Maytag MBF2258DEH00 refrigerator - Ice maker not working

[acmartina]

I am trying to help my father-in-law fix his ice maker. It’s a Maytag MBF2258DEH00 bottom freezer unit. The ice maker looks like a very standard Whirlpool design (see pic) with the basic wire arm to turn it on and off. Nothing fancy. 

The supply is not off, kinked, or frozen. My father-in-law says it stopped working. He tried to push the arm up and down to turn it off and on but it didn’t want to move. It finally moved up with a bit of force and hasn’t worked since. I tried cycling it per some online advice but no action on or off (I e nothing sounding like it’s turning on or off). 

There are a lot of videos showing how to easily remove the unit but before I do that. I have no idea what I would do with it once I remove it - look for iced up or broken parts I suppose. So I thought I should ask some much smarter people what I should do  

it really is t convenient to defrost the freezer right now so that’s a last resort but if that were the problem somehow I would expect something to try to turn on?

Anyway, all advice is welcomed!

Steve

[Vance R]

This a newer style modular icemaker, the black wire is line and the white wire is neutral at the plug in the back of your picture.  You can check for 120 vac at that plug, make to check while pushing the door switch in to turn off the light. If you have voltage remove the icemaker and look to see if the fill tube is iced up.  If the tube is clear just a couple of basic questions to cover, freezer temp should be 0 deg f ( or item frozen solid) and water at the dispenser is working ok.  If everything checks ok then it is just down to replacing the icemaker.

[Poobah]

if my eyes aren't deceiving me there is an ice cube that is stuck in the rake. 4th slot from the back coming forward.

Edited March 12, 2023 by Poobah

[acmartina]

Thank you, Vance. I will try those steps.

Thank you, Poobah. You are right. There was a little ice chip stuck to the edge. I removed it but no change.