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A slide-in induction range with a black glass top and touch controls along the front edge sits flush between gray quartz counters in a US home kitchen.

Induction
Range Repair

A glass top that heats the pan itself through copper coils and power boards, over an electric oven, with electronics doing almost all the work.

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  • 4 things that fail on it
  • 28 makes build it
  • 6 problems it shows

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Is yours
an induction?

An induction range looks like a smooth glass-top electric range, but nothing under the glass glows. Each zone has a flat copper coil, and a power board drives a rapidly alternating current through it. That builds a magnetic field that heats only a pan made of iron or magnetic steel, which is why the glass stays cooler and why an aluminum or glass pan does nothing. Fans draw air across the boards to keep them cool, sensors under the glass watch for overheating, and a touch panel sets the power. The oven below is an ordinary electric oven with bake, broil and often convection elements. Induction range repair is mostly electronics: the coils, the power and filter boards, the cooling fans, the touch controls, the glass and the oven parts underneath.

The glass top of an induction range is lifted away in a US home kitchen, exposing four flat copper coils and a green circuit board with a small cooling fan beside them. What fails on an induction range

How to tell

01

A zone set to high stays black, and the glass next to the pan is only warm to the touch.
02

The zone refuses to start, or shows a pan symbol, when there is no pan on it or when the pan is not magnetic.
03

A soft hum or buzz comes from the pan at higher settings, and a cooling fan runs under the top while cooking.
04

Controls are touch keys or a slider printed on the glass rather than knobs, on most models.

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What fails
on this design.

On an induction range: the power board for a pair of zones, the cooling fan, pan detection and coil sensors, the glass and the touch panel.

The problems it shows

The power board for a pair of zones

Components on the board that drives the coils can fail from heat or a power surge, and one or two zones stop working together or post an error.

The cooling fan

When the fan under the top slows or clogs with grease, the boards overheat and the range cuts power to a zone in the middle of cooking.

Pan detection and coil sensors

A coil or its sensor that fails leaves a zone that no longer recognizes a pan that worked last week.

The glass and the touch panel

Cracked glass is a stop-using problem as on any glass top, and spills that reach the touch keys make them unresponsive or trigger them on their own.

Getting at it,
and whether to.

Coils, sensors and the power boards live under the glass, which lifts off or hinges up once the retaining screws are out.

What repairs cost

On the visit

  1. Board work is done with the range switched off at the breaker and time allowed for the capacitors on the boards to discharge.
  2. Error codes shown by the touch panel are read and recorded before anything is changed, since they often name the zone or the board in question.
  3. The oven below is serviced like any electric oven, from inside the cavity or from the back with the range pulled forward.

Repair or replace

Induction ranges cost more than radiant ones, and most of their failures are boards, fans and sensors that can be replaced without disturbing the rest. Repair is usually the sensible choice while parts are available. The deciding cases are a model whose boards are no longer made, or a cracked glass top combined with a failed board on an older range.

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The problems
it shows.

On an induction range, most often induction range not detecting pan.

All problems
A black glass induction range top in a US home kitchen, a shiny copper saucepan sitting on an unlit zone next to a dark cast iron skillet that is heating on the neighboring zone.

Induction Range Not Detecting Pan

6 causes, cheapest first

 A freestanding electric coil range in a US home kitchen with three coils glowing orange and the fourth dark and cold under a pot of water, every knob turned on.

Range Surface Element Not Heating

6 causes, cheapest first

 The glowing display on the backguard of a freestanding range in a US home kitchen showing a blurred, unreadable code, an owner's manual lying open on the counter beside it with its pages out of focus.

Range Error Code

6 causes, cheapest first

 The backguard of a slide-in range in a US home kitchen with a dark touch control panel, a fingertip pressing a key that stays unlit while steam rises from a pot on the burner below.

Range Control Panel Not Responding

5 causes, cheapest first

 A close view of a black glass-top electric range in a US home kitchen, a jagged crack running across one cooking zone, a heavy cast iron pan set aside on a wooden trivet on the counter. Gas, fire or electrical risk

Range Glass Top Cracked

5 causes, cheapest first

 A hallway electrical panel in a US home with its door open and one large double breaker flipped off, a freestanding electric range visible through the doorway in a quiet kitchen with a pot of pasta water sitting cold on it. Gas, fire or electrical risk

Range Keeps Tripping the Breaker

6 causes, cheapest first

Who builds
an induction.

28 of the makes on this site build an induction range. Each mark opens that make's own page.

All 32 brands

Induction range repair,
where we come out.

9 metros, each with its own page.

All service areas

Tampa BayFL · 31 areas

OrlandoFL · 30 areas

Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas

New York MetroNY · 75 areas

HoustonTX · 36 areas

ChicagoIL · 50 areas

Los AngelesCA · 95 areas

San DiegoCA · 31 areas

San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas

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Questions about
induction ranges.

My induction range says there is no pan, but the pan is on the zone. Why?
First hold a magnet to the bottom of the pan: if it does not stick firmly, the pan will not work on induction. A pan that is too small for the zone, or warped so it rocks, can also go unrecognized. If a pan that worked before is now refused on one zone only, the coil, its sensor or the power board is tested.
A zone on my induction range shuts off in the middle of cooking. What is wrong?
Most often the boards are getting too hot. Check that the air intake, usually at the bottom or the back of the range, is not blocked, and listen for the cooling fan. If the fan is silent or weak, it is replaced before it takes a board with it.
Is the buzzing from my induction range normal?
A light hum or buzz at high power is normal and comes from the pan itself, especially with layered or thin cookware. A loud rattle, a click that repeats every few seconds on low, or a buzz with no pan on the glass is worth having checked.
The touch keys on my range stopped responding. Is the board gone?
Not always. Water, a damp cloth or a pan resting on the keys makes many controls lock out on purpose, and a control lock may be on. Dry the glass, check for the lock symbol, and switch the breaker off and on. If the keys still do nothing, the touch panel or the board behind it is tested.

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