- Model Number
- WRX988SIBM01
- Brand
- Whirlpool
- Age
- 6-10 years
Hello! I am trying to diagnose the fridge that came with the house I just bought. It is a
Initially, the ice maker was working, but extremely slow (as in 6 ice cubes/day). I cleaned the condenser coils under the fridge as they were extremely dirty. No difference.
I then bought a Thermometer. The freezer stays pretty constant at 0 degrees (there were a few fluctuations at first all the way to 10 below, but I thought that could be because it was empty), but I can’t get the fridge above 30 degrees. It is currently set at 40.
I have run diagnostics and gotten an E5 error code for test 56. I unplug and it resets, but will come back with E5 after a while. I can manually harvest the ice and can fill it manually if I unplug for a few minutes (my guess is the water line is freezing since it’s constantly at 30 degrees). Of course the other morning I woke up and randomly had half a bin of ice.
Could my ice maker issues be stemming from the low temp in the fridge? Or is it two separate problems? Thanks so much for your help!
Whirlpool WRX988SIBM01
Initially, the ice maker was working, but extremely slow (as in 6 ice cubes/day). I cleaned the condenser coils under the fridge as they were extremely dirty. No difference.
I then bought a Thermometer. The freezer stays pretty constant at 0 degrees (there were a few fluctuations at first all the way to 10 below, but I thought that could be because it was empty), but I can’t get the fridge above 30 degrees. It is currently set at 40.
I have run diagnostics and gotten an E5 error code for test 56. I unplug and it resets, but will come back with E5 after a while. I can manually harvest the ice and can fill it manually if I unplug for a few minutes (my guess is the water line is freezing since it’s constantly at 30 degrees). Of course the other morning I woke up and randomly had half a bin of ice.
Could my ice maker issues be stemming from the low temp in the fridge? Or is it two separate problems? Thanks so much for your help!