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This section is designed to help you save the cost of a service call. Pat-t 1 of this section
outlines possible problems, their causes, and actions you can take to solve each problem
Parts 2 and 3 tell you what to do if you still need assistance or service. When calling our
Consumer Assistance Center for help or calling for service, please provide a detailed
description of the problem, your appliance’s complete model and serial numbers, and the
purchase date. (See the “A Note to You” section.) This information will help us respond
properly to your request.
1. Before calling for assistance . . .
Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix without tools of any
kind. Please check the chart below for problems you can fix. It could save you the cost of a
service call.
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE
SOLUTION
clothing will The unit is not wired into a live
Contact a qualified Whirlpool service
operate circuit with the proper voltage.
technician to wire unit into a live circuit
with the proper voltage. (See Installa-
tion Instructions.)
A household fuse has blown or Replace household fuse or reset circuit
a circuit breaker has tripped.
breaker.
The electric company has
Check electric company for a power
experienced a power failure.
failure.
The microwave You are using the oven as a
Touch TIMER OFF to cancel the
3ven will
timer.
Minute Timer.
not run
If you are using the Tempera-
Plug Temperature Probe tightly into its
ture Probe, probe is not
socket.
plugged tightly into its socket.
The door is not firmly closed
Firmly close and latch door.
and latched.
You did not touch START/
ENTER.
Touch START/ENTER.
You did not follow directions
Check instructions for the function you
exactly.
are operating.
An operation that was program-
Touch OFF/CANCEL to cancel
med earlier is still running.
previous programming.
Microwave The electric supply to your
Your electric company can tell you if
cooking times home or wall outlets is low or
the line voltage is low. Your electrician
seem too long lower than normal.
or service technician can tell you if the
outlet voltage is low.
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