KitchenAid Replace Filter: the ice machine filter is spent or not locked
KitchenAid counts about 9 months or 2,000 gallons before Replace Filter comes on.
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- Water supply
- Ice machine water valve and filter repair
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What Replace Filter
actually means.
KitchenAid counts about 9 months or 2,000 gallons before Replace Filter comes on. If the light keeps flashing after a change, the cartridge has not been turned into its locked position, and a filter that is not locked stops ice production completely.
KitchenAid ice machine display · also shown as Replace Filter light, Replace Filter flashing
What to do when Replace Filter shows on the ice machineKind of codeWater supply
The water side came up short: the trough did not fill in the time allowed, the float or level probe never saw water, or water kept flowing when the inlet valve should have closed. A supply valve left partly shut, a clogged filter cartridge, low building pressure or a sticking inlet valve are the usual causes. Opening the valve fully and fitting a fresh filter clears the simple cases; a valve that hums without passing water is a visit.
Usually leads toIce machine water valve and filter repair
The inlet valve, filter, sump float or level probe and supply line, tested and replaced when water arrives short, dirty or nonstop.
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 Product Help: Filter Light Blinking - Freestanding Ice Maker
KitchenAid 15-inch and 18-inch clear-ice machines; the 9 months or 2,000 gallons count is from KitchenAid's help page, and product pages suggest six months for best results.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from KitchenAid's own guidance for Replace Filter on its ice machines. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Open the filter door on the right of the control housing, turn the filter to the left and pull it out; expect a little water.
Check the cartridge for cracks and make sure its O-rings are present, then insert it with the pin in the notch and turn it right until the arrow meets the lock symbol.
A new filter resets the tracking; if the light still flashes after a restart, book a visit so the filter head and its switch can be checked.
Still there?
It usually turns into ice machine water valve and filter repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
A steady Replace Filter light alone does not stop the machine. It becomes an ice problem only when the filter is unlocked, cracked or missing its O-rings, which KitchenAid ties to thin, small or missing cubes.
What you may
notice with it.
The ice machine problems Replace Filter tends to arrive with. Answer these at the ice machine before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Replace Filter usually leads
Ice machine water valve and filter repair.
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
Water supply on other makes
In KitchenAid's own words
The "Replace Filter" light will continue to flash if the filter is not installed correctly.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. KitchenAid 15-inch and 18-inch clear-ice machines; the 9 months or 2,000 gallons count is from KitchenAid's help page, and product pages suggest six months for best results.
KitchenAid Replace Filter 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 Replace Filter.
Can I clear Replace Filter myself?
I changed the filter and the KitchenAid Replace Filter light is still flashing. Why?
Why does my KitchenAid make no ice right after a filter change?
How long does a KitchenAid ice machine filter last?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Replace Filter?
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.