If you need service or assistance,
we suggest you follow these five steps:
1. Before calling for
assistance...
Performance problems often result
from little things you can find and fix
without tools of any kind.
if nothing operates:
l Is the range properly connected to
gas and electrical supplies? (See
“Installation Instructions:‘)
l Have you checked your home’s
main fuses or circuit breaker box?
l Is the flow of combustion and/or
ventilation air to the range
blocked?
Do not block the air flow
to and around the range.
l Is the Oven Control turned to a tem-
perature setting or BROIL?
if burner fails to light:
l Is the range connected to electrical
power?
l Have you checked your home’s
main fuses or circuit breaker box?
l Are burner ports clogged? (See
page 16.)
if burner fiames are uneven:
l Are burner ports clogged? [See
page 16.)
if control knob(s) will not turn:
l Did you push in before trying to turn?
if soil is visible on Continuous-
Cleaning oven finish:
l The special finish is designed to
gradually reduce oven soil
during
normal baking or roasting. It is not
designed to keep your oven spot-
less, only presentably clean.
l The door is cooler than the oven
walls. Soil will be more visible on the
door than other areas in the oven.
See page15 for how to clean.
l Sugar and starchy spills may leave
stains. See page 15 for hand clean-
ing tips.
Use foil on lower rack to
catch these spills.
if cooking results aren’t what you
expected:
l Is the range level?
l Are you using pans recommended
in the
“Cooking Guide”?
l If baking, have you allowed lY2 to 2
inches (4-5 cm) on all sides of the
pans for air circulation?
l Have you preheated the oven as the
recipe calls for?
l Are the pans the size called for in the
recipe?
if burner flames lift off ports, are
l Are you following a tested recipe
yellow, or
are
noisy when turned off:
from a reliable source?
l The air/gas mixture may be incor-
l Do the cooking utensils have
rect. [Call for service.)
smooth, flat bottoms and fit the sur-
face burners?
if burner makes a popping noise
when ON:
See
the
Cooking Guide
for more infor-
l Is the burner wet from washing? Let
mation on cooking problems and
dry.
how to solve them,
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