Frigidaire Professional induction cooktop
showing --
Two dashes in the knob display mean the zone was set but pan detection did not find cookware made of the right material on it.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: Frigidaire
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What --
actually means.
Two dashes in the knob display mean the zone was set but pan detection did not find cookware made of the right material on it.
Frigidaire cooktop display
What to do when -- shows on the cooktopKind of codeMode, not a failure
A state the cooktop was put in, or one it picked deliberately — a child lock, a demo mode that lights the keys but heats nothing, a residual-heat letter over a zone that is still warm, a prompt that no pan has been found. Nothing has broken and no part is called for.
Usually leads toNo repair
Center a magnetic pan on the zone.
Shows up asInduction Cooktop Not Detecting Pan
An induction zone flashes a pan symbol, beeps, or switches itself off even though a pot is sitting squarely on it.
MakeFrigidaire
One of the most common US kitchen makes, found in many homes and rentals with a built-in cooktop.
SourceFrigidaire Professional induction cooktop (PCCI3080AF) user manual
Knob-controlled Frigidaire Professional induction cooktops (the manual linked from the PCCI3080AF page); each knob has its own small display.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Frigidaire's own guidance for -- on its cooktops. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Center a magnetic pan on the zone.
Hold a magnet to the pot base; if it does not cling, switch to a pot that it does.
If the dashes stay with a known-good pan and resetting the knob does not help, book a visit.
Cleared?
The cooktop came right without a new part. If the same message returns while a zone or burner is on, or the top shuts itself down again mid-meal, treat it as a fresh problem and book it.
What not to do
The dashes are not an error in the coil. The zone is waiting for cookware of the right material, and it can heat once it finds some.
What you may
notice with it.
The cooktop problems -- tends to arrive with. Answer these at the cooktop before anyone is booked.
All problems
No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
A state the cooktop was put in, or one it picked deliberately — a child lock, a demo mode that lights the keys but heats nothing, a residual-heat letter over a zone that is still warm, a prompt that no pan has been found. Nothing has broken and no part is called for.
Frigidaire
cooktops.
One of the most common US kitchen makes, found in many homes and rentals with a built-in cooktop.
Frigidaire cooktop repairMore Frigidaire codes
Mode, not a failure on other makes
Gas cooktop
A gas cooking surface dropped into a countertop cutout, with its gas line and power cord running down into the cabinet underneath.
Electric cooktop
A coil or smooth-glass radiant cooking surface built into the countertop and wired to its own circuit in the cabinet or wall behind it.
Induction cooktop
A glass cooktop in the counter that heats the pan itself through magnetic coils, run by power boards and cooled by a fan underneath.
In Frigidaire's own words
The Cooking Zone was set, but the pot detection system could not find cookware of the correct material on the Zone.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Knob-controlled Frigidaire Professional induction cooktops (the manual linked from the PCCI3080AF page); each knob has its own small display.
Frigidaire -- cooktop 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 --.
Can I clear -- myself?
Why does my Frigidaire show two dashes with a stainless pot?
Do the dashes mean the zone is broken?
What does Frigidaire mean by cookware of the correct material when the knob shows two dashes?
Back to your everyday
Still showing --?
Book with the code copied exactly, the full model number, and whether there is any smell of gas or burning — with a code in hand, that is where the diagnosis starts.