What PUSH or PSH Means
Freestanding and slide-in Range: KitchenAid's page for PUSH or PSH on a range carries no statement of what the code means. What it publishes is behaviour, and the behaviour reads as a prompt rather than a fault: the Start pad begins any oven function, and if Start is not pressed within five seconds, PUSH or PSH appears in the display. It adds that if Start is not pressed within one minute after pressing a keypad, the function is cancelled and the time of day is displayed. So the range has taken an instruction and is waiting to be told to act on it. No fault description is published and none is supplied here.
Common Causes of PUSH or PSH
- A function selected without Start being pressed within five seconds
- A keypad pressed and then left, with the range waiting for confirmation
- A Start key that is not registering, if pressing it changes nothing
🔧 One Safe Check You Can Try
Press Start. That is what the display is asking for, and the published behaviour says the range is holding a function you selected and waiting for confirmation. If you did not mean to select anything, wait - KitchenAid says the function cancels itself after a minute and the display returns to the time of day. If PUSH or PSH appears with nothing selected and pressing Start changes nothing, power the range down by switching off its circuit breakers for one minute, power it back up, watch it for one minute to be sure the code does not return, and verify the range operates.
⚠ Why You Shouldn't Go Further Than That
- In its ordinary form this is a prompt, and treating a prompt as a breakdown means paying for a visit to press a key.
- If Start genuinely does not register, the keypad or the control behind it is the question, and that sits behind a panel spanning the width of the range.
- KitchenAid publishes no fault meaning for PUSH or PSH on a range at all, so nothing beyond the prompt behaviour can be reasoned from it.
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.