SKS door dispenser locked: no ice with the Lock indicator on
On SKS models with a door dispenser, holding the Lock button for three seconds locks the dispenser together with every other button on the panel.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: SKS
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What Lock
actually means.
On SKS models with a door dispenser, holding the Lock button for three seconds locks the dispenser together with every other button on the panel. With the lock on, pressing the paddle gives no ice or water even though the ice maker keeps filling the bin.
SKS ice maker display · also shown as Lock indicator
What to do when Lock shows on the ice makerKind of codeMode, 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 toNo repair
Look for the lock indicator on the dispenser control panel.
Shows up asIce Dispenser Not Working
The ice dispenser not working means you press the paddle and nothing comes, or the motor hums without ice, or only a few chips fall while the bin behind the door is full.
MakeSKS
SKS ice maker repair, working from the rating plate and the water supply of a built-in installation.
SourceSKS SKSSB4202S 42-inch built-in side-by-side owner's manual (sksappliances.com PDF)
SKSSB4202S 42-inch side-by-side and SKSFD3623SD 36-inch counter-depth French door, both with an external ice and water dispenser.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from SKS's own guidance for Lock on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Look for the lock indicator on the dispenser control panel.
Press and hold the Lock button for about three seconds until the indicator goes out.
Try the paddle again with a glass; if the lock is off and still nothing drops, check the chute for frozen ice before you 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 locked dispenser is not a broken auger or a jammed chute. The ice maker is still working behind the door; only the controls have been locked.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems Lock tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
Ice Dispenser Not Working
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.
SKS
ice makers.
SKS ice maker repair, working from the rating plate and the water supply of a built-in installation.
SKS ice maker repairMore SKS codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
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 SKS's own words
Press and hold the Lock button for three seconds to lock the dispenser and all the control panel functions.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. SKSSB4202S 42-inch side-by-side and SKSFD3623SD 36-inch counter-depth French door, both with an external ice and water dispenser.
SKS Lock 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
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New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Lock.
Can I clear Lock myself?
Why do none of the buttons work on my SKS dispenser panel?
Does locking the SKS dispenser switch off the ice maker?
My SKS lock is off but crushed ice still will not come out. What else is it?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Lock?
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.