--- title: "KitchenAid cooktop showing FC RF | CooktopRepair.center" description: "What FC RF means on KitchenAid cooktops, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-fc-rf/" --- # KitchenAid cooktop showing FC RF FC RF tells you where to look: KitchenAid points to the right front hotplate or the wiring feeding it. ## What FC RF actually means. FC RF tells you where to look: KitchenAid points to the right front hotplate or the wiring feeding it. On a radiant cooktop that is the element under the glass at that position. KitchenAid cooktop display What to do when FC RF shows on the cooktop ### Kind of code Radiant elements A ribbon element under the glass, or a coil on an older top, did not heat the way its control asked, or kept heating past the setting. The pan, the infinite switch or touch relay behind it and the wiring to the terminal block come first; the element and its temperature limiter follow. A zone that will not switch off means the breaker goes off before anything else. ### Usually leads to Radiant element repair Zones under a smooth glass cooktop that stay dark, heat weakly or cut out, traced to the ribbon element, its limiter or the relay that feeds it. ### Shows up as Cooktop Element Not Heating A coil stays black, a radiant ring under the glass never glows, or a zone warms so weakly that a pot of water will not boil. ### Make KitchenAid A Whirlpool brand with cooktops aimed at people who cook often. ### Source KitchenAid Product Help: FC RF, electric cooktop KitchenAid electric cooktops. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from KitchenAid's own guidance for FC RF on its cooktops. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Turn the cooktop off and switch the breaker off for one minute. 02 Restore power and watch the display. 03 If FC RF returns, leave the right front zone off and book a visit. ### Still there? It usually turns into [radiant element repair](https://cooktoprepair.center/services/radiant-element-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do FC RF does not mean the whole cooktop is failing. It names one position. ## What you may notice with it. The cooktop problems FC RF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the cooktop before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Cooktop Element Not Heating](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/element-not-heating/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/element-not-heating/) It also comes with - [**Cooktop Element Only Heats on High**](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/element-only-heats-on-high/) - [**Cooktop Error Code**](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/cooktop-error-code/) Problem ### Cooktop Element Not Heating 6 causes, cheapest first Where FC RF usually leads ## Radiant element repair. **Radiant element or limiter · low to moderate.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://cooktoprepair.center/services/radiant-element-repair/) ## KitchenAid cooktops. A Whirlpool brand with cooktops aimed at people who cook often. [KitchenAid cooktop repair](https://cooktoprepair.center/brands/kitchenaid/) More KitchenAid codes [E_9](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-e-9/) [F0EA](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f0ea/) [F4](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f4/) [F21](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f21/) [F36](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f36/) [F40](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f40/) [F42](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f42/) [F56](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f56/) [F61](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-f61/) [FC E0](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-fc-e0/) [FC E4](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-fc-e4/) [E_03](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-e-03/) Radiant elements on other makes [Fulgor Milano Fr](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-s600-fr/) [Maytag FC RR](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/maytag-fc-rr/) [Viking Fr](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fr/) [Whirlpool FC LF](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-fc-lf/) [Wolf E5](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/wolf-e5/) KitchenAid builds this ### Gas cooktop A gas cooking surface dropped into a countertop cutout, with its gas line and power cord running down into the cabinet underneath. KitchenAid builds this ### 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. KitchenAid builds this ### 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 KitchenAid's own words > There may be a problem with the right front Hotplate (Cooking Surface/Burner/Element), or the associated wiring. [KitchenAid Product Help: FC RF, electric cooktop](https://producthelp.kitchenaid.com/Cooking/Cooktops/Electric_Cooktop/Error_Code_or_Indicator_Light/Begins_with_an_F/FC_RF_-_Error_Code_-_Electric_Cooktop) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. KitchenAid electric cooktops. ## KitchenAid FC RF cooktop repair, where we come out. 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Turn the cooktop off and switch the breaker off for one minute. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Which zone is FC RF on a KitchenAid cooktop? The right front one. KitchenAid's page names that hotplate and its wiring. ### Can I use the other three zones? Often yes, if they behave normally, but leave the right front off until it has been checked. ### Does FC RF mean the KitchenAid right front element has burned out? A burned-out element is only one possibility, because KitchenAid names the right front hotplate or the wiring feeding it, and testing shows which of the two is the cause. --- **[Read on the site: KitchenAid cooktop showing FC RF | CooktopRepair.center](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/kitchenaid-fc-rf/)** **[Book a visit with CooktopRepair.center](https://cooktoprepair.center/schedule/)**