If you need service or assistance,
we suggest you follow these four steps:
1l Before calling for assistance.. .
Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix yourself with- out tools of any kind.
If nothlng operates:
l is the range correctly plugged into a live circuit with the proper voltage? (See Instal- latlon Instructlons.)
0 Have you checked the main fuse or circuit breaker box?
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lIs the COOK TEMP set at the end
temperature you want?
If the lower oven will not operate:
l Is the Oven Selector turned,to a setting (BAKE or BROIL, but not TIMED)?
l Is the Oven Temperature Control turned to a
temperature setting?
If surface units will not operate:
l Have you checked main fuse or circuit breaker box?
l Are surface units plugged in all the way? l Do the control knobs turn?
If surface unlt knob or knobs will not turn: l Did you push in before trying to turn?
l Is the spring replaced as shown on page JO?
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2l Ifyou need assistance* .. .
Call the Whlrlpool
Contlnental U.S. . . . . . . . . (800)
tain satisfactory operation from your appli-
ance or, if service is necessary, recommend a qualified service company in your area.
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