What F36, F37 Means
Electric (radiant smoothtop) Cooktop, and on the page KitchenAid publishes jointly for Electric and Induction Cooktops: KitchenAid prints these two numbers together on one page, comma and all, and gives them a single sentence - there may be a problem with a temperature sensor on an induction coil. Each induction coil has its own temperature sensing so the control can hold power back before the coil or the glass above it gets too hot. A sensor that reads outside the range the control accepts leaves it with no safe way to regulate that zone, so it stops. Keep this separate from the plain F36 page for the radiant family, which says something quite different.
Common Causes of F36, F37
- A temperature sensor on an induction coil reading outside its accepted range
- The sensor connection at the coil loose, or the lead damaged
- A coil running hotter than expected because of ventilation or a long high-power session
🔧 One Safe Check You Can Try
Let the glass cool first. A radiant or induction surface stays hot enough to burn well after the heat is off, which is why these cooktops carry a residual-heat indicator at all. Turn the cooking areas off, take the pans off the glass and power the cooktop down by switching off its circuit breakers for one minute, power it back up, then watch the panel for one minute to be sure the code does not come back and verify the cooktop operates. Note which zone was in use when the code appeared: sensing is per-coil, so a code that always follows the same cooking area is a far more useful report than one with no zone attached to it.
⚠ Why You Shouldn't Go Further Than That
- The sensor on a coil is what lets the cooktop hold power back before things overheat, so a zone running with its sensing in doubt is a zone without its temperature guard.
- Induction coils and their sensors sit directly under the glass with the power electronics beside them, and those boards switch high currents that remain dangerous to handle.
- KitchenAid publishes a separate F36 entry with an entirely different meaning, so a repair started from the wrong page goes after a communication path instead of a sensor.
Opening a panel to inspect or repair something yourself doesn't automatically cancel your manufacturer's warranty — but it can risk accidental damage, and some manufacturers do have specific service conditions. Check your product's warranty terms, or ask us, before deciding.