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Ice not friezing completly and then water forms ice on icemaker ejection blades causeing them to get stuck and will not turn to eject ice ?

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Could be the auto defrost timer is running too long you can not adjust it but before you start troble shooting it check the door seals carefully they are typicaly magnetic and some times get deformed some place you might not notice tell tale indicator is tiny ice crystals around the edge near the seal...a little hot water poured on the ice maker will typicaly dislodge that frozen block.. good luck... nothing worse than no ice after a long day at work :-)

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