That one Wednesday where 3 icemakers died in a row

Last Wednesday I had back to back calls all with bad icemakers. First was a GE at 8am that just made a clicking noise, frozen auger motor. Then a Samsung at 11 where the fill tube was totally iced up, owner said it had been making weird sounds for a week. Third one was a Frigidaire at 2pm, water valve stuck open and flooded the fridge pan. $280 in parts total across all three jobs and I barely had time for lunch. Has anyone else ever had a day where the same exact part fails on different brands like that?

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baker.phoenix5d ago

3 icemakers in one day is brutal lol. I had a similar Tuesday last month where I replaced 4 thermistors in a row across different brands. First was a Whirlpool at 9am where the ice maker just stopped making ice, then a KitchenAid at 11 that was throwing a code for the sensor, a Frigidaire at 2 that was overfilling the tray, and a Samsung at 4 that was freezing up completely. Each one was a different brand but the exact same $12 part failing - the thermistor. I was starting to think I was on a hidden camera show or something lmao. The weird part was they were all different ages and from different houses too.

hunt.jana4d ago

Oh come on, are we really acting like four thermistors in a single day is some kind of cosmic joke? That's just a Tuesday, man. I mean yeah it's annoying but honestly it sounds like you were just unlucky with a bad batch of parts or something. @baker.phoenix basically said each one was the same cheap $12 part failing, so that's not really a mystery or a sign from the universe. It's just cheap plastic sensors dying because they're made to be replaced every few years anyway. I've done three thermostat swaps in a morning before and nobody called it weird or a hidden camera thing. People just need to accept that appliances break and sometimes you get a streak of the same issue. It happens.