Richter J. for Model Number GAEGHH7WAET5 This weekend the noise was extremely loud, so loud it was hard to hear the television. It comes from the ice maker and sounds like it is in the protected part where the tube from the ice maker goes into the back. It made that noise two times each day and sounded like a prop airplane taking off and maybe crashing. It also has been dripping a little from the ice maker to the bottom of the freezer. This refrigerator is not very old. We bought it at the end of 2009.
Answer Hello Richter, When the ice maker makes this kind of noise, the gears inside it are about to clash and lock up. The ice maker needs to be replaced. The water under it can either be from contacts inside the ice maker sticking, low water pressure to the valve, or a faulty water inlet valve. Read More... Answered by AppliancePartsPros.com | Tuesday, May 22, 2012