I looked into fixing it and it’ll cost almost $300. I refuse to spend any money to fix a stupid Samsung. So, my wife wants a new refrigerator made by an actual reputable appliance company, but I don’t want to spend $3000. So we just live without ice, and I anticipate this will be our life until the refrigerator stops working completely.
So we just live without ice
Does it come with a freezer? As dull as trays sound.
Lol, idk why neither of us considered that. I guess because we rarely use ice anyways. Neither of us are fans of ice in our drinks. The only time I wish we had it is when I need to fill an ice chest.
Just buy ice at the grocery store
That’s what I do, but it’s an inconvenience, and expensive.
Cheaper than $300 for it to break again in 2 years with infrequent usage…
This is Perceived Obsolescence up against Practicing Imbecilescence.
A simple plastic tray and there you are. They rarely break and never need repairs.
You’re thinking about buying a new fridge because the feature you don’t use is broken? K.
No, I said I’m not thinking of buying a new fridge until the whole fridge breaks. My wife wants a new fridge.
Yeah, usually you can remove the ice maker and. You’ll have the room for the ice trays and bucket, but who knows with these fancy new tech ridden appliances.
The ice maker is in the refrigerator, and definitely not removable. But I’m sure we could make room for a couple of ice trays in the freezer.
Not sure who needs to know but;
In or around most major cities there are Habitat for Humanity and wholesale resell stores. Either one is a great source for cheap appliances. H4H helps to support a good cause with great deals on things and wholesale resell places are just a great deal for new stuff that retailers couldn’t sell but wanted to get rid of.
You will have to do some searching for the wholesale resell places, but when you find one it can be a gold mine for the thrifty that doesn’t want used stuff. New snowblowers, lawnmowers, big and small home appliances, tools, and various other things can be had for a fraction of their MSRP.
Amazing! Thanks for the LPT!
I do be loving my sturdy wooden dresser!
There are a few repair guys who’ve made YouTube videos and they all say about the same thing. If the icemaker is in the door, it’s going to break. And the fancier, the refrigerator is the more costly the repair. A basic GE fridge with simple ice maker in the freezer will last. Just won’t look nice
Oh that’s good to know about door ice makers. This ice maker is actually a sealed compartment in the refrigerator, but it is supposed to dispense from the outside of the door. It has never worked since we got it. I tried to defrost it so I can open it and inspect it, but it beeped every 10 seconds for 15 minutes, and we eventually decided it was too aggravating to continue. Whoever made the decision to make it constantly beep while defrosting is an asshole.
That’s part of what they were getting at. Anytime you want to freeze something, it should be in the freezer. Attempting to over engineer a hack to put it in a warmer space sets it up to fail.
I’ll certainly remember that when it’s time to replace this one. Thank you. Hopefully that time is far away, because I don’t want to spend thousands of dollars when I don’t have to. I refuse to replace it with something equally shitty, so its replacement will be expensive.
There is no universe in which you have to pay $3000 for a new refrigerator. Not even a full size French door ice-and-water-on-the-door arrangement.
Don’t buy appliances from the big box hardware stores or Best Buy. Just don’t. These guys sell at full MSRP/list price all day, every day. I don’t care what their advertising says, you are not getting a “deal” there. Your town probably has an independent appliance dealer. Find it, and buy from them.
And yes, don’t replace your Samsung with another Samsung. Their appliances are consistently awful. LG or Whirlpool (or any of Whirlpool’s myriad sub brands) are probably your best bet for non-premium options.
I’ve had trouble with LG and despite their reported reliability I read that LG is one of the two top brands for refrigerators that can’t hold temperature in a year or two (Samsung was the other). Samsung is the absolute shittiest appliance brand. The previous owner went all Samsung and every appliance has some problem and we’ve already replaced most of them.
Someone else suggested Habitat for Humanity stores, so I’m going to try to find one of those when the time comes. Thanks for the advice though, that’ll be our second option.
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Have the same brand. We just used ice trays for a while, while I made some attempts to repair (epoxy together) just the little broken part. Ultimately, I dropped the $300 and it’s been flawless since.
If you ask me, ice makers are just another thing to break, but my wife considers them essential.
It costs $75 to DIY. Buy a new ice maker on amazon, it takes about 15 minutes to install if you know what you are doing. I have the same horrible predicament with my Samsung fridge and replace the ice maker every year, as the replacements will also break. It’s still cheaper than a new fridge but ridiculous
The YouTube videos that I watched said it’s around $285 in parts, and those were already years old when I watched them. It’s the kind with a sealed box inside of the refrigerator that feeds into a dispenser on the outside of the door. I can’t even get the thing open because it’s frozen shut. I tried to defrost it and it beeped every 10 seconds for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes I couldn’t stand it anymore and stopped the defrost process. I guess I could start it up before I leave the house or something, but idk, if there’s a heating coil involved then that might not be safe with a malfunctioning appliance.
it takes a few defrost cycles to get the old one out. The first time I did it I bought a kit from Parts Dr which replace the board, the ice maker, and other components and that does seem to be $300 now. That lasted for a year and now every year or so I get just a new ice maker off Amazon, the one I last purchased currently is $100. I’m not sure if doing the whole replacement the first time around helped or not.
We had to get a new fridge last year. $250 off FB Marketplace. Side-by-side, stainless steel, huge (to me), ice maker that cranks, all that. Dude sold it because his friend have him an a better one.
Very cool. Do you live in a rich area? We used to get smoking deals everywhere when we rented in a rich area, but we had to move to a more modest area to buy our own home.
Does it freeze over? (I ask because I have a Samsung that freezes over because they didn’t seal the compartment correctly during manufacturing.)
It’s frozen shut, but no ice is escaping the box. No ice comes out of the box either. It’s a solid block of ice in there for all I know.
Yep sounds like the same problem, it freezes over because it’s not properly sealed. I reached the same conclusion you did and turned off the ice maker.
