Maytag Ice Maker Door Flap Won T Open

This icy water can then freeze on the stripper during the next cycle causing an ice bridge.

Maytag ice maker door flap won t open.

If you ve woken up in the middle of the night to the ice dispenser door flapping and the display flashing on your refrigerator the control board in the unit may be the culprit of the chaos. If the dispenser solenoid is defective the dispenser door won t open. If the ice maker flap is open the ice maker will simply not work. It may come a surprise but this failure is often misdiagnosed.

Or the seal on the ice maker flap is imperfect and allowing air to get between it which causes it to get frozen stuck. This ice bridge will cause the harvest fingers to jam. Set up and maintain your standalone or refrigerator ice maker with genuine maytag kits and parts. 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.

Hiya when the ice maker will not allow the made ice to drop into your glass this means either of two problems. You will hear silence istead of the solinoid sound 2. Cleveland tn 37311 1 877 477 7278. The dispenser solenoid opens a door flap to release the ice and then closes the door flap once the dispenser finishes dispensing ice.

Give it a good slam not too hard because you don t obviously want to break it. We have the essential accessories you need to install or uninstall a refrigerator ice maker kit or to help integrate your independent ice machine seamlessly into your kitchen. To determine if the dispenser door solenoid is defective use a multimeter to test it for continuity. Either the solenoid that should start when you press the lever with your glass is failing.

California 19410 business ctr dr. Remove jammed ice from the ejector arm using only a plastic utensil so the ice maker is not damaged. This will likely resolve the issue. The flap for ice reservoir has to be shut.

Northridge ca 91324 1 877 477 7278 tennessee 240 edwards st. I have checked to see if any ice was frozen on the dispenser.