The short answer
The models here are one machine in several finishes rather than several machines, so the design-inherent causes rank first and the installation causes fall back. That is why, on the AZC models, this complaint comes back to an ejector jammed by a fused slab of ice before anything else — and why the order below departs from the brand-generic one.
What you observe
- The bin is empty and stays empty — No cubes at all over a day, with the freezer otherwise behaving normally.
- Cubes are small, hollow or half-formed — Production has not stopped, it has been throttled — which points at water rather than at the maker.
- One fused slab in the bin instead of loose cubes — Usually with a story behind it: a power cut, a holiday, or a door left ajar.
- NEAR MISS — no ice and the freezer is not properly cold — Then the cooling fault is the page to read first; the ice maker is a symptom of it.
Causes, most likely first on the AZC line
- An ejector jammed by a fused slab of ice — Ranked first here — it follows a power cut or a door left open, so it has a story attached that the other causes do not.
- A door or bin that is not sitting home — Second here — it is free to correct and because it explains a maker that works intermittently rather than not at all.
- A control module no longer timing the cycle — Third here — it is a component failure rather than a service condition, and the service conditions on this list are far more common.
- Body: These are finish variants of a single build, so a fault found on one of them will be found on the rest, and the order reflects that rather than hedging. The visible effect is that an ejector jammed by a fused slab of ice takes a place that a door or bin would otherwise hold.
Check in this order, and why
- Lift the ice maker out of the bin area if it comes free, and look at the tray — A single fused block, rather than separate cubes, is what stalls the arm.
- Push the bin fully in and check the door shuts without resistance — A bin a centimetre proud holds the arm up, and a door held open by a shelf warms the compartment.
- Watch for any movement of the arm over several hours — A maker that never moves at all, in a freezer that is genuinely cold, points at what drives it.
- Body: These are finish variants of one machine, so access is identical across the line and the order below is purely about likelihood rather than about what is easiest to reach. The checks below are in the same order as the causes above them, so a clean result sends you one step further down rather than back to the top.
Before you open anything
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel — a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. Shut the water off at the supply valve before touching any fitting, and never thaw a frozen line with a flame or a heat gun: the tubing is plastic and the cabinet behind it is not something you want to set alight.
Models in the AZC family — Every model this page covers, exactly as the model line is recorded. Nothing outside this table is a model number, and nothing on this page claims to cover a model that is not in it.
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| AZC31T15D* | amana:refrigerator:azc |
| AZC31T22D* | amana:refrigerator:azc |
| AZC5216LW | amana:refrigerator:azc |
When to call a technician
Call when the freezer is genuinely cold, the water supply is proven, the arm is free and the bin still fills with nothing — at that point the fault is inside the maker or its module. Call at once if you find water tracking along wiring or pooling under the cabinet, because that is an electrical question before it is an ice question.
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