Refrigerator not making ice. EASY FIX, NO tools needed!

[@mrdumpling7]

I cannot even right now. The fact you can INCREASE the ice production. This fridge came brand new with our house and we couldn’t figure out why a 5k dollar fridge was making so little ice. You are Da Man

[@PhantomPanic]

Read.... Tha.... Manual.... 😂

[@wanaraz]

@@PhantomPanic That's not in the manual Manuel!

[@ibfuelish]

That doesn’t increase the ice production, it increases the amount of fill in the ice tray making the cubes bigger… it can over flow.

[@lacasita2690]

My jaw dropped when I was able to fix my ice maker after following your instructions. Life hack. How in the world are we supposed to know where these codes are hidden? I was ready to call repair guy and 2min of following your hack and waiting over night, my ice maker is working like a charm. Also, knowing I can set it to make more ice when the kids and their partners come for the weekend....life changing! Thank you so much!!

[@HappeeCat]

Thank you so much! This fridge was gifted to us and it’s been awful. We should have kept our old fridge. It was working fine just old and not pretty. Lesson learned.

[@TheSummernc]

Let me tell you my jaw dropped when I saw the option to change ice amount. And you saved me, I just did this 15mins ago and just heard ice drop in the tray. Thank you 🙌

[@danielhyde4229]

Thank you so much - I followed this and got ice again! The first time I did it, I only waited an hour or two before starting the ice maker again. The second time, I let it go overnight. I turned the ice maker on in the morning and by night I had my first bit of ice starting again! By the next day it was half full again If you do this, don't worry about the temperature going up, the stuff in your fridge is fine Thanks!!

[@Cat-hn2on]

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[@MR_SUPA_G]

Ahhhhh, OK, I was worried about the last part of your comment! The light and fridge is completely off when you activate this setting. I saw the light in the fridge was off and I heard the cooling of the fridge turn off too.

[@clarissae1689]

You sir are doing Gods work! I can’t thank you enough seriously. I have watched countless videos, read so many blogs and even had a repairman come out (twice)yet your tutorial is the only one that has actually worked 🙌🏼 My Frigidaire is a similar model as yours and it’s so frustrating 🤦🏻‍♀️ having this hack has been such a lifesaver! Thanks again!

[@chelleec23]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! We have this exact model. For some reason, this summer, it has frozen up every few days. I've been using the hair dryer method, but we don't even get half a bucket of ice before it is frozen again. I'm doing this method right now, and I see the temperature rising quickly as I'm typing this. Again, THANK YOU! I would like the video 20 times if I could lol **update** still working ❤❤❤

[@NathanielHawthorne-s7u]

I can't thank you enough!! You saved us time and money. After walking through your steps yesterday, I have ice this morning! Thank you for sharing your knowledge to help others!

[@alanfoley9451]

My fridgedair gallery, like others, showed "CL 26" with no temp like others commented (model FGHF2366PFBA). It looks like the process worked anyway after a few attempts and I have ice again (next day). In ~10 minutes the control panel will reset to normal. I went through the steps again to make sure I didn't miss something. On the 3rd or 4th run through I got "OP 26". I didn't time it, but each cycle appeared to take less time. See Kyle Wood's comment in the replies. CL appears to mean "closed" and OP appears to mean "open". I'm guessing the transition from closed to open means the process worked. I left the icemaker off overnight and hit the defrost cycle a couple of times for good measure (hold + and - buttons together for 5 sec). My fridge has a "quick freeze" setting and not the water+crush bar thing. Many thanks to Da MAN for posting this nugget. Fully agree that this is a fridge series to avoid. The only downside with this easy fix is that I'm not forced to replace this thing.

[@wtfx5757]

I don't think a cold fridge at normal operating temp should ever say OP (Open). Normal operation is for it to be on CL (closed). It may show (OP) if you had the fridge off for a long while and caused it to defrost, but under normal operating conditions, it should go back to CL.

[@marcroegiers4988]

FANTASTIC!! This really works! I had to do it about 5 times but now it has been working perfectly for over 6 months. THANK YOU!!

[@lindabutsko3446]

Thank you for the video on unthawing the freezer. It worked like a charm and the ice is flowing again!

[@stephaniecontino72]

THANK YOU!!!! I had a repairman here and he charged me 75 bucks to hit the reset button which didn't help...go figure. Then he quoted me $240 to swap out 2 parts (valve and icemaker) which i ordered for half that and KZbind how to do on my own. When i was taking it all apart I saw the ice in the back but didn't realize that was the problem until the replacement parts didn't do anything to help with the situation. Now that I've come across your video I'm praying this is the solution!!! And yes, the refrigerator is the worst!!!

[@marleehughes3239]

WHERE IS THE RESET BUTTON!? Please 😂 Can't find it anywhere!

[@kendrak843]

I’m was so excited to hear you say more ice!!! The number one thing I was searching for!! Ty!!

[@3dPrince4u]

THIS IS THE VIDEO TO WATCH great tip save time and money don't have to disassemble and defrost. Find option 26 in the menu and let the refrigerator thaw it's self!

[@LifewiththeLambes1]

you are a Genius!!!!! my ice maker was running so slow that we would buy bags of ice. . . i pressed the water and the crushed ice and the bar was set to one. . . hopefully this will work!

[@rxlo1015]

Outstanding video! Mine has been doing the same thing since day one. Thank you brother, you definitely the man. 👍👍👍

[@johnstarchman4732]

Wow, when I saw how you reset the ice production.... We used to keep bags of ice on hand (IKR just like everyone else) Hopefully my icemaker will thaw out and production will ramp up. Awesome video, perfect content, perfect length, clear instruction. Truly you Da Man!

[@manof1997]

I hope it works for you. Try doing it twice if it does not work the first time. There might be too much ice built up!

[@rodericksprayberry1880]

Man I can’t thank you enough! I got the six year warranty at Lowe’s and I’m thinking maybe I should see if they’ll let me trade it in

[@Lil_pookie_gorl]

Ahhh lifesaver. Our ice maker has been out for WEEKS. My husband sent me your video yesterday and we woke up to a full ice bin this morning. Thank you!

[@jacobbarkley9910]

You are Da Man! I had the same problem and this fixed it. I had to repeat the process several times over the course of a day or two. I left the ice make off for over 24 hours. Now I have ice! Thanks man!

[@manof1997]

Glade that I was able to help!

[@PhantomPhixer1]

We have this identical fridge and fortunately the only ice maker issue we've had is the cubes backing up in the chute.Thanks for the video

[@megmar53]

this was very helpful and worked for me. We are in a rental and did not know what to do. You tube for the win. Thankyou sooooo much.

[@wambwv8780]

Thanks very, very much. I just followed your instructions and we'll see if this way fix the problem on this NEW fridge. Thanks again. Blessings!!!

[@Sewtangle]

I have a Frigidaire professional side by side that has the dreaded CE error and can’t be fixed because the control board is no longer made for it. It has served us so well that I want another fridge from their professional line. I have had this fridge for years and had very few problems with it and nothing that I couldn’t fix myself. Considering the racket on new appliances and companies that just don’t care about customer satisfaction because they don’t have to, I believe that a brand that has served us so well for so long deserves a second round. I hope your new refrigerators are as good as your previous models. I so want to be a customer for life.

[@dishpit1451]

Omg thanks soo much I have literally just been buying ice because this pos stopped working!!!

[@meltingmischief8575]

I could have sworn the first time my fridge did this, I left the comment thanking you, but apparently I didn't cause I don't see it here. I'm going to leave this comment now because this is the second time I've had to do this and this time it's not because it's frozen it's because it froze over itself so it froze the tray half way of emptying it and it kind of just spilled a bunch of water all over it so we had our refrigerator like peeing all over the floor we didn't know what was wrong with out the fridge broke because of course it's a Frigidaire why wouldn't a break but found out it was the ice maker it was frozen completely all the lines again play different this time but still the same outcome so again I thank you for saving me from this nightmare that is for a dare this was an emergency purchase because our other refrigerator died and we are stuck with this one as an emergency soon as we can we're getting rid of it but I thank you with my whole ass heart for this video

[@DanSturgell-b1x]

Worked great! I appreciate your time and knowledge, saved me a service call.

[@lisakitzman8302]

We have a frigidaire and it is the worse. I have called them about 6 times already.. Thank you. I am willing to try anything.

[@ItchyMagician]

Thanks so much for posting this. I don't know why they wouldn't include this as at least a troubleshooting tip in the manual.

[@moisesbonilla9362]

Is in the troubleshooting diagram by the main control board

[@nancyfreeman1770]

Because they make money from your service call.

[@bobcarroll3961]

I have the same model, same problem. This fixed the problem. I do this every couple months. I run that cycle that he shows 5 or 6 times in a row to defrost. Might be a little overkill but it keeps the ice maker running longer I think

[@airboz31]

I'm going to try this as well. Thanks

[@John012196]

This worked perfectly!! Ice is dropping as we speak. Great advice

[@kristenmccullough1829]

Thank you for posting didn't know about increasing ice. We had ours for 3 years and it just now had an ice making issue otherwise all around enjoy it.

[@sandragallagher9221]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Like another reviewer said leaving it off for a couple hours did not do the trick. But when I shut it off for EIGHT hours and then turned the ice maker back on it worked! I now have ice cubes again! You are the man!!! Well…..I THOUGHT it fixed it and it did start making ice again but after a few hours it stopped making ice. I have since gone through this procedure many times and same thing over and over again. Any more ideas? 😕

[@craigtalley5015]

I have a year old frigidaire fg4h2272uf. The Ice maker stopped working. I put a Hair Dryer inside where the Ice bucket was and let it blow on high for several minutes. It worked and now it makes ice.

[@Mixwell1983]

Had the appliances left on my new home and this fridge is one. Mine has stopped making ice a few days ago

[@carinabelljaxbch]

Thanks for the video! I’ve searched for hours & you’re the only one that has posted issues like this. I will try & hope it works!

[@CalisoMoon]

Did it work for you?

[@billmorris4839]

I had to do it a couple of times but it worked. Stopped making ice last evening and I decided to go through this again and I found the temp in menu 26 to be 65* F.

[@justinwisely4206]

Thank you! Trying this now, but it's absolute BS that this fridge has this issue.

[@Hafeez3775]

Thanks man. Good video. So my prb started with left door not closing properly. Upon inspection I saw the ice building behind and now doing the defrost. Ice maker wasn't even on due to winter.

[@darrencalhoun8867]

Have the same fridge no issues yet with ice maker but appreciate the video!

[@BillyEddie1]

Best video on KZbin. Thank you!

[@stevenhead258]

Thank you for sharing. I will try it. I have not had ice for over a year.

[@binarymango2853]

Fantastic video / tips, thanks so much for posting. I have the exact model that you do and this fixed my issue! I was dreading having to fully disassemble the ice maker unit and use the blow-dry method. Question for you: how frequently have you had to do this "force defrost heater" method? In other words, does it last weeks / months / longer between needing this done? Wasn't sure how recently you started doing this method to "fix" the ice maker when it stops working. Just trying to gauge how long I can expect this to last, or if I should do this fix pre-emptively every few months? Do you think it would be bad to run the heater fix if there's ice in the tray? Thanks again and sorry for all the questions, but your video is much appreciated!

[@manof1997]

I had to do it about once a month as it stopped making ice. No need to run the defrost unless it stops making ice.

[@kermiterickson9120]

its a pain in the ass i have to do mine every other week or as often as needed because the icemaker freezes up all the time!!!!!! it runs out of ice then i defrost and wait!!!! i am pist off with this fridge

[@stevekleinhenz8262]

We got screwed buying this frig!

[@Totrch29]

Agreed. POS

[@saras8778]

I had no clue I could increase the ice production like this!!

[@TheChristIsKing]

You can force a defrost without going through the test menus. Just hold the '+' and '-' buttons for 10 seconds. But in most cases that won't fix a frozen fill tube.

[@boblaverty2636]

I have a slight different model (fg4h2272uf) and the console is not the same. I did the hair dryer defrost a few months ago, but no ice. Finally figured out that I have a simple ice maker on/off setting. I only needed to turn it back on.

[@Brock_Rogers]

When I put mine into mode 26 to defrost it has “CL” code vs temperature reading? Thanks in advance!

[@alextaylor4735]

OMG! THANK YOU! I had no idea you could increase the ice production! I was so confused why it wasn't making ice!!!! I thought it was about to die on us. Thank you (Video 2:40, to increase ice production)

[@ErinEvette]

Thanks for suggestion. I found the increasing ice option and it worked!

[@HsingSun]

My refrigerator was leaking for sometime due to the door gasket. But, my wife did not want me to replace a new door gasket. So, the fridge was kept leaking. About two weeks ago, we could not take some frozen meats out, and then I had to dump lots of water to defrost it. Now the leaking was stop now. By the way, we have not been used ice maker for years.

[@frank215m]

thank you, the video was very helpful. you should do a video on how to make that dessert too.

[@EstherJChun]

Thank you! So good to know! I have a problem… so I tried taking the ice maker apart to fix the motor or see why it’s not rotating anymore. Now I don’t know how to put it back together. 😢😢😢 Help please!

[@robcasad525]

Dude. DUDE! DUUYUUYDE! You are a Rockstar! You saved me. We NEVER have enough. Thank you for this. Where on earth are these hold instructions from?

[@j4d3n80]

Diagnostic paper should be under ur fridge. Remove that bottom vent guard n should be on the right. Depending ur fridge.

[@susanw3125]

Gosh I hope this works! Who knew there was an adjustment to make more ice? I checked….mine was on 1-bar!🥴

[@robertosanmiguel1289]

Awesome video. I noticed I started having problems at first after the ice bin filled up. I am assuming when I turned off the ice maker the old ice in the ice tray never got dispensed. I believe this due to the fact that I found the ice tray to have frozen water in it and little to no ice production. Lucky me, the ice was falling sideways and not towards the rear motor as some people have had happen to them. I just defrosted the tray with a hair blower and tried to drain water with a napkin. I hope it works properly now. If not ill use your code techniques ! Awesome video!

[@candydewitt2945]

It worked, but I had to defrost it twice. Saved me a big repair bill.

[@MarkSmith-pd3nt]

Our model is a bit different, we have a lower ice maker also, have just been using it since we "ran out of ice".. been meaning to look up a probable cause and solution.. Just set it to mode "26", will update if it starts making ice again.. UPDATE.. the next morning.. there is ice in the tray!! I think I will run this defrost cycle monthly..

[@TheLori4222]

What if your display is only partially visible(lights out?) is the list you scan through the same with all gallery models? I counted you pressed 24 times but I can’t tell if that’s what I landed on 😔

[@TheLori4222]

Sorry question meant for Da Man

[@ReneJeddore]

@@TheLori4222 Another reason these machines are junk. Our display went out a few months after the warranty was up.

[@gsolis2014]

bro saved me so much headache he knows more about the fridge than the guys who designed the crappy ice machine

[@case950able]

Shout out to my boy for shooting in urlta wide 🙌

[@sheivag9432]

hi there! thank you for this video. i tried another youtube video, disassembled the whole ice maker to defrost and yes it did work but it was a pain. i tried your method and i would say 1/4 of the tray became filled with ice. so it did work, but did not fill the ice try. i am going to try it again and leave the ice maker off overnight (vs 1-2 hours only). one thing i did notice was that my fridge says "CL 26" where as yours showed numbers blinking/rising and 26. do you know what this means? or if there is anything i can do differently? thank you for the tips, appreciate your time!

[@caseypage3]

Hello I am having the same problem. Any idea on how to fix?

[@RyanOvenell]

Same problem, went to code 26 but it has a solid “Cl” displayed.

[@ShaneMkyle]

Same for me, older model so I wonder if 26 is the right code for this?

[@dojomo5097]

I just finished the steps and I’m off to bed. Let’s see if there is ice in the morning! I did notice that when I went to 26. The temp was 37°. After the ten minutes or whatever time it was I checked again and it said it was 12° so maybe it worked. Will hope that I got some ice in the morning. Also was cool that I got to increase ice production.

[@philb9608]

Saved the vacation home on frequency of ice button. I drink a cold bourbon in your honor sir!

[@tombryant7451]

Interesting, thanks for the tips. you are spot on. these things are garbage.

[@TheLori4222]

What if your display is only partially visible(lights out?) is the list you scan through the same with all gallery models? I counted you pressed 24 times but I can’t tell if that’s what I landed on 😔

[@pennyf1136]

Very helpful except my code 26 has CL to the left of it with no temp. The model is Gallery FGHB2866. Could it be a different code?

[@sinaybutler3965]

Mine too! Mine is actually a kenmore. I have had repair out at least five times in about as many years, three times in the last two years.

[@SuperGman2011]

I have the same thing showing up on mine

[@hypotheticalangler6936]

You just saved my marriage!

[@troychristensen5293]

I agree with you on this models been a piece of shit my ice stops working all the time I just let it sit there forever and it’s been a pain in the butt I’m gonna try this and see how it works

[@BigKnows]

Helpful video thank you. My option for 26 says CL. How do I change this?

[@RachelJAH]

I just learned to please and hold the + and - buttons until it goes into a natural defrost, with codes d/f showing on the screen. Leave as is and it will do it's thing then go back to normal mode.

[@RobertLynch-g3z]

very helpful,saved me atleast $300 from a rep;air dude

[@stevekleinhenz8262]

Works for awhile so I just keep doing it thanks

[@dublinbluetune]

5:46 - you're welcome

[@catherineroltsch6445]

Thank you so much my ice maker is working again. ❣️

[@KC-xu9tl]

Thanks for posting this, giving it a try. Hopefully don't need to dismantle the whole icemaker!

[@joses.salmeron4181]

Thank you very much I will try it I really appreciate it

[@raulrobles2961]

As a technician the bars doesnt refer to the ice production. You cant speed up the ice process in any refrigerator. Just the ice size that is all

[@ellenhofer3343]

This video is 2 years old people as of 2/2023 Keep that in mind when you watch it and listen to his attitude. His fridge shoukd have a warranty. But, he said he took things apart - that automatically voids any warranty for anything.

[@Idontwantachannel67]

OMG it worked!! Thank you so much!! 🎉

[@airboz31]

The ice maker (ice dispensing system) on these Frigidaire refrigerators leaves a lot to be desired. Ours stopped making ice at about the year and half old mark. I turned the ice maker off overnight, turned the ice maker back on then next morning, set the temperature up to 40 degrees on the fridge and set it to 1 degree on the freezer. Then wala, it started making ice again. About 3 months ago, the ice auger motor started acting up and would actually short the whole fridge and trip the circuit breaker. We had to replace the ice auger motor as it was failing (or failed). This thing is not even 3 years old yet and it likes being a problem child. Seems like we just wait to see what will happen with this thing next.

[@1goofymommy]

Ours is 8 yrs old and a month ago is the first time the ice maker quit. Actually both of them. We’ve done the hairdryer thing to no avail. I’m gonna try this. Fingers crossed.

[@airboz31]

@@1goofymommy I only have the one ice maker on the door. I had a service tech also replace the water line in my fridge with a newer "insulated" water line. So far, it hasn't froze up in the 3 months since it was installed.

[@zukerama]

Great video!

[@thomassankara2857]

Great video. Mine is not showing the 26 option. Does it vary from model to model?

[@joeysolesbee9956]

Same here

[@jessicaspeasdobbs-realtor8548]

You're a life saver!!! Thank you!

[@Delfi1900]

Permanent fix is setting refrigerator temp at 34 and freezer above 0-5 degrees anything lower then 0 will cause the ice maker to stop working, defrosting does help but the problem will eventually return

[@j4d3n80]

Mines always at 0 freezer & 37 fridge and fridge is 3 years old n happening right now for the 2nd time. For a quick fix I remove ice tray n use a hair dryer for awhile n it will start working again... but what I gotta do is remove ice maker assembly n defrost hose where the water comes out to fill ice tray. What I did the 1st time... when fridge was around 1 years old. Actually this week I set it at 5 freezer & 40 fridge to see what would happen n it still stopped making ice. Basically that water line needs to defrost 100% or else any little ice on the line will stop the water flow.

[@airboz31]

Frigidaire needs to have a spot to hold ice trays by the ice maker so you can have some ice on reserve for when their automatic ice maker quits. 😂😂

[@melissatillman2766]

Thank you! We already had the ice maker replaced and it still stops making ice on and off. Is this a “fix” you still have to do every so often? I wish there was a permanent fix!

[@rachelseiferle1262]

Great video! You solved my ice maker problem!

[@samuelelrod8472]

We just bought one today. Got 3 cubes in 10 hours. Had to take off the doors and drawer to get it in my house. Don't wanna take it bake. We've had 3 fridgidaires, all fantastic. I'm pissed

[@venividivici4253]

Tell us more about this lawsuit. I have a Frigidaire model as well.

[@gfaithowens1790]

Thank you for this video! My husband hates our fridge. It was already in the house when we bought in 2019. I (mistakenly) thought at least it's new so we shouldn't have any trouble. Because it was already here, we didn't get an owner's manual or anything and have learned some of the menu by trial and error. Can you tell me if there is a printed comand tree anywhere so that we can know some of these functions?

[@travisphillips783]

It’s located on the bottom right hand side of the Fridge behind the grill

[@travisphillips783]

Bottom front right hand side

[@markwright1075]

Love the intro! Thks.

[@lpfreak1708]

My model doesn't show a parameter 26 in the diagnostic menu. Could it be under another code?

[@isabeldonken739]

Thank you so much for this video 😊

[@mimipinello8632]

Thank you!!! Wish seen this before after $450 later call repair guy well now I know great video very helpful :-)

[@rowebil00]

Wow! I thought my fridge never had the amount feature! This is crazy.

[@gailernst6059]

Trying it now! Wish us luck!

[@manof1997]

Try it few times and also keep the ice maker off for few hours to make sure that the water line is not frozen.

[@loriholsapple40]

My fridge is exactly like this, it just stopped making ice, I followed the instructions you gave, after about 10 minutes of the temp going up and flashing, it beeped then reset itself. Is this right? Or should I go through the steps again. Or just leave it alone for a couple hours now with the ice maker still off? Also I had no clue I could change the amt of ice it could make! It was set on one bar!

[@manof1997]

Yes, it resets when done. I would run the code again just to make sure it melts everything.

[@loriholsapple40]

Thank you. My ice maker is working again. And the ice is thicker. And it's quiet. It was starting to get loud when dropping the ice and filling the tray. Now I don't hear it anymore. Thank you thank you! You are da man 😁

[@wanaraz]

I have the same model but no code 26.

[@jocelynhobbs3833]

I defrosted our ice maker with a hairdryer. Then, I saw this video....ugh! I am having problems putting the ice maker back together. I have the guides of the ice tray aligned with the four bolts, but the tray will not slide. Any suggestions? I wish i have seen the video earlier.

[@abramknight9496]

So on mine the top ice maker is barely making any, now the ice maker in the lower freezer isnt making any ice at all. Was yours doing the same?

[@hageneesinthesteets2]

I like the vid.. learned me a lot but now my fridge quit making ice cubes and the cooling part is to low.. I don't have a code 26 at all when I followed your steps.. Can you help me out? Thanks!

[@MrJen8753]

I have this fridge. Any ideas on why the fridge would not cool past 50 degrees?