Samsung Refrigerator Icemaker - DA97-15217D

Ben’s Appliance was very helpful with the video and quick parts services that arrived before promised. The part is working OK for now, but still some icing due to warped plastic panels around the styrofoam piece attached at the top of the ice maker box.

Like many people with samsung refrigerators, my ice maker finally died. Samsung would not cover it as it's out of warranty. They said they'd pay for parts but not labor. Labor was going to cost $280!!! Being pretty handy I decided to try to fix it myself. I did a good bit of troubleshooting beforehand and finally found a video on how to check the fridge codes. Mine had an error for the ice maker (shocking!). I purchased the replacement and using Ben's YouTube videos, popped the old one out in about 15 minutes. The replacement arrived faster than expected (~3 days). I put it in without issue and soon heard ice falling into the bucket!! Problem solved for so much less than samsung. They really should replace every faulty ice maker for free regardless of warranty since they have such a bad track record. But, if yours dies, and they won't cover it, buy it from Ben's!

Original Icemaker was a "DA97-15217A" series made in 2019/Dec/18. Purchased the "DA97-15217D" as the upgrade model. Per some online help videos all the other upgrades were already installed in the Icemaker area. As in the clips on the coil, the extension on the fill hose, and the sealing of the Icemaker area. The new Icemaker is for the most part the same size as the original one with one feature I found different. The Motor drive area is smaller. This does not impact the installation at all. The mounting screw and tabs are all spot on. The actual installation was a little tricky since there is little room to work with. Again as everyone stresses do not damage the coil that is attached to the refrigerator that goes under the Icemaker. You are done and need another refrigerator. Ben's Appliances for this replacement Icemaker was a good experience on the ordering and answering some questions that I had before purchase. Thanks

Ordered a replacement for a Samsung icemaker. It arrived quickly and worked perfectly. Highly recommend.

My local appliance repair guy wouldn’t even look at my Samsung refrigerator, he said go buy anything but a Samsung. We went without the ice maker for years until I saw this video. I followed instructions including applying the sealant and months later we still have ice with no frozen mechanism. Awesome!