--- title: "Maytag stove showing Sab or 5Ab | StoveRepair.center" description: "What Sab means on Maytag stoves, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/maytag-sab/" --- # Maytag stove showing Sab Maytag uses Sab, Sabbath, 5Ab or 5A7 to show Sabbath Mode. ## What Sab actually means. Maytag uses Sab, Sabbath, 5Ab or 5A7 to show Sabbath Mode. The oven stays on in Bake until it is turned off, other cycles are off, tones are silent and the display does not show temperature changes. Maytag stove display · also shown as Sabbath, 5Ab, 5A7 What to do when Sab shows on the stove ### Kind of code Mode, 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 to No repair Check the owner's manual for how to leave Sabbath Mode on your model. ### Shows up as Stove 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. ### Make Maytag A Whirlpool Corporation brand whose gas and electric stoves keep things simple. ### Source Maytag product help: Sabbath, Sab, 5Ab or 5A7 Maytag stoves with Sabbath Mode. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Maytag's own guidance for Sab on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Check the owner's manual for how to leave Sabbath Mode on your model. 02 Turn it off and set the oven as usual. 03 If the mode will not clear, reset power; book a visit only if it still stays. ### 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 Sab or 5Ab is not an error code. It is the Sabbath setting. ## What you may notice with it. The stove problems Sab tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://stoverepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Stove Display Blank or Flashing](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-display-blank-or-flashing/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-display-blank-or-flashing/) It also comes with - [**Oven on My Stove Won't Heat Up**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-oven-not-heating/) - [**Stove Error Code**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/) Problem ### 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. [How to read what your stove is telling you](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/) ## Maytag stoves. A Whirlpool Corporation brand whose gas and electric stoves keep things simple. 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Maytag builds this ### 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 > Sabbath Mode sets the oven to remain on in a Bake setting until turned off. [Maytag product help: Sabbath, Sab, 5Ab or 5A7](https://producthelp.maytag.com/Cooking/Wall_Ovens_and_Ranges/Ranges/Error_Codes/Sabbath_Mode/Sabbath%2C_Sab%2C_5Ab%2C_or_5A7-_Range) [Maytag product help: Sabbath, Sab, 5Ab or 5A7](https://producthelp.maytag.com/Cooking/Wall_Ovens_and_Ranges/Ranges/Error_Codes/Sabbath_Mode/Sabbath%2C_Sab%2C_5Ab%2C_or_5A7-_Range) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Maytag stoves with Sabbath Mode. ## Maytag Sab 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. 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Check the owner's manual for how to leave Sabbath Mode on your model. ### Why does my Maytag show 5Ab? 5Ab is how some displays show Sab, the Sabbath Mode signal. ### Why won't my Maytag self-clean in Sabbath Mode? All modes except Bake are disabled. ### Does Sabbath Mode on a Maytag turn off the 12-hour shutoff? Yes. Maytag lists the 12-hour shutoff among the features disabled in Sabbath Mode. --- **[Read on the site: Maytag stove showing Sab or 5Ab | StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/maytag-sab/)** **[Book a visit with StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/schedule/)**