Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker (W11542654)

The Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker is the self-contained assembly responsible for producing ice in your refrigerator's freezer compartment. It cycles through filling with water, freezing, and harvesting ice into the storage bin automatically. This non-IDI style assembly includes a heater and spring to help release ice cubes cleanly during each harvest cycle.

The Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker can stop working properly due to a failed thermostat, worn motor, burned-out heater, or broken ejector components inside the assembly. Mineral buildup, age, and repeated freeze-thaw stress can also cause the unit to malfunction, produce misshapen ice, or stop making ice altogether.

These symptoms can help you decide if the ice maker matches your problem:

- Ice maker produces no ice despite water supply being connected and freezer at proper temperature

- Ice cubes are undersized, hollow, or come out stuck together

- Ice maker runs continuously without stopping or shutting off

- Loud clicking, grinding, or buzzing sounds during the harvest cycle

- Ice cubes do not eject and remain frozen in the mold

- Water overflows the ice mold and freezes in the freezer compartment

- Ice maker arm or shut-off mechanism does not move or respond correctly