Whirlpool cooktop
showing FC LF
FC LF names a position: the left front hotplate.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Radiant elements
- Radiant element repair
- Source: Whirlpool
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What FC LF
actually means.
FC LF names a position: the left front hotplate. Whirlpool's page says that element or the wiring leading to it may be the cause, so the code narrows the job to one zone of the cooktop.
Whirlpool cooktop display
What to do when FC LF shows on the cooktopKind of codeRadiant 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 toRadiant 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 asCooktop 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.
MakeWhirlpool
A major US appliance maker whose built-in cooktops are found in a great many homes.
SourceWhirlpool Product Help: FC LF, electric cooktop
Whirlpool electric and induction cooktops; similar codes cover other positions, such as FC RR for right rear.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for FC LF on its cooktops. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn the cooktop off and switch its breaker off for one minute.
Restore power and watch the display for a minute.
If FC LF returns, stop using the left front zone and book a visit.
What not to do
FC LF does not condemn the whole cooktop. It points to one position, and the other zones may still work.
What you may
notice with it.
The cooktop problems FC LF tends to arrive with. Answer these at the cooktop before anyone is booked.
All problems
Cooktop Element Not Heating
6 causes, cheapest first
Where FC LF usually leads
Radiant element repair.
Whirlpool
cooktops.
A major US appliance maker whose built-in cooktops are found in a great many homes.
Whirlpool cooktop repair
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 Whirlpool's own words
There may be a problem with the left front Hotplate (Cooking Surface/Burner/Element), or the associated wiring.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Whirlpool electric and induction cooktops; similar codes cover other positions, such as FC RR for right rear.
Whirlpool FC LF 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 FC LF.
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Does FC LF mean the Whirlpool left front element needs replacing?
Back to your everyday
Still showing FC LF?
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.