Viking 15-inch ice maker: Time to Clean light on
On Viking's FGIM, FPIM and FGNI series ice makers, the Time to Clean light switches on after 6 months of use and stays on until the ice making system has been cleaned.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Viking
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What Time to Clean light on
actually means.
On Viking's FGIM, FPIM and FGNI series ice makers, the Time to Clean light switches on after 6 months of use and stays on until the ice making system has been cleaned. It is a maintenance prompt, not a failure report.
Viking ice maker display
What to do when Time to Clean light on 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
Follow the cleaning section of the Use & Care guide, which starts by holding the Clean-Reset and On/Off buttons for 5 seconds.
Shows up asCloudy or Discolored Ice
Cloudy ice from an ice maker, cubes with a white core, gray or black specks, a yellow tint or a crust of white flakes that float to the top of a drink.
MakeViking
Viking ice maker repair, whether it sits under the counter or inside a built-in unit.
SourceViking FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 15-inch clear ice model Use & Care (Viking's Middleby CDN PDF)
Viking FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 clear ice and FGNI515 / FPNI515 nugget models.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Time to Clean light on on its ice makers. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Follow the cleaning section of the Use & Care guide, which starts by holding the Clean-Reset and On/Off buttons for 5 seconds.
Let the cleaning run finish before switching the unit back to ice making.
If the light stays on after a full cleaning, 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
The Time to Clean light does not mean the ice maker has stopped. The unit keeps making ice, but scale builds up the longer cleaning waits.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice maker problems Time to Clean light on tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice maker before anyone is booked.
All problems
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.
Viking
ice makers.
Viking ice maker repair, whether it sits under the counter or inside a built-in unit.
Viking ice maker repairMore Viking codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
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.
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 Viking's own words
Note: The Time to Clean light will switch ON after 6 months of use.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Viking FGIM5151 / FPIM5151 clear ice and FGNI515 / FPNI515 nugget models.
Viking Time to Clean light on 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
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Time to Clean light on?
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.