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title: "GE Profile built-in nugget ice maker with its lights flashing"
description: "What Lights flashing (auger) means on GE Profile built-in nugget ice maker with its lights flashings, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure…"
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# GE Profile built-in nugget ice maker with its lights flashing

The GE Profile UNC15NJII lists flashing lights with no ice as an auger motor that is not working or is overloaded.

## What Lights flashing (auger) actually means.

The GE Profile UNC15NJII lists flashing lights with no ice as an auger motor that is not working or is overloaded. The auger is the screw that pushes ice through a nugget ice maker, so when it stalls, no nuggets come out.

GE Profile ice maker display · also shown as Lights flashing

What to do when Lights flashing (auger) shows on the ice maker

### Kind of code Dispenser and auger

The dispenser was asked for ice and could not deliver it: the auger motor stalled against a frozen block, the flap at the bottom of the chute stayed shut, or the paddle switch never told the control it was pressed. Emptying the bin and thawing the chute come before the auger motor, the door flap solenoid or the switch is replaced.

### Usually leads to Ice dispenser and auger repair

The auger, its motor, the crusher, the chute flap and the paddle switch that move ice from the bin to your glass, or push soft nugget ice up and out, checked and repaired when the ice stops coming.

### Shows up as Nugget Ice Maker Not Making Nugget Ice

A nugget ice maker not making ice runs and hums but drops nothing, makes wet slush instead of crisp pellets, or stops after a few batches with a light on.

### Make GE Profile

GE Profile ice maker repair, including the countertop nugget ice makers that run from a reservoir instead of a water line.

### Source GE Appliances 15-inch nugget ice maker owner's manual 49-1000436 (UNC15NJII)

GE Profile 15-inch nugget ice maker UNC15NJII (owner's manual 49-1000436).

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from GE Profile's own guidance for Lights flashing (auger) on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Press the ON/OFF button to reset the motor, as the manual directs.

02

If the unit has not been cleaned in a while, run the cleaning process, since scale makes the auger work harder.

03

If the lights keep flashing after the reset, book a visit.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [ice dispenser and auger repair](https://icemakerrepair.center/services/ice-dispenser-and-auger-repair/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

These flashing lights are not the red Check Water signal. A stalled auger will not clear with more water; it needs the motor and the auger checked.

## What you may notice with it.

The ice maker problems Lights flashing (auger) tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Nugget Ice Maker Not Making Nugget Ice](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/nugget-ice-maker-not-making-nugget-ice/)

[All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/nugget-ice-maker-not-making-nugget-ice/)

It also comes with

- [**Ice Maker Making Noise**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-making-noise/)
- [**Ice Maker Light Flashing**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-light-flashing/)
- [**Ice Maker Error Code**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-error-code/)

Problem

### Nugget Ice Maker Not Making Nugget Ice

6 causes, cheapest first

Where Lights flashing (auger) usually leads

## Ice dispenser and auger repair.

**Auger, auger motor, crusher or chute flap · low to moderate.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://icemakerrepair.center/services/ice-dispenser-and-auger-repair/)

## GE Profile ice makers.

GE Profile ice maker repair, including the countertop nugget ice makers that run from a reservoir instead of a water line.

[GE Profile ice maker repair](https://icemakerrepair.center/brands/ge-profile/)

More GE Profile codes

[CI](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-ci/) [Leak Detected](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-leak-detected/) [Err](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-err/) [Add Water](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-add-water/) [Defrosting](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-defrosting/) [Yellow front button](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-yellow-front-button/) [Filter light pulsing](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-filter-light-pulsing/) [Check Water light](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-check-water-light/) [Descale light](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-descale-light/)

Dispenser and auger on other makes

[Bosch E03](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e03/) [Electrolux DI SP](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-di-sp/) [Frigidaire DI SP](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-di-sp/) [Kenmore ES](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-es/) [Sub-Zero 30 9 01](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/sub-zero-30-9-01/)

[All 9 codes of this kind](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/#family-dispenser)

GE Profile builds this

### Door ice maker

The ice maker that feeds the dispenser on the outside of a door: tucked into an insulated box in the left door of a French door model, or at the top of the freezer side of a side-by-side, with a chute and an auger carrying cubes to your glass.

GE Profile builds this

### Freezer ice maker

The ice maker that sits inside the freezer compartment itself, a tray that twists or a mold with a heater and an ejector, dropping cubes into a bin or drawer you open by hand, with no dispenser on the door.

GE Profile builds this

### Undercounter ice maker

A built-in residential ice maker that lives under a kitchen, bar or basement counter, making clear cubes or chewable nugget ice on its own cooling system, with a water line in and a gravity drain or a small drain pump out.

## In GE Profile's own words

> Auger motor is not working or is overloaded - lights are flashing.

[GE Appliances 15-inch nugget ice maker owner's manual 49-1000436 (UNC15NJII)](https://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--M-P09qd2--/f0b5c5f3b00bf2e4122589aff6742c9a7c20f65b.pdf) [GE Appliances 15-inch nugget ice maker owner's manual 49-1000436 (UNC15NJII)](https://images.salsify.com/image/upload/s--M-P09qd2--/f0b5c5f3b00bf2e4122589aff6742c9a7c20f65b.pdf)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. GE Profile 15-inch nugget ice maker UNC15NJII (owner's manual 49-1000436).

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## Questions about Lights flashing (auger).

### Can I clear Lights flashing (auger) myself?

Press the ON/OFF button to reset the motor, as the manual directs. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### What do flashing lights mean on a GE Profile nugget ice maker that makes no ice?

The manual ties them to the auger motor being stopped or overloaded. Pressing ON/OFF is the reset it gives.

### Can scale cause the auger to overload on a GE Profile built-in unit?

It can add load. The manual lists cleaning for low output, and a scaled evaporator makes the auger push harder.

### When should I stop resetting the GE Profile and book a visit?

When the lights come back after the reset. The manual's next step then is service.

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