--- title: "KitchenAid undercounter ice maker Clean light blinking" description: "What Clean light blinking means on KitchenAid undercounter ice maker Clean light blinkings, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-clean-light-blinking/" --- # KitchenAid undercounter ice maker Clean light blinking KitchenAid's freestanding ice makers blink the Clean light throughout a cleaning cycle. ## What Clean light blinking actually means. KitchenAid's freestanding ice makers blink the Clean light throughout a cleaning cycle. When a cycle is stopped before it ends, the light carries on blinking, and pressing Clean resumes it; Cleaning Complete shows at the end. KitchenAid ice maker display What to do when Clean light blinking 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 Leave the unit alone if you started a cycle; it takes roughly 70 to 90 minutes. ### Shows up as Ice Maker Light Flashing An ice maker light flashing where it used to glow steadily: a blinking power or ice light, a flashing clean or descale symbol, an add-water light, or a status light on the ice maker itself. ### Make KitchenAid KitchenAid ice maker service for the door, the freezer drawer and the water supply that feeds them. ### Source KitchenAid Product Help: Cleaning Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker KitchenAid freestanding (built-in or undercounter) ice makers covered by its Product Help pages. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from KitchenAid's own guidance for Clean light blinking on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Leave the unit alone if you started a cycle; it takes roughly 70 to 90 minutes. 02 If the cycle stopped, press Clean to continue it. 03 After a power restart, press Clean if the indicator is still on so the cycle completes. 04 Book a visit if the light will not stop after a full cycle. ### 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 The blinking is not a report of a failed part. It follows the cleaning cycle only. ## What you may notice with it. The ice maker problems Clean light blinking tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Ice Maker Light Flashing](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-light-flashing/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-light-flashing/) It also comes with - [**Ice Maker Making Small or Hollow Cubes**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-making-small-or-hollow-cubes/) - [**Ice Maker Error Code**](https://icemakerrepair.center/problems/ice-maker-error-code/) Problem ### Ice Maker Light Flashing 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/) ## KitchenAid ice makers. KitchenAid ice maker service for the door, the freezer drawer and the water supply that feeds them. 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KitchenAid 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. KitchenAid 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 KitchenAid's own words > If the cycle is interrupted the Clean Light will continue to blink, press the "Clean" button to resume the cycle. [KitchenAid Product Help: Cleaning Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker](https://producthelp.kitchenaid.com/Refrigeration/Ice_Makers/Blinking_Lights/Cleaning_Light_Blinking_-_Freestanding_Ice_Maker) [KitchenAid Product Help: Cleaning Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker](https://producthelp.kitchenaid.com/Refrigeration/Ice_Makers/Blinking_Lights/Cleaning_Light_Blinking_-_Freestanding_Ice_Maker) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. KitchenAid freestanding (built-in or undercounter) ice makers covered by its Product Help pages. ## KitchenAid Clean light blinking 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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Leave the unit alone if you started a cycle; it takes roughly 70 to 90 minutes. ### What should I do if my KitchenAid clean cycle was interrupted? Press Clean again; KitchenAid says the light keeps blinking until the cycle is resumed. ### Does hard water mean cleaning a KitchenAid ice maker more often? Yes. KitchenAid says harder water can call for cleaning as often as every six months. ### Why does scale matter on a KitchenAid clear-ice unit? Minerals left behind during freezing form a hard deposit on the water system, which cuts ice output until it is cleaned off. --- **[Read on the site: KitchenAid undercounter ice maker Clean light blinking](https://icemakerrepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-clean-light-blinking/)** **[Book a visit with IceMakerRepair.center](https://icemakerrepair.center/schedule/)**