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title: "Viking electric cooktop showing Fb | CooktopRepair.center"
description: "What Fb means on Viking electric cooktops, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
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# Viking electric cooktop showing Fb

Fb on a Viking Designer electric cooktop is a keyboard error.

## What Fb actually means.

Fb on a Viking Designer electric cooktop is a keyboard error. It points at the touch keyboard as a whole rather than a single stuck key.

Viking cooktop display

What to do when Fb shows on the cooktop

### Kind of code Touch controls and keys

A key on the glass was held down too long, pressed with nothing there, or stopped answering altogether. Water, a spill or a pan resting on the key strip is ruled out first, then the touch board and its ribbon cable. If a zone keeps heating while the keys are dead, switch the cooktop off at the breaker.

### Usually leads to Touch control repair

Glass touch keys and sliders that ignore a finger, start zones by themselves or stay locked, traced to the keys, the control board or the lock setting.

### Shows up as Cooktop Controls Unresponsive

Touch keys or a slider do nothing, the display lights but ignores every press, or a knob turns without starting its burner or element.

### Make Viking

A Mississippi maker of pro-style kitchens whose US site lists both cooktops and rangetops.

### Source Viking Designer electric cooktop use and care manual, Error Codes

Viking Designer built-in electric cooktops with touch controls, per the use and care manual F20699. Other Viking cooktops use different displays.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from Viking's own guidance for Fb on its cooktops. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Clean and dry the touch area, then cut power at the breaker for a minute.

02

Restore power and test the keys; book a visit if Fb returns.

03

Keep cloths, pans and utensils off the touch area while you test it.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [touch control repair](https://cooktoprepair.center/services/touch-control-repair/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

Fb is not an element or relay problem. It concerns the touch keyboard as a whole.

## What you may notice with it.

The cooktop problems Fb tends to arrive with. Answer these at the cooktop before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Cooktop Controls Unresponsive](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/cooktop-controls-unresponsive/)

[All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/cooktop-controls-unresponsive/)

It also comes with

- [**Cooktop Error Code**](https://cooktoprepair.center/problems/cooktop-error-code/)

Problem

### Cooktop Controls Unresponsive

5 causes, cheapest first

Where Fb usually leads

## Touch control repair.

**Touch control board or key panel · moderate.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://cooktoprepair.center/services/touch-control-repair/)

## Viking cooktops.

A Mississippi maker of pro-style kitchens whose US site lists both cooktops and rangetops.

[Viking cooktop repair](https://cooktoprepair.center/brands/viking/)

More Viking codes

[FA](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fa/) [FE](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fe/) [Fc](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fc/) [Fr](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fr/) [FH](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fh/) [FL](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fl/) [FO](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fo/) [F5](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-f5/) [Fd](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-fd/) [L](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/viking-l/)

Touch controls and keys on other makes

[Bertazzoni ER03](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/bertazzoni-er03/) [BlueStar Er03](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/bluestar-er03/) [Bosch F5](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/bosch-f5/) [Dacor F2](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/dacor-f2/) [Frigidaire Er](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-er/) [Fulgor Milano Er22](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-s700-er22/) [Gaggenau F0](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/gaggenau-f0/) [JennAir F0](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/jennair-f0/)

[All 35 codes of this kind](https://cooktoprepair.center/error-codes/#family-controls)

Viking 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.

Viking 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.

Viking 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 Viking's own words

> Fb Keyboard error

[Viking Designer electric cooktop use and care manual, Error Codes](https://vikingrange.com/file/750/m3500139_F20699.PDF) [Viking Designer electric cooktop use and care manual, Error Codes](https://vikingrange.com/file/750/m3500139_F20699.PDF)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Viking Designer built-in electric cooktops with touch controls, per the use and care manual F20699. Other Viking cooktops use different displays.

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## Questions about Fb.

### Can I clear Fb myself?

Clean and dry the touch area, then cut power at the breaker for a minute. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### How is Fb different from FA on my Viking cooktop?

Viking calls FA a key error and Fb a keyboard error, which suggests one key versus the keyboard as a whole. Both are touch-control problems.

### Can water on the glass cause Fb?

Moisture can confuse touch keys, so wipe the area dry first. If Fb stays, the keyboard needs testing.

### Should I press harder on the keys when my Viking Designer cooktop shows Fb?

Extra pressure will not help, because Fb is a keyboard error found by the control's self-check. Clean and dry the glass, reset the power, and book a visit if Fb stays.

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