Kenmore Elite Ice Maker Troubleshooting

Side-by-side style refrigerator: Icemaker stopped working (no water in icemaker, but water dispenser on outside of door gets water). Found the troubleshooting guide and did the following:

  • Found that the black tube that water flows from (into the icemaker) was blocked by ice. Removed blockage.

  • Removed icemaker and jumpered T & H terminals. After plugging refrigerator back in to power outlet (& waiting a few seconds), the motor on the icemaker activated and at the end of the cycle, water entered the icemaker.

  • Afterwards, removed jumper and reinstalled icemaker. So far, no water entering icemaker.

Is it a bad thermostat in the icemaker? And, if so, what is the part that I need or should I buy the complete icemaker assembly or the motor module?

model # is 106.53606201