so much for making this.
Excellent work this is pretty good !
Thanks bro, very helpful!
Thank you for the video showing how to get into the diagnostic mode. My ice maker has been down since I bought the machine years ago and I just took it apart to figure it out. The whole ice unit was frozen solid in a block of ice which is odd since the ice maker was turned off AND unplugged. Got rid of the ice block and cleared the drain tube and hooked everything back up just to let it sit over night and not make ice so I came to this video. Running the diagnostic shows that it can and does dump water into the tray and the tray rotates the water out. So if this is happening fine I still don't understand why the fridge isn't sensing that ice needs to be made and filling the tray like its supposed to. I cannot go into the manual diagnostic mode like you did due to my led panel where the degrees are at are not fully lit up.
Under the fridge where the little plastic snap on piece is.. is a test sheet and schematic that details every test the particular fridge can do.
Found it !!
Mike! It worked!!! Thank You!
Awesome
Before doing anything try unplugging it and then plugging it back in.Worked for mine.
That works if you can get to the plug. Ours is a pain and when I'm not home my wife can't move the fridge
@@Diy_Mike How about turning off the power on the circuit breaker?
Wish it were that simple for me but Mike I’m ecstatic I have ice. 🥰
Thank you so much! This video was great! Hopefully your wife appreciates your hard ork
You the best, thanks 😊
I just bought this model. How does it put ice in the top bin and bottom bin and why doesn’t the top fill first?
Excellent information! thank you.
When I ran the self diagnostics everything appeared to work mechanically ..it dumped a tray full of ice, and soaked the towel. Now the tray is empty and won’t refill. All water flow issues don’t seem to exist, since the towel got soaked and the water filled the glass right? Is there a way to get the system cycling again? Thanks
so i put it on cl 26 but mine does not start defrosting the ice maker it just stays on cl 26 and teh resets itself and turrn the fridge on again after about ten minutes what am i doing wrong to get it to start and have the temperature go up like in your video?
We had the same problem with it not making ice and there was a piece of ice stuck in the back which made it think the ice tray was full , can also check that too.
Thank you for this presentation. I have been using the dryer technique but find it very time consuming. My fridge has a tendency to lock up and stop making ice when the bin gets full to the max. I was thinking it may be the "full" sensing mechanism not releasing once triggered. I found this most helpful for my model LFHB2751TF4.😁
I was scrolling through the different codes and found out that code #8 will make the water dispenser run non-stop. Luckily I had another person nearby when this happened so they could keep handing me empty containers to catch the water while I tried to figure out how I had made that happen! So yeah, Code 8 should be OFF. And no, we don't have ice. It was worth a shot.
How do you know which manual diagnostic setting you are testing when doing it manually? Is there a list somewhere?
So in the process of the manual part, water started pouring and pouring and no matter how much I kept changing the settings it wouldn't stop running until I unplugged it. Waited 10 sec and plugged back in. Im actually house sitting and its not my fridge. So I still dont know what is wrong. 😢
Any advice on how to make the bottom ice maker work?
Anyone know why my fridge water dispenser paddle not activating the water to come out? The water works when I ran self diagnostic.
Found your video because we just bought a used fridgaire floor model for $400. It has 2 ice makers and the one on the bottom freezer wont come on. Im going to try and run the diagnostics on it tomorrow. I also noticed when we was moving it that there was a small bag with a paper ziptied under it. Wondering if its the diagnostic codes.
Thank you, sir
Thanks for insight
would you happen to know the code to have water sent to the ice maker? thank you
I"m at the part where the lights are blinking, it made noises, and it just gave me a perfect cup of water. I'm confused. Now what? Do I leave it blinking or do the Up Down buttons? Then what? I won't know for a few hours if it's actually making ice or not so do I leave it blinking or not?
I ran thru the auto diagnostic, the ice tray fills with water, dumps the water out, water dispenses into a cup... Still no ice in the top ice maker, the tray remains empty. The bottom ice maker is functioning normally. Any insight?
Great video thanks - any chance can get a copy of those instructions
Thank YOU!
Glad I can help!
This is a much fancier one than I have. Mine has no diagnostic. I have to guess what the problem is. My icemaker has been problematic ever since I got it. I think the blades are cheaply made and one bends out of shape every few months.
trying this now and hoping it works
Thanks
This was / is extremely helpful. It’s too bad the manufacturer hasn’t produced a video to help all the suckers who purchased this piece of crap out . I hope they lost many customers.
Glad to be helpful. I was pretty sure that other people were having the same issue as me.
Do you know if you can adjust how much ice the machine will produce? We need more than it is making now so it would be nice to crank it up for better production. Thank you.
At some point I did find a tech manual that had info on how to adjust the water level, so it does exist, I just don't have it.
If you hold the water and the crush down at the same time you will see
IC. on the left and 1, 2, or 3 short horizontal dashes on the right.
Tapping the + will cycle through the levels of frequency for ice production. 3 is highest
You're a rock star brother...! Thank you
❤thamk u!!!!!
Someone turned off my water valve and i got air in my line to my Ice Maker...I kept cycling it and cyclieing it by holding the button down...and it didn't wort...UNTIL...I DID IT LIKE THE 15 TIME...and then it finally worked
Tysm
Is it possible to speed up the ice despenser, so the cubes come out faster? I know about making the ice production faster, levels one, two and three. I just need hem to come out faster during dispensing.
How do you make the I've production faster
@@InFIamesITrust dispense faster!
Thank you for your video! When I was in diagnostic mode, I must’ve hit something, and now instead of the freezer temperature displaying 0°, which I have it set for, it’s displaying one and a minus sign, not -1, but one minus. Do you have any idea why?
I'm not sure why. You can always unplug the fridge to reset the computer in it. There are service manuals out there I've found with 30 minutes of Googling that would have more info about each system. I don't have links to those.
Thanks for getting back to me. It must have been some type of high temperature code. Eventually, the display changed to 7 degrees and counted down to zero where I have it set at. @@Diy_Mike
Hi Mike,
So, we have the same issue every 2 weeks… I end up having to dismantle the whole ice maker box and motor assembly to blow dry the ice maker coils because they’re covered in ice. Have you ever taken yours apart? There’s a ton of ice that builds up causing it to stop making ice. When I use the blow dryer to melt the ice, I put a towel down under it and after I’m done the towel is drenched. I put it all back together and it works for 2 weeks or so and then it does it again. There’s a drain hole in the back. I just don’t understand where the water is going once it goes down the hole??? I guess what I’m asking is your “fix” that uses the DF defrost. Where is all that water being collected every 2 weeks if the defrost is melting all of that ice?
I'm curious about this as well.
Good morning , I own an appliance repair company. Here in Jax, FL. And the water that goes through the drain hose goes down the back of the fridge to the very bottom in the back behind the panel in a drip pan. 😊 the heat off of the fridge eventually evaporates the water. Your welcome.
Also -- the defrost mode: just for the ice maker? Or for the whole fridge/freezer?
Seems to be for the ice maker from what I can tell. It have never thawed the freezer when I did it.
Hello, I hope you can help me, my gallery refrigerator only turns on and off, what could it be, thanks
That sounds like a computer issue. You probably need a repairmam to diagnose it properly.
my Frididaire does not have this mode. 🤷♂
I saw several on/off switches when going through the diagnostics. Are all the switches supposed to be off? Also several cl/op switches. Should they all be closed?
I just switch them back to whatever they were. In any case they should reset to their default position when you exit the diagnostic and the fridge resets. If you're really worried about it you can unplug the fridge for 30 seconds and plug it back in.
Great video! I just changed the ice tray and now ice dispenser only dispenses crushed ice. Any idea why or how to reset?
Running through the diagnostic seems to reset the fridge at least for a little while I would try that first. If that doesn't look like try to find a service manual for that that tells you what the different codes for the diagnostic mean and one of them will be checking the ice crusher. Also, unplugged in plugging back in the fridge seems to help with a lot of things.
@@Diy_Mike Thanks Mike was able to reset, but also found the plastic gate in back of ice maker off the track. That did the trick
I can’t get mine to run the defrost mode. Everything else worked as you explained. Any ideas?
If you're model number is different but the fridge still looks similar the process may be different or not work the same way. I would search your model number service manual and see if the defrost operates the same. If it is the same and doesn't work I would reset the fridge and try the defrost. If that didn't work unplug and plug back in and try. If that doesn't work you may need to replace the board or touchscreen on the fridge. I could be wrong though, I'm not a service technician. Sometimes you can return parts you ordered and didn't need but you can't return appliance repair guy time. Good luck!
The ice tray is not dumping. I am going to defrost it and see if that works.
Do you have to do the manual diagnostic at the end? Thanks
Press the up and down to exit the auto diagnostic, then press the plus button for about ten seconds
Hello, I defrosted my ice maker with the help of a hair dryer. Its making ice, the bucket is full. When the doors are closed and the lever is pressed the dispenser door flap opens but i dont hear the auger turning and no ice is dispensed. Any suggestions?
First thing I would do is run through the diagnostic. Just to see if you can hear the auger running and the door flap opening and closing. Just running the diagnostic may repair your refrigerator you could also unplug it for a minute or two and then plug it back into reset the system completely. If those steps don't fix it You may need a technician to come look at it.
Funny thing my gallery is 5 years old and I had this ice making issue. I didn' know how to run the auto diagnostic. I did everything else, but nothing worked. I got a kick out of when Mike finished and said it would work for about two weeks. One thing I did before running the auto diagnostics is I changed the filter. It was a six month filter and I had installed a new 4 months eariler, so I kind of ruled that out. After a day or so and I still had no ice. After running the auto diagnostics I had ice the next day. It's been a month and the ice maker is working fine. I don't really understand it but maybe it forced something to work that malfunctioned.
Do you think this will help for the bottom ice maker?
Not sure. Worth a try. You can always unplug the fridge to reset it.
Any fixes for the lower ice maker in the freezer? Thanks!
I would recommend searching your exact model and the words "service data sheet". I did this for my gallery series that is newer than this fridge in this video, and found all the different modes. There's very likely a mode for your issue.
@BigV I ended up just using a blow dryer on low heat on it and it works again!!!
Do you know what is your control panel number mine is just like that one
I don't know. Only the model number of the fridge
How did you set for 1 cup? Mine just poured...not a cup!
Mine just worked that way. Different models could do different things.
I somehow made it spew out water forever… oh my god. I was switching out cups like a crazy person while trying to reset it. Ended up having to unplug it. Oh my god.
I think I might've been going through the manual settings and somehow just turned the water ON and didn't realize it. my goodness, that was nuts.
How long does it take to form ice after the process?
A few hours probably. I never really timed it.
How often does your ice maker stop making ice? I had a Frigidaire for 15 years and it never stopped making ice. This crappy Gallery we bought is only a year old and already randomly stops making ice and the freezer sucks. It’s July and the freezer won’t even keep the freezer packs or the ice cream frozen.
Mine stopped every couple weeks or so. I've since gotten rid of the thing.
@@Diy_Mike That’s where I think I’m headed. I also noticed that the rear exhaust port behind the freezer is
blowing out air hot enough to heat up the water intake line. The water that’s coming out of the dispenser is actually hot.
Mine is making ice and bucket comes out. The issue is it makes plenty of ice but starts melting in the bucket and has water running down the door. Any ideas on how to fix this?
I would run through the diagnostic, let it reset, defrost, then set the fridge to 34 degrees. See if that helps. If that does not work out could be technician time. Maybe a refrigerant pressure issue or something else. Good luck.
The water line for the icemaker is freezing in the top of the fridge just above the ice compartment. I take a hair dryer and melt the ice plug and things start working again for a while. Not sure how to keep this from freezing?
How long did it take to get new ice after this procedure? We did this reset per your video, but it's been 6 hours and no new ice has been made... cheers!
Did you ever get ice?
Hi is yours is frigidaire gallery french door is it 4doors thankyou
Mine is a French door in top with a freezer drawer in bottom. 3 doors
@@Diy_Mike yes sorry i mean 3 doors also same our bottom is freezer on bottom
@@Diy_Mike i will try what u did with yours but ours is not puttinh water in ice tray imside ice maker so it doesnt making any ice
Problem I am having with my ice maker is that you go to the actual ice maker and it's not frozen under there and water is still in the tray so the cubes are getting frozen
Go through the diagnostic steps. That will reset the computer and it might, possibly, work after that. Or not. But it could, maybe.
Filler tube frozen
Doesn’t work for me. No water comes out into the ice tray so that’s the issue. It’s not frozen back inside either. I’ve taken it all apart and even blow dried it. No melted ice blocking anything. Dunno what to do
I noticed that diagnostic test 26 performs a ice maker defrost. You’ll see the temp/on flash and the temp will increase. After a few minutes it’s up to 43F and still increasing for example. Should continue for a bit longer I’d assume. Might help thaw a water line that could be frozen? We’ll see!
Up to 73F and it kicked out of diagnostic mode.
After making this video I've learned that this does not fix the problem for everyone. One problem many people have is the water line for the ice maker freezing. I've seen videos of people tearing down their ice maker to manually defrost it with a blow dryer. Its a pain and not permanent.
@@Diy_Mike that’s exactly what worked. There was ice built up inside the incoming water line from above and once I got that clear, it started working
Hi we habe same problem ours dont put water in the cube maker so it doesnt make ice in the tray we have frigidaire 4 door french once whay did u do with yours for it to work again thankyou
I can get the fridge to code 26 and it shows “CL”, however it never shows the temp or it going up. Ice maker works but no water is getting to the ice mold.
So is there some sort of service manual for my model that would detail all these settings? There should be
Nothing I've found has this method or anything that refers to the auto test
Search your model and "service data sheet". I found a sheet designed for a service tech for my fridge, that includes a wiring diagram as well. I have a model FG4H2272UF.