Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker (WPW10190965)

The Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker is the complete assembly that produces ice inside your refrigerator's freezer compartment, cycling through fill, freeze, and harvest stages to drop ice into the storage bin. It uses a built-in thermostat and motor to sense when ice is ready, rotate the ejector arms, and release cubes automatically.

The Whirlpool Refrigerator Ice Maker can fail from a worn-out motor, a faulty thermostat, cracked housing, or mineral buildup from hard water that jams the ejector mechanism over time. Prolonged exposure to freezer temperatures and repeated freeze-thaw cycles can also cause internal components to crack or seize, stopping ice production entirely.

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

- Refrigerator produces no ice at all despite water supply being connected

- Ice maker stops mid-cycle and does not complete the harvest stage

- Ice cubes come out undersized, misshapen, or clumped together

- Loud grinding or clicking noise coming from the freezer during the ice-making cycle

- Ice maker arm or ejector does not rotate or move

- Water fills the tray but the ice is never released into the bin

- Visible cracks, breaks, or damage to the ice maker housing or tray