LG Refrigerator Ice Maker (5989JA0002Y)

The LG Refrigerator Ice Maker is the self-contained unit inside your freezer compartment that automatically produces and dispenses ice cubes. It works by drawing in water from your home supply line, freezing it in a mold, and then releasing the finished cubes into a storage bin for use on demand.

The LG Refrigerator Ice Maker can stop working properly due to a failed heating element that releases the ice from the mold, a worn-out motor that ejects the cubes, or a faulty thermostat that misreads freezer temperature. Mineral buildup from hard water, a frozen fill tube, or low water pressure can also prevent the unit from completing a normal ice-making cycle.

These symptoms can help you decide if the ice maker is the source of your problem:

- Refrigerator produces little or no ice

- Ice cubes are undersized, hollow, or oddly shaped

- Ice maker makes clicking or grinding sounds but no ice drops into the bin

- Unit is visibly frozen over or has ice buildup around the mold area

- Water leaks inside the freezer compartment near the ice maker

- Ice has an unusual taste or odor linked to incomplete freeze cycles

- Ice maker arm or sensor does not respond to changes in bin level