We had a premium Kenmore Elite (Whirlpool) refrigerator 22 years ago. It had an automatic ice maker, was dual vertical door (left freezer, right frig.). During warranty, the ice maker went bad, repair man visited the house, replaced unit, so they fixed for free.
Warranty expired, don't remember if one year or what. Ice maker went bad again.
Ordered crusher motor unit on-line, then replaced.
Then the condenser fan motor went bad.
Fortunately I had a window unit ventilation fan (sits in window opening with lower pane up to fit with panels to close off sides), sat it in back to flow air continuously over the condenser coil section, ordered a new motor on-line. Installed it, fixed problem.
Then upper temperature control damper motor for frig. (routes cold air from freezer to cool frig.) went bad.
Moved vane part way open to cause frig. to stay cold. Ordered part, replaced when came in.
After, lower damper motor unit went bad.
Did the same.
After we had the frig. for about 5 years, then got rid of it.
Next 2 refrigerators we got don't have ice maker, nor all the auto goodies. They still worked.
Donated the one when we got another, slightly bigger. Since, have not had to fix anything.
If we want ice, we do it the old way, use ice cube trays in the freezer.
Then don't get me started on the Maytag Neptune I washer we bought 22 years ago. (This was the one that was so faulty, bankrupted Maytag, now a Whirlpool Division brand.) When it went bad for the 3rd time, took it to the city dump.
Just as I arrived to push it off my truck tailgate, a children's home worker had 3, same model in his pickup, he was dumping, so I didn't feel so bad.
Went to Home Depot and for $275 back in 2009, bought a standard non-energy non-water efficient washer, which we kept for 11 years. Worked day in and out without problems.
Temperature control valve was starting to give problems (we have very hard - high mineral water.) Bought a new valve on-line and was working fine again. Later donated it to a charity whose 20 year washer finally quit, now have a Samsung.
Bottom line. So Mark, my solution was simply to not buy an icemaker refrigerator, since have been a happy camper.