Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker (W10898228)

The Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker is the self-contained unit inside your refrigerator's freezer compartment that automatically produces, harvests, and stores ice cubes. It works by filling a mold with water, freezing it to the set temperature, then using a motor-driven ejector arm to push the cubes into the ice bin below.

The Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker can stop working properly due to a failed heating element that releases ice from the mold, a burned-out motor, a faulty thermostat, or a worn ejector arm. Age, mineral buildup from hard water, and freezing temperatures can all accelerate wear on the internal components over time.

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

- Refrigerator produces no ice at all

- Ice maker runs through a cycle but drops no cubes into the bin

- Ice cubes are undersized, misshapen, or clumped together

- Ice maker fills with water but does not freeze or eject

- Loud grinding or clicking noise coming from the freezer compartment

- Ice maker cycles continuously without stopping

- Visible cracks, broken arms, or damage to the ice maker assembly