I have a circa 1999 Maytag refrigerator.

Today I found that the water dispenser is not working
at all. (Ice/Crushed Ice are OK). When you press on
the switch, you can hear some actuator inside the unit.
But no water comes out. When you release the switch
you hear the actuator again. So that seems normal and
it sounded about the same as it always does. I did
notice that sometimes when you pull the glass away
from the dispenser it wouldn't shut off right away.
I do not know how old the filter in the refrigerator
compartment is, but I would guess about one year.

Any ideas on what might be the problem. I am stumped
on this? Can the filter have this effect?

Thank you in advance.

Lucky

On Apr 1, 10:02 am, LuCkY wrote:
I have a circa 1999 Maytag refrigerator.

Today I found that the water dispenser is not working
at all. (Ice/Crushed Ice are OK). When you press on
the switch, you can hear some actuator inside the unit.
But no water comes out. When you release the switch
you hear the actuator again. So that seems normal and
it sounded about the same as it always does. I did
notice that sometimes when you pull the glass away
from the dispenser it wouldn't shut off right away.
I do not know how old the filter in the refrigerator
compartment is, but I would guess about one year.

Any ideas on what might be the problem. I am stumped
on this? Can the filter have this effect?

Thank you in advance.

Lucky

Normally, one filter is used for ice and water. Plus, I doubt a
filter would go from normal to totally cut off, without exhibiting
noticeable flow decrease over a period of time. My guess is that
it's something gone wrong in the valve assembly. I'd go online, find
an exploded diagram, and see where you can get to the lines, valves
etc.