Maytag electric stove with the Lock light on
On a Maytag electric stove with glass touch controls, the Control Lock stops the cooking areas from being turned on by accident.
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- Knobs, keys and display
- Knob and switch replacement
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What Lock
actually means.
On a Maytag electric stove with glass touch controls, the Control Lock stops the cooking areas from being turned on by accident. With the stove on, all keys are locked except Power and Off.
Maytag stove display
What to do when Lock shows on the stoveKind of codeKnobs, keys and display
A key on the panel was held down too long, reported a press nobody made, or stopped answering; or a knob's switch told the stove it was on when it was off. Water, a spill or grease worked in behind a knob is ruled out first, then the switch, the key panel and the cable to the board. If a burner keeps heating while the keys or knobs do nothing, switch the stove off at the breaker.
Usually leads toKnob and switch replacement
Stove knobs that are cracked, loose or spin in place, and the switches behind them that leave a burner stuck on high or dead, replaced at the knob, the stem or the switch.
Shows up asStovetop Not Heating
The burners on an electric, glass or induction stovetop stay cold or warm up only a little, sometimes all of them and sometimes two on one side, while the oven below may still work.
MakeMaytag
A Whirlpool Corporation brand whose gas and electric stoves keep things simple.
SourceMaytag product help: Lock, electric
Maytag electric stoves with glass touch controls.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Maytag's own guidance for Lock on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Touch and hold LOCK for three seconds.
Try the stovetop controls again.
If the lock will not clear, reset power for one minute; book a visit if it still stays.
Still there?
It usually turns into knob and switch replacement. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Lock is not a failed element. It is the control lock someone switched on.
What you may
notice with it.
The stove problems Lock tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked.
All problems
Stovetop Not Heating
6 causes, cheapest first
Where Lock usually leads
Knob and switch replacement.
Maytag
stoves.
A Whirlpool Corporation brand whose gas and electric stoves keep things simple.
Maytag stove repair
Gas stove
A stove with gas burners on top, whether its oven below runs on gas too or on electricity, fed by one gas line behind it and plugged into a wall outlet for the spark.
Electric stove
A stove that runs entirely on electricity through a heavy cord and a large outlet behind it, with coil burners that lift out or a smooth glass stovetop with elements under it.
In Maytag's own words
The Control Lock avoids unintended use of the surface cooking areas.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Maytag electric stoves with glass touch controls.
Maytag Lock stove repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about Lock.
Can I clear Lock myself?
Why won't my Maytag glass stovetop turn on?
Can I use the Lock on my Maytag when kids are around?
Why do only Power and Off work on my Maytag?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Lock?
Book with the code written exactly as the stove shows it, the full model number, and whether you notice any smell of gas or hot wiring — when there is a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.