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TROUBLE-SHOOTING YOUR SUNBEAM® COFFEE MAKER
POTENTIAL PROBLEMS PROBABLE CAUSE
ON LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE • Unplugged
• Power outage
COFFEE IS NOT BREWING • Unplugged
• Power outage
• The water reservoir is empty;
check water window
• The filter basket door is not properly inserted
• Carafe lid is not placed all the way
on the warming plate
COFFEE MAKER ONLY BREWS WATER • No grounds in filter basket
COFFEE MAKER BREWS SLOWLY • Coffee Maker needs decalcifying
FILTER BASKET OVERFLOWS • The filter basket is not properly inserted
• Carafe is not placed all the way
on the warming plate
• Carafe lid not on carafe
• Too many grounds placed in filter
• Carafe was removed from warming plate
longer than 30 seconds
BURNING COFFEE SMELL • Empty carafe was left on hot warming plate
• Coffee was spilled on a warming plate
COFFEE IS NOT HOT • Power outage
• 1-hour automatic shut-off was activated
(Some Models Only)
COFFEE TASTES BAD • Coffee grounds other than for automatic
drip coffee maker were used
• Grounds-to-water ratio was unbalanced
GROUNDS ARE IN COFFEE • Paper filter not properly seated in basket
• Filter overflowed