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Maytag GEMINI - BEFORE YOU CALL FOR SERVICE; COMMON CONCERNS AND TROUBLESHOOTING; BAKING, BROILING, AND SELF-CLEANING ISSUES; MOISTURE, ODORS, FAULT CODES, AND DOOR LOCKS

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B[FOEYOUCALLFORSIRVIC[
FORMOSTCONCERNS,TRY BAKINGRESULTSARE NOTAS openedwhentheLOCindicatorwordisnot
THESEFIRST: EXPECTEDOR DIFFERFROM displayed.
! Checkifovencontrolshavebeenprop- PREVIOUSOVEN. I Bothovenswilllockwheneitherovenis
edyset. I Makesurethe ovenventhasnot been cleaned.
I Checkto besureplugissecurelyin- blocked.Seepg.11forlocation.
sertedintoreceptacle, I Checktomakesurerangeislevel. MOISTURECOLLECTSONOVEN
I Checkorre-setdrcuitbreaker.Checkor I Temperaturesoftenvarybetweena new WINDOWORSTEAMCOMESFROM
replacefuse. ovenandanoldone.Asovensage,theoven OVENVENT.
I Checkpowersupply, temperatureoften"drifts"andmaybecome I Thisis normalwhencookingfoodshighin
hotterorcooler.Seepg,10forinstructions moisture.
onadjustingtheoventemperature./VOTE"
PARTORALL OFAPPLIANCE It is notrecommendedto adjustthetern- I Excessivemoisturewasusedwhenclean-
DOESNOTWORK. peratureif onlyoneortworecipesarein ingthewindow.
NOTE:Canadianmodels:Outingaself- question.
cleancycle,theglass.ceramiccooking I Checkthatoventemperatureisdecreased THEREIS ASTRONGODOROR
surfacewill not operate,and the two by25oFwhenconvectbaking. LIGHTSMOKEWHENOVENIS
frontelementson coil elementmodels I See"CookingMadeSimple"bookletfor TURNEDON,
willnotoperate, moreinformationonbakewareandbaking. ! Thisis normalfor a newrangeandwill
I Checkif surfaceand/orovencontrols disappearafterafewuses,Initiatingaclean
havebeenproperlyset,Seepgs.3&7, FOODIS NOTBROILINGPROPERLY cyclewill"burnoff"theodorsmorequickly.
I Checkifovendoorisunlockedafterself- OR SMOKESEXCESSIVELY. ! Turningonaventilationfanwillhelpremove
cleancycle.Seepg.12, thesmokeand/orodor.
I Checkifovenissetforadelayedcookor II Checkovenrackpositions,Foodmaybetoo
closetoelement. I Excessivefoodsoilson theovenbottom.
cleanprogram.Seepgs.9& 12. Useaself-cleancycle.
I Broilelementwasnotpreheated,
I Upperovenmaybeinatoastingopera-
tion,Lowerovenwilloperatewhenthe I Aluminumfoilwasincorrectlyused,Never
toastingoperationiscompleted, linethebroilerinsertwithfoil. STEAMCOMESFROMVENTAREA.
I Checkifcoilelementisproperlyinstalled ! Ovendoorwasclosedduringbroiling.Leave ! Whenhighmoisturefoodsarecookedinthe
orneedstobereplaced.Seepg.5. thedooropentothefirststopposition(about upperoven,steammaybevisiblecoming
4inches), fromtheventarea.Thisisnormal.
GLASS-CERAMICSURFACE I Trimexcessfatfrommeatbeforebroiling. "F"
SHOWSWEAR. I Asoiledbroilerpanwasused. PLUSA NUMBERANDTHE
MESSAGE:"CALL ANAUTHORIZED
1.Tinyscratchesorabrasions. SERVICEROR 888-462-9824"*
I Makesurecooktopandpanbottom OVENWILL NOTSELF-CLEAN.
areclean.Donotslideglassormetal I Checktomakesurethecycleisnotsetfor I Thisis calleda faultcode, Ifafaultcode
appearsin thedisplayandbeepssound,
pansacrosstop,Makesurepanbot- adelayedstart,Seepg,12, presstheCANCELpad.Ifthefaultcodeand
tomisnotrough.Usetherecom-
mendedcleaningagents.Seepg.13. I Checkifdoorisclosed, beepscontinue,disconnectpowerto the
appliance.Waitafewminutes,thenrecon-
2.Metalmarks, nectpower.If faultcodeandbeepsstill
I Donotslidemetalpansacrosstop, OVENDID NOTCLEANPROPERLY. continue,disconnectpowertotheappliance
Whencool,cleanwithCooktop I Longercleaningtimemaybeneeded, andcallanauthorizedservicer,
CleaningCreme.Seepg.13.
I Excessivespillovers,especia/lysugaryand/! Iftheovenisheavilysoiled,excessiveflare-
3.Brownstreaksandspecks, oracidicfoods,werenotremovedpriorto upsmayresultinafaultcodeduringaclean
I Spillsnotremovedpromptly.Wiping theself-cleancycle, cycle.PressCANCELpadandallowthe
withsoiledclothorsponge.Pan oventocoolcompletely,thenresettheclean
bottomnotclean, cycle.Ifthefaultcodeandbeepsstillcon-
4.Areaswithametallicsheen. OVENDOORWILLNOTUNLOCK tinue,disconnectpowerto the appliance
I Mineraldepositsfromwaterandfood. AFTERSELF-CLEANCYCLE, andcallanauthorizedservicer.
5.Pittingorflaking. I Oveninteriorisstillhot. Allowaboutone
I Sugaryboiloversthatwerenot hourfortheovento coolafterthecomple- *FORPRIORITYONESERVICECALLTOLL-FREE
removedpromptly,Seepg,13, tionofaself-cleancycle.Thedoorcanbe 1-888-4MAYTAG(1-888-462-9824).

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