KitchenAid KUID318S Ice Maker Service
Plenty of KUID318S ice makers run for years in a butler’s pantry or a basement bar without complaint, then one summer the bin stops filling. The model is an 18-inch automatic ice maker, and the KUID318SPS carries the same base number.
We check airflow before anything else on this one. A condenser buried in lint cannot reject heat, so the compressor runs and runs while the freeze plate barely gets cold. Clearing the grille and cleaning the coil often restores output on its own, and it costs nothing in parts.
If airflow is fine, we move to the water side: inlet valve, tubing, and the trough where scale collects. Then we follow the drain from the sump to the outlet. Every repair is quoted in writing first, and the finished work has a 30-day workmanship warranty.
A choked condenser is the first suspect, because heat cannot leave and the freeze plate never gets cold enough. We clean the coil, check the fan, and then test the water side if output stays low.
It can coat the freeze plate and trough with scale, which makes cubes cling and come out cloudy. We descale the water path and advise a filter if your tap water is hard.
No. The KUID318SPS is a finish version listed under the KUID318S base model, so the test routine and the working parts are identical. We still read the rating plate when we arrive, to catch any trim piece that differs.
Book in about a minute, or call the desk. Same-day windows inside the Loop on most days, next-day across the rest of Houston.
