Samsung 14E: a sensor on the door ice maker
Samsung lists 14E as an ice maker sensor problem, separate from the freezer ice maker's 8E.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Temperature sensors
- Ice maker control and sensor repair
- Source: Samsung
Book a visit
Three short steps, about a minute.
or call (844) 773-0701
Loading appointment form…
The appointment form couldn’t load. Please try again.
What 14E
actually means.
Samsung lists 14E as an ice maker sensor problem, separate from the freezer ice maker's 8E. The ice maker uses that reading to decide when to twist or dump the tray, so a bad reading usually leaves the tray full of frozen cubes that never drop.
Samsung ice maker display
What to do when 14E shows on the ice makerKind of codeTemperature sensors
The control lost track of how cold the ice mold or the ice compartment is, because a thermistor reads nonsense or its wire lost contact. Without that reading the ice maker cannot tell when a batch is frozen, so it stops or harvests at the wrong time. Frost packed around the sensor and a loose plug are checked before the sensor itself is changed.
Usually leads toIce maker control and sensor repair
The control board, the thermistors, the bin sensor and the wiring that decide when an ice maker fills, freezes and stops, tested and repaired when a light flashes, a code shows, a breaker trips or the ice never stops coming.
Shows up asNo Ice Coming From the Ice Maker
The mold sits empty or holds one frozen batch that never drops, the bin stays bare for days, and the dispenser gives water as usual: an ice maker not making ice while the rest of the appliance carries on normally.
MakeSamsung
Samsung ice maker repair, with the door ice maker, the dispenser and the water line in scope.
SourceSamsung error codes page
Samsung models with an in-door ice maker; Samsung's page gives no model list.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Samsung's own guidance for 14E on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Look at the ice maker tray: full, frozen cubes that are not dropping fit this code.
Reset power at the breaker for a minute and watch whether 14E comes back.
If the code returns or no new ice is made within a day, book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice maker control and sensor repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
14E is not a water supply problem, so a new filter or a longer valve opening will not clear it. It is also not about the freezer ice maker, which Samsung reports as 8E.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems 14E tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where 14E usually leads
Ice maker control and sensor repair.
Samsung
ice makers.
Samsung ice maker repair, with the door ice maker, the dispenser and the water line in scope.
Samsung ice maker repair
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.
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.
In Samsung's own words
Ice Maker Sensor Error
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Samsung models with an in-door ice maker; Samsung's page gives no model list.
Samsung 14E 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.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about 14E.
Can I clear 14E myself?
Why is my Samsung ice tray full of frozen cubes with 14E on the display?
How is Samsung 14E different from 8E?
Will defrosting clear 14E on a Samsung?
Back to your everyday
Still showing 14E?
Book with the code or the blink pattern written exactly as the ice maker shows it, the full model number, and whether there is any water on the floor — when there is a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.