Maytag stove
showing Probe
Maytag shows Probe or Insert Probe when the control is looking for a signal from the meat probe.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Maytag
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What Probe
actually means.
Maytag shows Probe or Insert Probe when the control is looking for a signal from the meat probe. The probe needs to be pushed fully into its jack in the oven wall.
Maytag stove display · also shown as Insert Probe
What to do when Probe shows on the stoveKind of codeMode, not a failure
Something the stove was switched into, often by accident, rather than something that broke: a control lock pressed while wiping the panel, a Sabbath setting, a showroom demo mode that lights the display and heats nothing, a reminder that a spot on the stovetop is still hot. No part is worn out, and the stove's own keys put it right.
Usually leads toNo repair
Push the probe plug fully into the jack.
Shows up asStove Display Blank or Flashing
The clock and display on the stove have gone dark, or they flash the time, a word or a string of characters and ignore the keys you press.
MakeMaytag
A Whirlpool Corporation brand whose gas and electric stoves keep things simple.
SourceMaytag product help: Probe or Insert Probe
Maytag stoves with a meat probe.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Maytag's own guidance for Probe on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Push the probe plug fully into the jack.
Insert the tip into the thickest part of the food, away from bone.
If the message stays with the probe fully in, reset power; book a visit if it continues.
Cleared?
The stove is working again and no part was needed. If the same letters come back while a burner or the oven is on, or the stove switches itself off again in the middle of dinner, book it as a new problem.
What not to do
Probe is not a temperature sensor error. It is a prompt about the food probe.
What you may
notice with it.
The stove problems Probe tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked.
All problems
Stove Display Blank or Flashing
6 causes, cheapest first
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
Something the stove was switched into, often by accident, rather than something that broke: a control lock pressed while wiping the panel, a Sabbath setting, a showroom demo mode that lights the display and heats nothing, a reminder that a spot on the stovetop is still hot. No part is worn out, and the stove's own keys put it right.
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 is "looking" for an input from the Meat Probe.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Maytag stoves with a meat probe.
Maytag Probe 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 Probe.
Can I clear Probe myself?
My probe is plugged in. Why does my Maytag still say Insert Probe?
Where is the probe jack on my Maytag?
Can a damaged probe make my Maytag keep asking for it?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Probe?
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.