--- title: "Ice maker fill & harvest repair" description: "KitchenAid ice maker fill and harvest repair: no ice, small ice, or cubes that form and refuse to let go." url: "https://kitchenaidmiami.support/services/ice-maker-fill-and-harvest-repair/" date_modified: "2026-08-23" Appliance type: "Freezers, Ice makers, Refrigerators" --- # KitchenAid ice maker fill & harvest repair ### Two machines, one word The undercounter machines this make sells are 15 and 18 inches wide, make 25 or 35 pounds a day, plumb in and drain. The ice maker in a refrigerator is a module in the freezer or the door with no drain at all. Telling us which one you have when you book is what keeps this to a single visit. ### What actually goes wrong - **Water in.** Supply valve, filter, inlet valve, and the fill tube that freezes and then conceals why. - **Water out**, on the undercounter machines. A slow drain stops a machine that is otherwise perfect. - **The harvest** — cubes that form and will not release. - **The module or ejector**, on a refrigerator machine. - **Bin sensing**, which tells a healthy machine to stop. ### Why South Florida is hard on these Warm ambient air, hard water and near-constant demand. An ice maker in a Miami kitchen runs closer to its limit for more of the year than the same machine anywhere north, and the two things that suffer are the condenser it breathes through and the scale in its water path. ### What it costs From $185, and the exact cost is confirmed after the on-site diagnostic. If yours is an undercounter machine, mention whether it drains to a pipe or a pump when you book — it changes what we bring. What this involves Water in, then harvest, then the module — in that order Frozen fill tubes cleared and the reason found Bin sensing checked before the ice maker is blamed Ask which machine it is The one in the refrigerator door or freezer, or an undercounter machine with its own water line and drain. Same words on the phone, different appliance, different parts on the van. Prove the water is arriving Supply valve, filter, inlet valve and the fill tube — which freezes solid and then hides the reason it froze. On a refrigerator machine that is most of the list before the module is even considered. Watch a harvest Cubes that form and will not release point at the hot-gas valve or the sensor watching the plate on an undercounter machine, and at the ejector or the mold heater on a refrigerator module. Check what tells it the bin is full A shut-off arm, a switch or an optical sensor. A machine that has decided the bin is full when it is empty is a working ice maker that has simply stopped being asked. Two machines, one word The undercounter machines this make sells are 15 and 18 inches wide, make 25 or 35 pounds a day, plumb in and drain. The ice maker in a refrigerator is a module in the freezer or the door with no drain at all. Telling us which one you have when you book is what keeps this to a single visit. What actually goes wrong Water in. Supply valve, filter, inlet valve, and the fill tube that freezes and then conceals why. Water out, on the undercounter machines. A slow drain stops a machine that is otherwise perfect. The harvest — cubes that form and will not release. The module or ejector, on a refrigerator machine. Bin sensing, which tells a healthy machine to stop. Why South Florida is hard on these Warm ambient air, hard water and near-constant demand. An ice maker in a Miami kitchen runs closer to its limit for more of the year than the same machine anywhere north, and the two things that suffer are the condenser it breathes through and the scale in its water path. What it costs From $185, and the exact cost is confirmed after the on-site diagnostic. If yours is an undercounter machine, mention whether it drains to a pipe or a pump when you book — it changes what we bring. ### The one in my refrigerator has stopped and everything else is fine. Then work outward: the shut-off arm or switch, the filter if it is overdue, a fill tube frozen solid, the inlet valve, and only then the ice maker module. A refrigerator ice maker is a small machine bolted into a cold box, and most of what stops it is water not arriving rather than the module failing. ### My cubes are small, hollow or cloudy. That is the water rather than the mechanism most of the time — low pressure, an overdue filter, or scale in the water path. On an undercounter machine, cloudy ice specifically means the slow layered freezing that makes clear ice is being cut short, and it usually shows up months before the machine stops. ### Why does my ice maker fail more often than everything else in the kitchen? Because it is the hardest working part of a refrigerator and the one asked to do the least natural thing: ice is made in the freezer and then delivered through a warm compartment to a door. That is where the frozen lines, the clogged chutes and the leaks come from, and it is why this is one of the most common service calls on any French door cabinet. ### What does it cost? From $185, with a fill tube clearance at the low end and a complete ice maker module or a harvest valve at the top. The exact cost is confirmed after the on-site diagnostic and agreed with you first. --- **[Read full article: Ice maker fill & harvest repair](https://kitchenaidmiami.support/services/ice-maker-fill-and-harvest-repair/)**