Whirlpool 2198597 Icemaker, White

After 10 years, the icemaker in my 25 cubic ft Kenmore side by side stopped working. In the weeks before it quit, I noticed it would make a loud "knocking" sound right before it would drop a batch of ice. Fearing what Sears(or any appliance repair business) would charge to come out and fix it, I started looking around the freezer and discovered the ice maker unit is easily removed. A quick search online resulted in me finding this replacement part. I looked my model up on searsparts website and a replacement icemaker was $214 and was the SAME EXACT PART NUMBER (2198597)AS THIS ONE! So I ordered this one from Amazon and had it 2 days later. Installation took 20 min tops. If you are remotely handy, you can do this yourself! The part fit perfectly. As mentioned before, the little fill cup on the new unit is taller than the original. I was able to get it in by simply moving the little black rubber fill tube that sticks down from the top of freezer out of the way long enough to get it in. It's rubber so it will bend, however, considering it was 10 years old and has been in a 0 degree environment all that time, I tried to minimize the bending of it. Also, snapping the electrical connector together was a little tough, but it went without forcing it. Once it was all back together I plugged the unit back in and turned on the acceler-ice feature(it basically sets the freezer to it's coldest setting for 24 hours) and within an hour it was dropping ice! I dumped the first few batches and now I have cubed and crushed ice again! If you have a 25 or 27 cubic ft side by side made by Whirlpool(if it's a Kenmore the first 3 digits of the model number will be 106.) that has the ice bin in the door, this part should work. Also there is a youtube video that is very helpful.

This worked perfectly in my Kenmore Coldspot 106.56542400. My original ice maker had major damage to the ice tray coating stuff which made ice get stuck. It may have had other issues too. My fridge was manufactured in 2005 and the ice maker messed up maybe a year or two ago. This is the first time I've replaced it, so not bad for about 12 years of service. The replacement looks identical to the original other than maybe the water inlet cup part is slightly taller. This just meant bending the water inlet rubber piece towards the front of the fridge when installing. I could have cut the rubber part shorter but I didn't want to mod it in any way to be sure I didn't create a new issue (like the water line freezing or something). As the very brief instruction strip indicated I did have to reuse the plastic tray piece (they called it a mount, I believe) from the old ice maker on the new ice maker. I think most replacements require this as the ice maker is generic but the mounting tray piece is specific to the fridge. This is the piece that actually slides on the rails and is held to the bottom of the ice maker with 3 screws the same size as the one that holds the ice maker in the fridge. The hardest part for me was managing the power cable and the little plastic cover that goes over it. You don't have much room to work. Thankfully the power connection isn't so rock solid that it required any major force to disconnect. Overall, I'm very happy. I'm back to my fridge making ice instead of using trays every day. There are cheaper options on Amazon for this job but I'm glad I went with an exact whirlpool replacement. I just hope this one lasts the same 11 or 12 years as the original.

The ice-maker on my fridge started leaking water down the sides, making a mess. I removed it and the non-stick coating on the ice mold tray was gone in several places and coming up in several more. I think the frozen ice was sticking to the mold and not completely emptying into the ice tray, and when it filled back with water, because some ice was still in the mold, it was over-filling and spilling over. Replacing the ice mold is fairly simple, but I was surprised to find out just the ice mold was about $70. I kept seeing this complete ice-maker pop up on Amazon for $90, and after I read the reviews I just sprung for this entire unit instead of just the mold. Shipping was ridiculously fast. I ordered on Wednesday night and had the ice-maker in hand Friday afternoon. No Prime or special shipping costs, just normal shipping. Since I already had my unit out it was a simple matter to put this unit in, simply attach the bottom off the old unit, snap the end of the wiring harness into the hole, slide the new unit into the freezer, and plug in the wiring harness. Like another reviewer noted the water cup is a little taller than my old unit, but I was able to bend it up and get it into the new cup without much problem. After about 5 minutes the tines moved into place and water filled the tray, and after about an hour I had ice. It has been working perfectly since the installation. The unit I received was a original Whirlpool unit in a factory box, and I couldn't be more pleased. I know I saved several hundred dollars and a day of vacation by doing it myself.

Easy install, fit like factory.

Technician want to much $$$$$to fix it

Good quality, looks, fits and works just like the original.My repair many wanted three times the cost to replace the ice maker in our kitchenaid fridge.I ordered this Ice Make from Amazon for less than 1/2 the money and found videos on youtube on how to remove the old ice maker and install the new one.Removal and installation was easy and took about 20 minutes in total.Highly Recommend!

Although it took a month to be delivered, the Whirlpool ice maker was extremely easy to install and began making ice in less than an hour. I considered buying the much cheaper non-OEM versions but decided it wasn't worth it for a few dollars of savings.

Fit and no issued after used at all

Quick delivery but arrived damaged. Box in box with bubble wrap packaging showed no sign of being impacted but cube chute lugs and ice guide broken off on one side with the pieces lying on bottom of the box.. Avoided return process by replacing it with the chute from the old icemaker. A mystery! Also been injesting teflon coating from old icemaker for some time (carcinogen) judging from condition of tray.