Whirlpool undercounter ice maker Clean light blinking
On a Whirlpool freestanding ice maker, the Clean light blinks for the whole cleaning cycle.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Whirlpool
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What Clean light blinking
actually means.
On a Whirlpool freestanding ice maker, the Clean light blinks for the whole cleaning cycle. If the cycle was stopped partway, it keeps blinking until you press Clean to resume it, and Cleaning Complete lights when the cycle ends after roughly 70 to 90 minutes.
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What to do when Clean light blinking 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
Check whether a cleaning cycle was started; if so, let it run.
Shows up asIce 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.
MakeWhirlpool
Whirlpool ice maker repair for the ice makers most kitchens actually have.
SourceWhirlpool Product Help: Cleaning Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker
Whirlpool freestanding (built-in or undercounter) ice makers covered by its Product Help pages.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Whirlpool'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.
Check whether a cleaning cycle was started; if so, let it run.
If the cycle was interrupted, press Clean to pick it up again.
If the light stays on after a restart at the breaker, press Clean so the cycle can finish.
If it still blinks once Cleaning Complete should have shown, 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 blinking Clean light is not a sign that the ice maker has failed. It tracks a cycle; the reminder to clean is a separate Cleaning Needed indication.
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
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.
Whirlpool
ice makers.
Whirlpool ice maker repair for the ice makers most kitchens actually have.
Whirlpool ice maker repairMore Whirlpool 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.
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 Whirlpool's own words
The Clean button will continue to blink, during the Clean Cycle, indicating that the cleaning cycle is in process.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Whirlpool freestanding (built-in or undercounter) ice makers covered by its Product Help pages.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Clean light blinking?
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.