GE Refrigerator - Ice Maker Not Making Ice - Easy Fix and Repair (DIY)
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- How to fix your GE Refrigerator if it stops making ice. Easy quick Ice Maker fix if your ice tray suddenly stops filling. Check for this issue before going forward and assuming the worst. Hope this helps others out there that have the same issue.
I'm not an appliance repair man but came across a few people with the same issue. After fixing it the ice is once again filling great. This fridge is about 5-6 years old.
UPDATE: If you notice that this happens again after this fix and you are noticing ice build-up in your freezer you need to replace your freezers defrost heater. It is located behind the rear panel inside the freezer section. Easy to remove. Look for some screws around the panels edge. The heater is a glass tube about 10" long located near the lower half, with a heating 'wire'-element inside. It will look burnout. Mine did. Simply cut the wires leading to it and snap in the new replacement. Strip and twist the lead wires back and done. Approx $30-$40 part and 20 minutes work. I did this myself and purchased the GE parts on Amazon. The parts I used are in the links below but please double check your model. While you're in there it's a good time to replace the small thermostat sensor too but this is not required.
Exact Parts I used for my fridge in the video:
GE Defrost Heater: goo.gl/QyUF5O
GE Defrost thermostat: goo.gl/bloSmI
After the fix in this video and later on replacing the parts in the links above I have yet to experience any problems with my fridge again. Completely like new. Cold drinks for all and no more ice build up!!!!
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2023 and your video is still saving people time and money. Nicely done!
Wow thank you bro 3 and half months no ice, thinking we had to get a new refrigerator. My wife thinks I spent half the morning fixing it😂 She said "somebody's going to get there ick sucked when I get home from work "💪❣️ Thanks bro
No need to be modest, this is not a crappy video at all. Super helpful and very well done. That was exactly the answer to the problem and I would have never thought of it. You turned hours of angst into a 2 minute job. Thanks very much for taking the time to make so many people's lives easier.
My icemaker stopped working and the (licensed) handyman that I am, I began to remove the ice maker to check it out. After removing the front screw I couldn't figure out what was still holding it in place. After seeing this video, I then checked the spring and it was not in place. What a time saver... thank you sir!
I bought my GE Profile Refrigerator in 2007 and never had a problem until January 2014 when the icemaker quit making ice. I bought 4 aluminum ice trays and I have been using them until 10/02/14 when I came across this "quick fix'. In seconds, I put back the pin in the hole as it had popped out and now my icemaker is working again. I kept hesitating paying $200 for replacement/repair and am glad I did. Thanks a million.
how do you put the pin back in? I have reset mine several times but nothing. Our frig isn't that old but not under warranty anymore. I am caring for my 96 year old mother and don't have the funds to pay for repairman. PLEASE HELP ME
It's very easy. Use a wire hanger or any stiff thin metal rod and carefully lift the pin in the back and make it comes a little forward until it falls in the tiny hole. The pic can come out from front or back. Mine was the part of the pin in the back.
Honestly I saved over $200.00 as was estimated to me to do a full replacement. Lucky I found this on CZcams.
Thank you, my husband said honey I don't know anything about that. I'm like CZcams ☺
OMG, you absolutely saved my life. Mine has been out for 2 years and I was dreading to make that service call. So I thought I would check this on youtube and you hit the nail on the head. I'm too excited that it was such a simple fix. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! This is exactly the problem my ice maker was having. I was about to drop several hundred dollars on a brand new assembly. Fixed for only 10 minutes of work. I noticed Ice had accumulated between the spring coils also making it not fit properly so I removed the screw that held on the spring and paddle, ran both under hot water, dried them and replaced everything and now working perfectly! Thanks again
Glad it helped!!
Dude, I love you. If anybody is watching this I'd like to re-emphasize the tiny little hole that the spring has to fit into. If that little white paddle doesn't spring out it still won't work. I thought I had it fixed and wasn't thorough enough, but we watch this video and it was dead on. I love you so much internet stranger!
After 10 years of buying bag ice i finally ran a water line to my fridge. After getting it all hooked up, I was disappointed but not surprised when the ice maker still didn't work since it had never made ice or poured a glass of water since we bought it a decade ago.... thought I was fu**ed....Watched this video and nearly jumped for joy when I popped the spring back in, did the reset, and heard water trickle into the ice maker. Thanks man!!
Thank you so much for this video! I called GE and not only did the person I talked to say nothing about the lever in terms of suggestions for fixing my ice maker, but she said a service call would cost $115 plus parts and labor. This was such a quick and easy fix and I'm so grateful.
Dude, you saved me $150. I had my ice maker ripped apart trying to pull the thermistor out in a last ditch effort. Saw this video, looked at the spring and sure it enough it was popped out. As soon as I put it all back together it immediately started working. You're awesome!
Yep had the same experience as you
Wow! You are a genius. We have been buying ice for 2 weeks and we finally decided to look it up on CZcams and found you. Thanks so much, you have certainly paid it forward many times over.
This is an outstanding tip. After multiple time failures, I find a way to prevent the spring tip pop out by using a small drill bit to drill the hole a bit deeper. Taking the whole assembly out is very easy by uncrew one screw and electric connection. You don't need to power off or turn off water. Work perfectly now. Thanks
Great job. Don't worry about production quality. You gave quality information. That is more valuable to most of us DIYer's.
We live in Taiwan and few people use GE refrigerator.
Our Ice maker stop make ice. I study your video and adjust it the position of the spring and then Ice maker start to work again. So.......amazing...
You save our money and thanks very much again.
You are a lifesaver. I was about to buy a new ice maker. I watched the official ge video. Couldn’t enter diagnostics mode. I found your video, sure enough the spring has come out of the top. I pushed it back with a mechanical pencil and started the diagnostic mode. Thanks.
Thank you! My ice maker stopped working. I pulled out the bin and saw the lever. 3 icecubes were frozen on the lever; so the lever could not move and spring back and forth. I lifted the icecubes off the lever and the lever is now snappy like yours. Did a reset as you explained. I am waiting for the cubes !! Yay!
My ice maker was broken for 1 year! I saw your CZcams video today. I just happened to have a couple of dental tools..guess what? I FIXED IT!!! I GOT ICE TOO!
YOU DESERVE AN AWARD FROM ALL THE FOLKS YOU HELPED!
THANK YOU!
Sheila M. 👍🏻🤟🏻😂
This may be an old fix video.. I just want to say thank you as the little spring was the issue and now I have ice again just in time for summer. Amen for people like you and the internet to get to people in need
My spring was in place, but the factory reset,(paddle back 3 times) was my issue. We hadn't had a working ice maker in 2 years, and this fixed it! Thank you for posting!
Thank you so much. I didn’t feel secure poking around with a sharp object so I used my blow dryer to melt the stuck ice. I had ordered ice cube trays to tide me over until I could get a repairman out. Thanks to you I won’t need the repairman.
As soon as I shut it off and did the reset it started dropping ice ! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NP!
IT WORKED! The spring had popped out of the hole. You saved me at least $200 in a service call. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
Oh my! I am so thankful for your tip. We have been buying unfiltered ice for a month or so. We thought we would need an appliance technician to fix this. What a waste of money this would have been. So again, I thank you for posting this simple video fix. First I tried the reset and it wasn't springing back so that is when I looked closer at the spring situation. Our little spring was so far off at let's say the 12 o'clock position and the tiny hole was at 3 o'clock . I just slide it forward until it seated in the tiny hole and heard the ice maker start up again! I jumped for joy!!!
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Ice maker wasn't working... Took about 15 seconds to fix it, now it's working like a champ. Thanks!
Thank you very much - it worked. I was depending on that ice to get me through recovery from shoulder surgery! I was shocked this morning to find no ice. Thank you very much!
Very welcome!
2/5/24.....Thank you digitalP ! Your 4 minute video helped me solve my ice maker problem too here in 2024. A small ice chip had dislodged the spring from its mount. As recommended, I used a "dental pick w/ hook end" to grab the vertical spring end, pull the spring towards the front of the freezer, and "re-seat" the spring end in the tiny hole as you indicated. The ice paddle switch now "springs forward" again, as shown in your video. Thanks again.
Thank you so much. This fixed my ice maker! Even 10 years after uploading this video, you're still helping people :D
Thanks a million man!! Just moved into rental house, and found ice maker was not working. Your little trick fixed it.
My ice machine has been broken for three years now and finally decided just to look it up and realized I had the same problem you had.
for months now its not working, im just looking now on youtube to fix it myself. im going to go home and try this tonight. wish me luck!
Thank you for saving a strapped homeowner. I told my wife that we needed to take everything out of the fridge, defrost it, and if that didn't work call a repair man. I'm waiting with baited breath, but it appears the top tray had just turned off the switch! Your video was great!!!!!
You just made a 8.5 month pregnant (very hormonal and upset) woman have a huge sigh of relief. I just sat on the phone for an HOUR with GE and home depot protection plan and basically got nowhere other than 'we'll have to contract a local appliance repair tech and send them out'. I was reviewing the manual (images.homedepot-static.com/catalog/pdfImages/f1/f153619f-dfb0-4105-b31c-cb7a882bcc1a.pdf) where it says the 'When the bin fills to the level of the feeler arm, the ice maker will stop producing ice' so I decided to search 'feeler arm GE' and your video was the first that came up. I loosened and then tightened the spring, turned it off/on, then did the 3 pushes on the arm.. within the next 3 minutes, it pushed out ice.
You, Sir, are a genius!!! Thank you for helping me when I was just about to burst into tears because I just purchased this very expensive GE Profile fridge 1.5 months ago.
Lol. Great. GL and congrats
My problem with my ice maker was it wasn't making ice. After watching your video, I found that the spring had came out of it's hole. I simply loosen the two screws holding it in place, detached the ice maker, turned it over and located the spring. I then reattached the end of the spring back in it's hole, reattached the ice maker and it now it is making ice again. Thank you for the video. A great help.
Thanks man, we had been out of ice for about 5 months now. After watching your tip, we have ice now. Very happy and save a buck or two bucks.
This vid is 6.5 years old and is better than any vid on the GE website. It helped me fix my ice maker in the first 1.5 mins of watching. Thank you, you are a scholar. 10 THUMBS Up!!!!!!!
Now my wife is standing at the ice maker ...she's an ice chewer LOL *_*
Thank you! Just fixed my ice maker within 30 seconds of watching your video. I didn't even have to watch the entire video. Thank you so much for posting this video.
Mine too! Great video! Solved my problem as well!!!
Take a bow my friend. I just fixed my ice maker in three minutes because of you. It help that I have a set of micro tools.
Bow taken! Lol. Glad it worked! Get a cold one. Lol
@@digitalPimple it’s my wife birthday today. Champagne on ice. Thanks again.
Thanks so much! We've had power outages and our ice machine stopped working. With this video all I needed was to reset it. Did I mention our Monogram is 18 years old?!
Nice!
You just rock!! I'm looking at ten years of 'thank you' notes - just wanted to add another. Factory reset worked like a charm. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thank you for this video. Our apartment complex installed a new refrigerator when our old one quit. Just as you indicated, the spring was not in the right position....from day 1. As I am typing this I hear my first "clunk" of fresh ice.
Inspite of the "crappy" video your narrative was excellent and it helped us understand the problem we were having with the ice maker. We don't have dental tools (or eyesight sufficient) to reseat the spring ourselves but we can call out the service man who dislocated the spring while working on a different issue. So thank you for sharing this information.
I too thought my ice maker was down and out. But i watched your video and found it was nothing but that spring. Thank you so much for doing this video, without it i would of had to call a repair man or bought another one like you and your wife thought you were gonna have to do. HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!!!!!
THANK YOU! Was about to spend money on a new one but decided to search CZcams, and this was the exact problem! A shame sites like repair clinic don't list this as a possible reason, as it seems like it'd be a common issue.
Thanks for the video. My GE freezer had the same problem. I used a small handheld mirror to see the hole where the spring goes.
Thank you so much for the video. I have been dealing with little to no ice cubes and constantly resetting the ice maker. With your video, the ice tray is now full.
Thank you so very much. Our slider is broken so no way to turn OFF or ON. So, no ice. With your explanation, I just pulled that lever forward and voila, it began operating properly again. I appreciate your posting.
Thanks for posting this years ago and it's still a great help, same thing happened to mine. Tough getting it back in but once you do....ICE...
I used a dental pick....I got it on Amazon...very inexpensive tool.
It has made me crazy for months and could not find helpful steps from GE's web site. Finally it get solved after view this video. Thanks very much.
This was very informative. Without viewing this first, I replaced the water valve and it still didn't work. Then I figured out that if I pulled the paddle out manually, it would proceed to go in and drop some ice. At first I thought it was electrical until I watched your video. Thank you very much. The spring was my problem....
Thank You So Much! My Spring was popped out just as you surmised. You saved me at least $80 on a service call. I Subscribed and will watch your "Ads" numerous times to help repay you in a small way. If the millon plus viewers did that it might enrich your life a bit.
Lol thanks!
Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! In the time of COVID-19 and little money you saved me from an expensive repair call. You are blessed of God.
Amazing and suspicious that GE doesn't mention this quick and easy ice maker repair. Worked like a charm. Thanks so much!
Thanks man. This video is the gift that keeps on giving. Had looked at the GE vids, none worked out, was about to call them out when found this. 20 mins later and we are making ice!
Thank you so much! Spring popped out of the hole. Use a dental pick to pull it back in place. Started making ice immediately. You saved me a $200 service call!
Fixed our issue first thing! It was driving me crazy and I didn't want to blow $200 on a new ice maker assembly for a 12 year old fridge. Thanks for the tip!.
Thank you for adding the video, had the same problem looking at buying a new icemaker but the self check showed that it was working found the spring out of place thank you so very much.
THANK YOU! My model is almost 2 years old and does not have the spring. However, the lever froze in the back position. A firm tug and it's back to normal! Thank you!!!
Thank you!!! Worked perfectly. Took about 12 hours, just an FYI for those impatient souls like myself.
This worked for me, thanks for the video! I thought I had to replace the ice maker! When I put the spring back in place, the fridge filled the tray and water overflowed and dripped down. Probably because it didn’t push out the ice that was in there. But the next morning, I have ice!
THANKS! This seems to have been my problem, and this saved me a couple hundred bucks. I tried needle nose and Allen wrenches to relocate the spring, but that didn't work for me. Finally I just hooked my index finger from the back side and pulled down and pushed in. When it finds the hole, make sure it seats deeply by pushing up on the spring. GREAT FIX. Thanks again!
Thanks for this video! Idk how ice makers work but my ice maker stopped working and I knew it had something to do with that paddle. It was making ice but not dropping them into the tray. I knew when ever I needed with that paddle it would eventually drop ice but couldn't figure out why it wasn't working without me messing with it. Found this video and looked for that spring you mentioned about and it was popped out of place. Fixed it and now working!
Haha! Yes!
This is great! I had paid someone to fix it once, and he tried to describe to me about the spring. I'm off to try and fix this again. And, I had forgotten about the reset procedure. I think you just saved me another $75!
Thanks for the info. My spring was OK, but the 3 cycles of the paddle for the reset seamed to do the trick. Now we have ice again!
Yep that factory reset did the trick
wasnt this you tube just grand!!!
spring was fine. did the reset and i just heard ice cubes hit the bottom of the tray. i also noticed that the hose that water comes through had the tube full of frozen ice. so i kinda chizzled that out, and then turned the freezer down from 7 to 6........thank you for your video....'we' did great,.
Very helpful and right on target. Exactly what the problem was, a 30 second fix. Factory reset "secret" is great. I had to do it a couple of times. The key is wait about 3 minutes. Saved me from having to buy a new ice maker! Thanks a bunch!
Glad it helped!
I’m currently waiting for my fridge to reset, so we’ll see if it starts working again, but thank you in the meantime! Having an older drive I wasn’t sure if I’d find anything for my specific model but this was super helpful. Here’s to (hopefully) having ice again later today. Thanks!!
Pushing the paddle 3 times to reset was what did it for me. Not listed anywhere else that I could find. Thanks for the help!
I purchased a replacement icemaker because mine was not making ice either. Then I came across this video. Wow, instant fix now it makes ice!! thankfully I was able to return the icemaker I bought on eBay. You are the best! Salamat PO.
Happy hour is saved!!
The reset fixed it.
Also, the spring had ice build up causing it to pop out of place. So I used a hair dryer to melt and dry. works perfectly!
Thank you so much! Even though it was hard to see where the spring was supposed to go, once I grabbed a hold of it, it snapped back to where it should be. This ice maker has been the pits, the on off switch broke; I see they made changes to it with yours. Ours is 8 years old, model GSH25JSTF. It also pisses water all over.
I just want to say thank you for posting this! I just about gave up trying everything to fix it. Watched your video and now my ice maker is working fine! Again thank you so much!!
Thanks for the video! I checked my ice maker and that's what the problem was, there was ice frozen to the spring and as soon as i got it off the little tray started flipping back and forth. I love my ice maker and was worried that i was going to have to get it replaced. Thanks to you i don't have too. again, thanks for the informative video!!! Laura
Tha kyou so darn much for focusing on the little spring. This was the problem for years?!?!?
Even the fridge guy who came out didn't catch it.
I pushed on the paddle I pushed on the paddle in front t of him and asked if it was right!!!!
Dang! Thanks man!!!!
Take a bow, you just saved me a $100. house call from a repairman who would probably then tell me I need 200 bucks in parts to fix it. You're the bomb - here's a huge virtual hug to you both! xoxo
Old video but still relevant. You fixed my ice maker. Thanks
You so rock! My husband and I watched your video, did exactly what you suggested. Went out and did an errand and returned to the wonderful clunk of fresh ice being made. Yay, martini time.
Jane MacFarlane 😂🤟🏻👍🏻
Very nice! Ours sometimes has a bit of ice frozen next to the spring, which has to be knocked loose or else it keeps the paddle from moving. Then the paddle was stuck in the "full" or rear position and wouldn't move forward normally. We never realized (until watching your video) that the tip of the spring had popped out. Thanks so much for taking the time to post your video!
The "RESET" worked perfectly, made ice cubes within 40 minutes.
Thank you very much.
Genius! I have been looking for reasons my Ice Makers hasn't been working for about a week now. I came across your video and wala! Thank you so much.
Thanks, that did it! Had to re-set that end of the spring. That little hole was hard to see and was filled with ice. Glad to know how to do that reset also, with the turning off/on and moving flapper 3 times.
10 years later and still a useful video. My spring had popped out and ice maker is making ice for the first time in at least 5 years.
Thank you for this. I had frozen ice around the ice marker and I chipped it away and did the level thingy you showed us. I hope Later , tomorrow I have some full cubes of ice ! 🤞🏽
You’re the best! Just easily fixed my ice maker after watching this!!!
exactly, so simple!!!. can not believed I had no ice for months....
OK, thank you brother. I've been fighting with this thing for a few weeks now and have not been able to figure it out. This was EXACTLY the problem!
Bravo...Thank you for saving me from wasting my time and money. I just canceled my repair order. It works like a charm.
Thank you, was make ice the old way, now that summer is here can't tell you what a help this is!
Thank you so much for your tips! My GE fridge is a bottom freezer and the off/on button is on the side where it isn't visible until you look for it. Mine was on off, Thanks again
Thank you!! Was able to do this to the Ice maker in my apartment, and now it’s working!
Thanks! I am a total household dork so I was mystified as to how the damn thing worked. Followed your steps and there was some ice wedged in-between that arm and the housing top. Ha! Pulled the ice out and viola! Seems to be working again now that the arm has popped back out. Have to wait and see until later today.
But thanks so far!
Dude, I’ve been troubleshooting this for days and the spring was the easiest fix, couldn’t find it anywhere. Thanks!
You, sir, are a GENIUS! That's exactly what was wrong with mine! Thank you so much! You saved me a good bit of money, effort, and time!
Thank you! I have been trying to figure out how to fix my ice machine… this was so helpful, I can’t thank you enough !
You’re welcome! I’m glad it helped!
cause of this video i was able to fix my fridge 3 times already , almost every year. i almost gave up on the 3rd, but i did notice how i pushed in and it didnt fly out, thanx man
Hey thanks a bunch for the help! The heat in Arizona can get pretty intense, having ice ready can save the day!
Thanks this is really helpful. A common issue and an easy fix but nothing can be found from GE website.
Add my accolades to the prior ones. This is why I love CZcams. Thanks. I’m going to enjoy an icy beverage
Thanks for the video. Spring was the problem with my icemaker
Np!
Thanks for posting this! Bought a used fridge, and was bummed the ice maker didn't work. This was the issue!
Absolutely on target and good advice; my spring was not in the hole. By the way, if you loosen the phillips head screw on the bottom of the spring arm (don't remove it), it's much easier to put the end of the spring in the hole. Definitely an easy fix. Thanks!!!!!