Kenmore Refrigerator Error Code Ice Maker Kit Malfunction

The Ice Maker Kit Malfunction error on a Kenmore refrigerator indicates that the ejector blades have failed to reach their designated park position within 18 minutes after the Harvest Mode cycle begins. Harvest Mode is the phase of the ice-making cycle in which a heater warms the ice mold just enough to release the ice cubes, and the ejector motor drives the blades to push the cubes out of the mold and into the ice bin. When the control board cannot confirm that the blades have completed their rotation and returned to the park position within the allotted time window, it triggers this fault code and halts ice production.

The four primary components involved in this failure are the Hall IC sensor, the ejector motor, the harvest heater, and the relay that controls power delivery to these components. The Hall IC is a magnetic position sensor that tracks ejector blade rotation and reports blade position back to the control board. If the Hall IC fails, the board loses positional feedback and may never confirm park position even if the blades are physically moving. A failed ejector motor will prevent blade movement entirely, while a defective harvest heater can cause ice to remain bonded to the mold, mechanically blocking blade travel.

A faulty relay can disrupt power to the motor or heater at critical points in the cycle, causing the same 18-minute timeout. Diagnosis should begin by checking all four components systematically: inspect the relay for proper switching operation, test the heater for continuity, verify the motor runs under load, and confirm the Hall IC is producing a valid signal during blade rotation. Any one of these failures can independently produce this error code.