If You Need Service Or Assistance - Whirlpool RM988PXS Use & Care Manual

Cooktop and lower oven
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If you need service or assistance,
we suggest you follow these five steps:
1. Before calling for assistance...
Performance
problems
often
result
from little things you can find and fix
yourself without tools of any kind.
If nothing
operates:
l
Is the power
supply
cord
plugged
into a live circuit with the proper volt-
age? (See "Installation
Instructions:')
l
Have
you checked
your
home's
main fuses or circuit
breaker
box?
If the oven will not operate:
l
Is the Oven Selector
turned to a set-
ting (BAKE or BROIL, but not TIMED
BAKE)?
l
I$ the Oven
Temperature
Control
turned to a temperature
setting?
If surface
elements
will not
operate:
l
Have
you checked
your
home's
main fuses or circuit
breaker
box?
l
Are surface elements
plugged
in all
the way?
l
Do the control
knobs turn?
If surface
element
knob(s)
will
not turn:
l
Did you push in before trying to turn?
If the Self-Cleaning
cycle
will not
operate:
l
Are the Oven
Selector
and
Oven
Temperature
Controls set to CLEAN?
l
Does the clock
show the correct
time of day?
l
Is Stop Time set ahead
to the time
you want
the cleaning
cycle
to
stop?
l
Is the Lock Lever all the way to the
right?
If exhaust
fan does not shut off:
l
Are you using the surface elements,
lower oven or broiler
while the mi-
crowave
oven is on? (See note on
page
7.)
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If cooking
results aren't
what you expected:
l
Is the range
level?
l
Are you using pans recommended
in the Cooking
Guide?
0 If baking,
have you allowed
1% to 2
inches
(4-5 cm) on all sides of the
pans for air circulation?
l
Does the oven temperature
seem
too low or too high? See "Adjusting
the
Oven
Temperature
Control,"
page
9.
l
Have you preheated
the oven as the
recipe
calls for?
l
Are the pans the size called
for in the
recipe?
l
Are you following
a tested
recipe
from a reliable
source?
e Do
the
cooking
utensils
have
smooth, flat bottoms
and fit the sur-
face elements
being
used?
See the Cooking
Guide for more infor-
mation
on cooking
problems
and
how to solve them.

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