KitchenAid hood display reads Replace Charcoal Filter
When this KitchenAid under-cabinet hood recirculates air, it relies on a charcoal filter kit to take out odors.
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- Filter reminders
- Range hood filter and baffle service
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What Replace Charcoal Filter
actually means.
When this KitchenAid under-cabinet hood recirculates air, it relies on a charcoal filter kit to take out odors. The control shows Replace Charcoal Filter with the fan on after 120 hours of running time. This filter is not washable, so the message means a new filter, not a cleaning.
KitchenAid range hood display
What to do when Replace Charcoal Filter shows on the range hoodKind of codeFilter reminders
The hood has counted enough hours of fan time to ask for its filters: the mesh or baffle grease filters want a wash, or on a recirculating hood the charcoal filters want replacing. Most hoods count hours rather than measure grease, so the light comes on whether the filters are clean or not, and it stays on until it is reset with the key the manual names. A reminder that returns straight after a reset, or a hood that still pulls weakly with fresh filters, is worth a visit.
Usually leads toRange hood filter and baffle service
Cleaning or replacing what catches grease and odor: mesh and baffle filters, charcoal pads on recirculating hoods, and the grease channel.
Shows up asReading a Range Hood Error Code or Blinking Light
A range hood error code may appear as letters and numbers on a display, a light that blinks in a pattern, a filter reminder that will not clear, or a beep with the fan refusing to start.
MakeKitchenAid
KitchenAid range hoods with a fan that stalls, lamps that stay dark or buttons that do nothing are checked in the kitchen they serve.
SourceKitchenAid 30" and 36" range hood installation instructions and use and care guide W10674120
KitchenAid 30- and 36-inch under-cabinet hood, guide W10674120, which says the charcoal filter should last up to 6 months with normal use.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from KitchenAid's own guidance for Replace Charcoal Filter on its range hoods. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Order the charcoal filter kit listed for your hood and fit it with the hood off and cool.
Hold the Power Decrease button for 5 seconds to clear the message.
If the hood actually vents outside, turn the charcoal reminder off by holding Power Decrease and Power Increase together for 5 seconds with the fan and lights off, until None shows.
Still there?
It usually turns into range hood filter and baffle service. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Replace Charcoal Filter does not point to a problem with the blower or the duct. It is also different from the C on other KitchenAid hoods, where the charcoal filter can be washed and reactivated.
What you may
notice with it.
The range hood problems Replace Charcoal Filter tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range hood before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Replace Charcoal Filter usually leads
Range hood filter and baffle service.
KitchenAid
range hoods.
KitchenAid range hoods with a fan that stalls, lamps that stay dark or buttons that do nothing are checked in the kitchen they serve.
KitchenAid range hood repairMore KitchenAid codes
Filter reminders on other makes
Wall-mount range hood
The chimney hood fixed to a bare stretch of wall above the burners, its canopy catching the rising smoke while a telescoping cover hides the duct that climbs to the ceiling.
Under-cabinet range hood
The slim hood screwed to the bottom of the wall cabinet over the burners, venting up through that cabinet or back through the wall, or cleaning the air and returning it to the room.
Island range hood
The hood that hangs from the ceiling over burners set into a kitchen island, open on all four sides, with its duct and wiring hidden inside a chimney that drops from above.
In KitchenAid's own words
After 120 hours of fan function, the display will show “Replace Charcoal Filter” when the fan is active.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. KitchenAid 30- and 36-inch under-cabinet hood, guide W10674120, which says the charcoal filter should last up to 6 months with normal use.
KitchenAid Replace Charcoal Filter range hood 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.
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Questions
about Replace Charcoal Filter.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Replace Charcoal Filter?
Three things make the booking useful: the letters or blink pattern exactly as they showed, the full model number from the label behind the filters, and whether the fan still moves air on every speed. With those, the technician arrives with half the answer already worked out.