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# Whirlpool glass stovetop with a flashing indicator light

On a Whirlpool electric stove with touch controls on the glass, a flashing indicator means one or more keys are being read as permanently pressed.

## What Flashing indicator light actually means.

On a Whirlpool electric stove with touch controls on the glass, a flashing indicator means one or more keys are being read as permanently pressed. On induction models it can also mean the controls were not set in the right order.

Whirlpool stove display

What to do when Flashing indicator light shows on the stove

### Kind of code Knobs, 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 to Knob 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 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 Whirlpool

The Michigan-based appliance maker behind many of the gas and electric stoves in American homes and rentals.

### Source Whirlpool product help: flashing indicator light

Whirlpool electric stoves with glass touch controls; induction models give a different reason.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for Flashing indicator light on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Make sure every stovetop control is off.

02

Remove anything on the control area and wipe it clean and dry.

03

If the light keeps flashing, cut power for one minute; if it still flashes, book a visit.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [knob and switch replacement](https://stoverepair.center/services/knob-and-switch-replacement/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

A flashing indicator is not a hot-surface warning. That is a steady light or an H; the flashing one is about the keys.

## What you may notice with it.

The stove problems Flashing indicator light 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

- [**Stovetop Not Heating**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stovetop-not-heating/)
- [**Stove Error Code**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/)

Problem

### Stove Display Blank or Flashing

6 causes, cheapest first

Where Flashing indicator light usually leads

## Knob and switch replacement.

**Knob, stem or burner switch · low.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://stoverepair.center/services/knob-and-switch-replacement/)

## Whirlpool stoves.

The Michigan-based appliance maker behind many of the gas and electric stoves in American homes and rentals.

[Whirlpool stove repair](https://stoverepair.center/brands/whirlpool/)

More Whirlpool codes

[C81](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-c81/) [H](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-h/) [F2 E1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f2-e1/) [FEE6](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-fee6/) [FEE7](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-fee7/) [F3 E0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f3-e0/) [F5 E5](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f5-e5/) [F8 E0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f8-e0/) [F1 E7](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f1-e7/) [F6 E5](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f6-e5/) [PUSH](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-push/) [Lo](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-lo/)

[All 14 Whirlpool codes](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#codes-whirlpool)

Knobs, keys and display on other makes

[AGA FE](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/aga-fe/) [Bosch e011](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e011/) [Café F0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/cafe-f0/) [Dacor C-d0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-d0/) [Electrolux F1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f1/) [Frigidaire F1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-f1/) [Fulgor Milano F15](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-f15/) [GE Profile F6](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-f6/)

[All 27 codes of this kind](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#family-controls)

Whirlpool builds this

### 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.

Whirlpool 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.

Whirlpool builds this

### Induction stove

A stove with a flat glass top that heats the pan itself through a magnetic field, run by touch keys and power boards, with an electric oven underneath.

## In Whirlpool's own words

> This is indicating that one or more keys are permanently pressed.

[Whirlpool product help: flashing indicator light](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Cooking/Wall_Ovens_and_Ranges/Ranges/Error_Codes/Indicator_Lights/Indicator_Flashing-_Electric_Range) [Whirlpool product help: flashing indicator light](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Cooking/Wall_Ovens_and_Ranges/Ranges/Error_Codes/Indicator_Lights/Indicator_Flashing-_Electric_Range)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Whirlpool electric stoves with glass touch controls; induction models give a different reason.

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## Questions about Flashing indicator light.

### Can I clear Flashing indicator light myself?

Make sure every stovetop control is off. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Why does a light flash on my Whirlpool glass stovetop after a boil-over?

Liquid on the touch area can make a key read as held down. Wipe it dry.

### Can a pan on the controls make my Whirlpool light flash?

Yes. Whirlpool says to remove anything left on the control area.

### My Whirlpool induction light is flashing. Is it the same problem?

On induction, Whirlpool says a flashing light can mean the controls were not set correctly. Check the manual steps first.

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