I have a Sears Kenmore model 106.5002 refrigerator. The ice machine keeps building up blocks of ice. We have melted it with a blow dryer. It works and dispenses ice.

If your freezer is cold then you may have a defrost cycle issue. There are typically three components for the defrost cycle. Heater bar, thermostat and timer. If the defrost system fails ice starts to build up in the back of the freezer until it prevents cold air from getting into the fridge. When I took off the back panel inside my freezer it was a block of ice. You can melt the ice with a hair dryer and order new parts.

You need to have the defrost cycle checked.( heater, limit stat, timer) If the frig can't defrost air can't move across your coils to cool properly. To temporarily get by until you can get a repairman, use a blow dryer to melt the ice build up. Once melted it will work normally for about 2 days till it freezes up again.

the area were the water flows in into tray is or maybe blocked by an ice build up if water wont enter the tray . i would use a blow dryer to heat up the area were water flows in and it should melt the blockage

you have a blocked drain in the freezer,when the machine goes into defrost the heater comes on and melts the frost off of the evaporator coil,the water melts and goes down the drain hose under the coil and leaks down to a drip pan near the compressor where it evaporates from the heat,your drain is blocked and the water is leaking onto the freezer floor and will drip out onto the floor,i use a steemer to blow out the drain line,shut down the machine or unplug it,melt out all the ice with hair dryer,depending on your model you might have to remove the back inside wall of the freezer to get at drain hole,you need something to push the **** out the drain hose,you can try a turkey baster or air from a compressor or a shop vac set it to blow,when you think it's clear pour a cup of hot water into the drain,if it drains down you're done if not keep hitting it with heat and air to push it through.

you have a blocked drain in the freezer.when the machine goes into defrost a heater comes on and melts any ice that built up on the evap coil,the ice melts and goes down the drain and into a pan at the bottom where the compressor and condenser coil is and evaporates from the heat,your drain is blocked so the water can't go down the drain and it has nowhere to go but down into the fridge section.unplug the machine,remove all the food out of the freezer,remove the shelf and the inside back wall of the freezer.you might have to heat up the back panel with a hair dryer to get the wall out,when you have the back wall off melt any ice with the hair dryer,now you have to clear the drain,i use a steemer to blow down the drain but if you don't have a steemer stick a screw driver into the hole and the metal on the driver will heat up and help melt the ice,when you think the ice is melted in the hole get a turkey baster or something that will blow or push anything in the drain out,then pour hot water into the hole,if the water drains down then you're done if not keep hitting it with heat and hot water and try to clear the drain.hope this helps.

the drain is blocked.slime builds up in the drain line and then the water freezes in the line,unplug the fridge,melt out all the ice at the bottom of the back panel,you'll see a drain hole there,i use a steemer to blow through the drain line,if you don't have a steemer hit the hole with the hair dryer for a while,then pour hot water into the hole,if the water doesn't drain down the hole try using a turkey baster to blow out the line,or you can try to snake something down the drain hole but be careful,it's made of plastic,when you think it's clear pour hot water down the hole again if it doesn't drain keep hitting it with the hair dryer until the water drains down the hole,sometimes it takes like an hour to free it.

if it's worse with the ice maker on i'd have to say the ice maker is leaking but normally the water is from a blocked drain in the freezer.unplug it,remove everything out of the freezer,pull off the inside back wall of the freezer,melt out all the ice with a hair dryer,next you'll see a hole under the evap coil,that's the drain,you have to free it up,i use a steemer to blow down through the drain but if you don't have a steemer keep heating up the area where the drain hole is,you can try using a turkey baster to blow through the drain,when you think the drain is clear pour hot water into the drain hole,if it goes down you're done,if it doesn't keep heating it until the water drains down the hole.also open the fridge door,in the top of the fridge in the middle of the ceiling and where it touches the back wall you'll see a mold,that's also the drain,heat that area up with the hair dryer to melt out the ice in the drain.the problem is slime builds up in the drain,when the fridge goes into defrost the heater comes on and melts the ice off of the evap coil and the water goes down the drain and into the drip pan on the bottom of the fridge,your drain is blocked and the water is leaking into the fridge,the drain has to be cleared.good luck with your machine.if i can help you with anything else let me know.

Option1: Unplug refrigerator and wait for it to melt. This will take a long time.

Option 2: Remove the rear and bottom panels from the freezer. Carefully chip away the ice. Use a hair dryer or hot water to melt the ice in the coils and drain.

If the ice builds up quickly again, test the defrost circuit and repair as necessary.

I have the same problem. Found this posting:

http://www.applianceblog.com/mainforums/sears-kenmore/10491-kenmore-ice-maker-dispenser-door-shute-clogging-missing-heating-element.html

Maybe our heater is not working?

er if means the icemaker fan has quit working and since its not cooling the cooling fan may have quit as well.  the probable problem is ice build up in the motors keeping them from running causing the computer to post the code. one thing you could try is to unload the food and manually defrost the refrig to allow the ice to melt out. this will take several hours so be prepared. If your mechanicaly inclined you could remove the cover in the freezer section and defrost the ice with a hair dryer (this would involve removing the freezer slide drawer and all interior racks in the freezer compartment). Let me know if I can assist you further Thanks Peyton