Have been reading this thread hoping to find the nswer to my fridge problem. My ice maker stopped for about a day and then made one bucket of ice and stopped again. The sensor light does the blinking even with the flapper closed. The fingers are pointed towards me at about a 90 degree angle. There is ice in the tray, it is just not being dumped. Mine is a Whirlpool M# GS2SHEXNS00 (gold series) Do I need the sensors or ice maker or both? I had replaced the ice maker a few years ago. And yes, I did get it from the repair clinic, I love that site, it has saved so many appliances in my house!!
Hi Joyce,
You have a bad ice maker causing this issue.
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Here's the instructions TO change the ice maker assembly:
1. Remove the bucket from the door to get some room.
2. Put a piece of tape on the sensor flapper to hold it down so you won't damage it while removing the ice maker.
3. Remove the ice maker service cover door by spreading the two hinge fingers apart away from the center and the door should lift out of the slot.
4. Remove the screw in the right rear bottom side of the ice maker.
5. After removing the screw that cover should lift up from the rear and just work it out from the rear and you see the electrical harness.
6. On the left track the should be a tab toward the bottom which you need to push up.
7. Push up tab and start working the ice maker towards you pulling it out of the track.
8. Careful with the electrical harness in the back as you're pulling out.
9. Disconnect the electrical plug by lifting the clip on the plug.
10. Remove the side cover on the side module by pulling off.
11. Remove the bottom shield by removing the 3 screws on the bottom.
12. To install reverse the order as it came out.
Jake