Purchased MFI2568AES French Door/bottom freezer unit June 2006. Ice cube dispenser only produced about 8 cubes per day from the beginning. Service call and Maytag replaced the ice maker unit. Within 6 months, same problem plus ice freezing and jamming - again, replaced the ice maker unit. Third call within the 12-month warranty and the tech adjusted the water flow and stated that was the problem all along! It appeared to be working.

This week, the front control panel began flashing and the ice dispenser door flap began opening and closing every 5 seconds. We called the Maytag hotline (open 8 - 5 Eastern time, not too convenient for folks on the west coast) and they referred us to A&E, the local service group.

Described in detail all the problems (sounds like an electronic failure, doesn't it?) and they scheduled a tech to arrive 2 days later. He arrived without the parts to fix the unit - told me that it is the High Voltage Control Board. He has been getting callouts on this for over a month, had 5 in one week and requested that the company stock his van with at least 4 units. He can't get a replacement board until the 30th October. After some more discussion, he has scheduled to return on the 24th (1 more week). They can't ship the board in less than 3 - 5 days; Maytag is doing physical inventory at the moment. This is a printed circuit board, available on RepairClinic.com for $179.99 and ready to ship FedEx overnight. But if I replace it, my extended warranty will not be valid. So here we sit with food spoiling in coolers in the garage.

Good luck if you purchase anything from Maytag/Whirlpool (the new owners). We managed to save some food in the old General Electric fridge freezer which we kept for important things (beer) - it's only 26 years old and still works. Guess we should have stayed with a tried and true brand.

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