re: How much does it cost to fix the ice maker on a Samsung French door refrigerator?

Parents use a countertop portable now and empty into freezer tray maybe once a day. It’s better ice. (Small bullets) and cost about $80-100.

As others have stated, this is a known issue with this fridge. I know, because I have had the same problem and had it "fixed" several times now. The issue is the seal between the ice machine and the refrigerator will eventually fail allowing the warmer air from the fridge to seep into the freezer area of the ice machine. When that happens, the ice thaws and then refreezes creating a huge block of ice that gets stuck to the side walls of the ice bin stopping the ice maker from making more ice. You can defrost it with a blow dryer, remove all of the ice and it will start working again...until it does the exact same thing. Bottom line is you will never truly fix this thing. It's garbage. I bought ice trays as someone else posted above.

I did not get suckered into the new shiny, all electronic gadgets, pricey Samsung or LG refrigerator/freezers. I kept my dependable and plain Kenmore. An entire replacement ice maker is $60 on eBay and takes 20 mins to replace. I did it once so that’s that. It’s still humming along.