If you need service or help, we suggest you follow these
three steps:
1. Before you call for service^:
If your range does not seem to be operating properly. check the
following before calling for service.
If nothing operates:
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Is the range plugged into an operating outlet or wired into a live circuit
with the proper voltage!
(See Installation Instructions.)
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Have you checkt>d the main fuse or circuit-breaker box?
If the oven will not operate:
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Is the Oven Selector Knob turned to a setting (BAKE or BROIL. but
not TIMED)”
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Is the Oven Temperature Control Knob turned to a temperature
setting’?
If surface units will not operate:
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Have you checked the main fuse or circuit-breaker box?
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Are surface units plugged in all the way?
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Do the control knobs turn?
If surface-unit Control Knob or Knobs will not turn:
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Is the spring put in correctly. as shown on page 12 in the “Cleaning
and Canny for your Range” Section?
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Did you push in before trying to turn?
If the Self-Cleaning Cycle will not operate:
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Are the Oven Selector Knob and Oven Temperature Control Knob
set to “CLEAN” ’
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Does the Start T:jne Knob show the correct time of day?
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Is thk> Stop Tim<’ Knob set ahead to the time you want the cleaning
cycle to stop”
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Is the Lock Lc,vt,, Jl the way to the right? (The Clean Light will come
011 )
If cooking results aren’t what you expect:
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Is the range level’
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Are you using paris recommended in the
Cooking Guide?
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If baking. have you allowed 1’ 2 to 2 Inches (4-5 cm) on all sides of
the pans for air circulation!
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Does the oven temperature seem too low or too high? See page 5.
“Resetting Your Oven Temperature Control Knob.”
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Have you preheated the oven as the recipe calls for?
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Are the pans the 5ize called for in the recipe?
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Are you following a tested recipe from a reliable source?
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Do the cooking utensils have smooth. flat bottoms?
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Do the cooking utensils fit the surface unit being used?
See
the
Cooking Guide
for more information on cooking prob-
lems and how to solve them
2.
If you need service. :
If your WHIRL,POOL’ appliance ever needs service anywhere in
the United States. help is lust a phone call away to your nearest
Whirlpool franchised TECH-CARE’ service representative.
Whirlpool maintains a nationwide network of franchised
TECH-CARE service companies to fulfill your warranty and provide after-
warranty seTvIce and maintenance to keep your WHIRLPOOL appliance
in peak condition.
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