--- title: "GE Profile Opal with a yellow front button" description: "What Yellow front button means on GE Profile Opal with a yellow front buttons, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-yellow-front-button/" --- # GE Profile Opal with a yellow front button On the original Opal with a round button on the front, a yellow button means the unit is in cleaning mode and will not produce ice. ## What Yellow front button actually means. On the original Opal with a round button on the front, a yellow button means the unit is in cleaning mode and will not produce ice. The mode is chosen by the switch on the back. GE Profile ice maker display What to do when Yellow front button shows on the ice maker ### Kind of code Mode, not a failure Something the ice maker was switched into, often without anyone noticing, rather than something that broke: ice turned off from the panel or by the wire arm lifted while reaching into the bin, a control lock, a Sabbath setting, a cleaning cycle still running, a reminder that the water filter is due. No part has worn out, and the ice maker's own buttons or arm put it right. ### Usually leads to No repair Find the switch on the back of the Opal. ### 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 support: Opal Ice Maker - Not Making Ice Original GE Profile Opal with a round front button (OPAL01GEPKT). ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from GE Profile's own guidance for Yellow front button on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Find the switch on the back of the Opal. 02 Slide it to ICE; the unit then starts making ice. 03 Expect about five minutes of flushing with the button white before ice appears. 04 If the button stays yellow with the switch on ICE, book a visit. ### Cleared? The ice maker is filling and dropping cubes again and no part was needed. If the same code returns during the next harvest, or water shows up on the floor again, book it as a new problem. ### What not to do A yellow button is not a warning that the Opal is failing. It only reports which position the back switch is in. ## What you may notice with it. The ice maker problems Yellow front button 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 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 No repair indicated ## Nothing to repair. Something the ice maker was switched into, often without anyone noticing, rather than something that broke: ice turned off from the panel or by the wire arm lifted while reaching into the bin, a control lock, a Sabbath setting, a cleaning cycle still running, a reminder that the water filter is due. No part has worn out, and the ice maker's own buttons or arm put it right. [How to read what your ice maker is telling you](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-error-code/) ## 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. 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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 > If the button on the front is yellow, the Opal is set in the cleaning mode and will not produce ice. [GE Appliances support: Opal Ice Maker - Not Making Ice](https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=39628) [GE Appliances support: Opal Ice Maker - Not Making Ice](https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=39628) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Original GE Profile Opal with a round front button (OPAL01GEPKT). ## GE Profile Yellow front button ice maker repair, where we come out. The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered. 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Find the switch on the back of the Opal. ### Why is the button on my first-generation Opal yellow? The back switch is set to cleaning mode. Slide it to ICE and the unit will start its ice cycle. ### What does a white button mean on an original Opal? White means it is going into ice making; GE says it flushes with water for about five minutes first, so you may hear water running. ### My original Opal still makes no ice after I move the switch; what now? Check the ice bin is pushed fully in, then GE suggests unplugging the unit for 3 to 4 hours. If that does not help, book a visit. --- **[Read on the site: GE Profile Opal with a yellow front button](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-yellow-front-button/)** **[Book a visit with IceMakerRepair.center](https://icemakerrepair.center/schedule/)**