The short answer
An ice complaint on a Beko BFBF refrigerator is decided by the model code before anything else, and this family has more codes than any other in the range: some carry the IM suffix and have an ice maker in the freezer drawer, and the rest have no water connection at all. On an IM build the leading fault is a fill tube frozen shut; on a plain code the complaint is frost.
What you observe
- A column of ice beneath the ice maker fill point — The fill tube has frozen; each fill overflows before reaching the mould.
- Hollow or undersized cubes — Water arriving too slowly - supply pressure, a partly closed shut-off, or a tired fill valve.
- No ice with the arm or paddle down — Nothing arriving, or a harvest mechanism that has stopped turning.
- A sheet of frost on the freezer rear panel — Frost rather than ice-maker trouble, and the leading complaint on plain codes.
- NEAR MISS - cubes fused into a block — A temperature problem, covered on the cooling page.
Causes, most likely first on this family
- Frozen fill tube — First on any IM build here, because the tube crosses sub-freezing space to a drawer-mounted ice maker.
- Slow or restricted water supply — Second, and the reason the tube froze at all.
- Freezer drawer not sealing — Third, and first in practice on a plain code.
- Failed fill valve or ice-maker module — Fourth, and both need the drawer emptied and a panel off.
- Stalled defrost cycle — Last, and the reason frost returns after every clearance.
Check in this order, and why
- Read your code for the IM suffix — First, because it decides whether an ice maker exists to fail.
- Look under the fill point for a column of ice — Second, on an IM build: it identifies a frozen fill tube on sight.
- Check the supply shut-off is fully open — Third. A partly closed valve gives hollow cubes first, a frozen tube later.
- Check the drawer closes square against its gasket — Fourth, and first in practice on a plain code.
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 supply off before disturbing a fill line. Never thaw a fill tube with a heat gun or an open flame, and never chip ice off an evaporator or a mould with a metal tool.
Models in the BFBF family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| BFBF2412SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2413SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2413SSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2414SL | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2414SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2414SSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2414WH | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2414WHIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2715GSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2715SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2715SSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2815SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF2815SSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF30116SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF30116SSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF30116WHIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF3018SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF3018SSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF3018SSIML | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF3018SSL | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF30216SS | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF30216SSIM | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF30216SSIML | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
| BFBF30216SSL | beko:refrigerator:bfbf |
When to call a technician
Call when a thawed fill tube freezes again, because the cause is then supply pressure or a fill valve. Call also for a harvest mechanism that will not turn, and on a plain code when frost returns within weeks of a full manual defrost.
Other faults covered for this family
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