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# Maytag electric range with a flashing indicator light

On a Maytag smooth glass top, a flashing indicator means the control sees one or more keys as permanently pressed.

## What Flashing indicator light actually means.

On a Maytag smooth glass top, a flashing indicator means the control sees one or more keys as permanently pressed. Crumbs, a spill or an object resting on the touch area are the usual reasons.

Maytag range display

What to do when Flashing indicator light shows on the range

### Kind of code Controls and communication

The display, the main board or the induction power board lost contact with one another, or one of them failed its own self-check. A power dip, a loose cable or moisture from a boil-over is ruled out before a board is replaced, and a range that keeps heating while this code shows is switched off at the breaker.

### Usually leads to Knobs, switches and controls

Knobs that spin or crack, touch keys that do nothing, blank displays, clocks that reset and control boards that switch the wrong thing.

### Shows up as Range Control Panel Not Responding

The touch keys or knobs on the range do nothing, only some keys work, the display is blank or frozen, or it beeps without starting.

### Make Maytag

A Whirlpool Corporation brand known for straightforward gas and electric freestanding ranges.

### Source Maytag product help: range error codes

Maytag electric ranges with touch controls on the glass top; on induction models Maytag says it can also mean the controls were set incorrectly.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Maytag's own guidance for Flashing indicator light on its ranges. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Make sure every cooking area is switched off.

02

Clear anything from the control area and clean the touch panel well.

03

If the light keeps flashing, turn the breaker off for a minute; if it persists, book a visit.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [knobs, switches and controls](https://rangerepair.center/services/knobs-switches-and-controls/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

A flashing indicator is not the hot-surface light and does not mean an element has failed.

## What you may notice with it.

The range problems Flashing indicator light tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://rangerepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Range Control Panel Not Responding](https://rangerepair.center/problems/control-panel-not-responding/)

[All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://rangerepair.center/problems/control-panel-not-responding/)

It also comes with

- [**Range Surface Element Not Heating**](https://rangerepair.center/problems/surface-element-not-heating/)
- [**Range Error Code**](https://rangerepair.center/problems/range-error-code/)

Problem

### Range Control Panel Not Responding

5 causes, cheapest first

Where Flashing indicator light usually leads

## Knobs, switches and controls.

**Knobs, keypad or control board · moderate.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://rangerepair.center/services/knobs-switches-and-controls/)

## Maytag ranges.

A Whirlpool Corporation brand known for straightforward gas and electric freestanding ranges.

[Maytag range repair](https://rangerepair.center/brands/maytag/)

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Controls and communication on other makes

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[All 69 codes of this kind](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/#family-communication)

Maytag builds this

### Gas range

Open flames on top and a gas-fired oven below, all fed by one supply line behind the range and lit by igniters rather than a match.

Maytag builds this

### Electric range

Coil elements or radiant elements under a smooth glass top, with an electric oven below, all running on a dedicated 240-volt circuit.

## In Maytag's own words

> This is indicating that one or more keys are permanently pressed.

[Maytag product help: range error codes](https://producthelp.maytag.com/Cooking/Wall_Ovens_and_Ranges/Ranges/Error_Codes/Indicator_Lights/Indicator_Flashing-_Electric_Range) [Maytag product help: range error codes](https://producthelp.maytag.com/Cooking/Wall_Ovens_and_Ranges/Ranges/Error_Codes/Indicator_Lights/Indicator_Flashing-_Electric_Range)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Maytag electric ranges with touch controls on the glass top; on induction models Maytag says it can also mean the controls were set incorrectly.

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## Questions about Flashing indicator light.

### Can I clear Flashing indicator light myself?

Make sure every cooking area is switched off. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Why is a light flashing on my Maytag glass top when nothing is on?

The touch control believes a key is being held. Clearing and cleaning the control area is usually enough to stop it.

### Can a flashing indicator on a Maytag point to a bad touch panel?

Yes, if the panel is clean and dry and the light still flashes after a power reset. That is when the touch control is tested.

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