KitchenAid Max Ice light: faster ice for 24 hours
Max Ice raises production for a day when the bin is low and a crowd is coming.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: KitchenAid
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What Max Ice
actually means.
Max Ice raises production for a day when the bin is low and a crowd is coming. KitchenAid turns it on automatically when the machine is first powered and switches it off after 24 hours; pressing Max Ice again ends it early.
KitchenAid ice machine display · also shown as Max Ice light, MAX ICE
What to do when Max Ice shows on the ice machineKind of codeMode, not a failure
Nothing is broken; the control is reporting a state someone chose or a routine it runs: a clean or sanitize reminder counting the hours since the last cycle, a delay of a few minutes after power returns before the pump and compressor start, a bin-full light while the bin control is satisfied, or a standby or off mode someone chose at the keypad. No part is needed; finishing the cycle the light asks for, waiting out the delay or the key sequence from the manual ends it.
Usually leads toNo repair
Leave it on if you need ice quickly; it ends by itself after 24 hours.
Shows up asIce Machine Error Code or Flashing Light: What It Is Telling You
An ice machine error code may show as a number on a small display, a pattern of blinking lights on the control board, a colored light on the front, or a machine that stops with one indicator flashing.
MakeKitchenAid
In a home with a KitchenAid ice machine under the counter, the visit covers the drain path and the water line as closely as the cabinet itself.
SourceKitchenAid ice maker User Guide W11246207A (Wayback copy)
KitchenAid clear-ice machines under User Guide W11246207A; Whirlpool's equivalent is called Fast Ice.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from KitchenAid's own guidance for Max Ice on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Leave it on if you need ice quickly; it ends by itself after 24 hours.
Press Max Ice to turn it off sooner.
If the indicator will not respond to the button, turn the machine off and on once, and book a visit if it still ignores the button.
Cleared?
The light or code is gone, and the machine fills, freezes and drops a full batch of cubes into the bin with no new part. If it returns within a week, or the clean light comes back straight after a cleaning cycle, mention that in the booking.
What not to do
Max Ice is not a warning and has nothing to do with a problem. KitchenAid also notes that this mode itself changes the production rate, so ice output during the first day is not a fair test of the machine.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Max Ice tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
Nothing is broken; the control is reporting a state someone chose or a routine it runs: a clean or sanitize reminder counting the hours since the last cycle, a delay of a few minutes after power returns before the pump and compressor start, a bin-full light while the bin control is satisfied, or a standby or off mode someone chose at the keypad. No part is needed; finishing the cycle the light asks for, waiting out the delay or the key sequence from the manual ends it.
KitchenAid
ice machines.
In a home with a KitchenAid ice machine under the counter, the visit covers the drain path and the water line as closely as the cabinet itself.
KitchenAid ice machine repairMore KitchenAid codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
In KitchenAid's own words
The Max Ice mode will be on when you first turn on the product. It will turn off after 24 hours.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. KitchenAid clear-ice machines under User Guide W11246207A; Whirlpool's equivalent is called Fast Ice.
KitchenAid Max Ice ice machine 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 Max Ice.
Can I clear Max Ice myself?
Why was the Max Ice light on when my KitchenAid ice machine was new?
Should I run my KitchenAid ice machine on Max Ice all the time?
My KitchenAid made little ice on its first day even with Max Ice on. Is something wrong?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Max Ice?
A booking with a code goes further when it carries the light or code copied as it appeared, the model and serial off the data plate, and a word on whether cubes still fall into the bin. With those three in hand, our office can match the probable part to your machine the same afternoon.