Miele grease filter symbol lit: the saturation indicator says clean the filters
Miele hoods log how long they run and light the grease filter symbol when the set interval is reached.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Filter reminders
- Range hood filter and baffle service
- Source: Miele
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What Grease filter symbol lit
actually means.
Miele hoods log how long they run and light the grease filter symbol when the set interval is reached. On the DA 6698 W wall hood the factory interval is 30 hours and can be changed to 20, 40 or 50 to suit how you cook. The DA 68x1 downdrafts use 30 hours and show the symbol while the deflector plate is up.
Miele range hood display · also shown as Filter saturation indicator (grease)
What to do when Grease filter symbol lit 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.
MakeMiele
Miele range hoods are serviced at home, with filter reminders and automatic settings separated from real failures on the first visit.
SourceMiele DA 6698 W Operating and Installation Instructions (en-US)
DA 6698 W wall hood (Puristic Edition 6000) and the DA 6881, DA 6891 countertop downdrafts.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Miele's own guidance for Grease filter symbol lit on its range hoods. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Switch off and let the filters cool, release the locking clips and take them out.
Wash them in the dishwasher or by hand; Miele suggests every three to four weeks in any case.
Refit them, then with the blower on, touch the grease filter control for about three seconds until only indicator 1 flashes; the symbol goes out.
Book a visit if the symbol stays on after a correct reset.
Still there?
It usually turns into range hood filter and baffle service. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
The grease filter symbol is not the charcoal filter symbol, which has its own longer count. A symbol that flashes together with a power level number means the interval menu is open, not that the filters are due.
What you may
notice with it.
The range hood problems Grease filter symbol lit tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range hood before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Grease filter symbol lit usually leads
Range hood filter and baffle service.
Miele
range hoods.
Miele range hoods are serviced at home, with filter reminders and automatic settings separated from real failures on the first visit.
Miele range hood repairMore Miele 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 Miele's own words
you to regularly clean the grease filters by illuminating the grease filter symbol
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. DA 6698 W wall hood (Puristic Edition 6000) and the DA 6881, DA 6891 countertop downdrafts.
Miele Grease filter symbol lit 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.
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 Grease filter symbol lit.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Grease filter symbol lit?
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.