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.
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- Knobs, switches and controls
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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 rangeKind of codeControls 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 toKnobs, 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 asRange 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.
MakeMaytag
A Whirlpool Corporation brand known for straightforward gas and electric freestanding ranges.
SourceMaytag 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.
Make sure every cooking area is switched off.
Clear anything from the control area and clean the touch panel well.
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. 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
Where Flashing indicator light usually leads
Knobs, switches and controls.
Maytag
ranges.
A Whirlpool Corporation brand known for straightforward gas and electric freestanding ranges.
Maytag range repair
In Maytag's own words
This is indicating that one or more keys are permanently pressed.
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.
Maytag Flashing indicator light range repair,
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Questions
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Flashing indicator light?
Book with the code exactly as it appears, the full model number, and whether you notice any smell of gas or scorching — with a code, that is where the diagnosis begins.