Trouble-shooting the coffee maker – Sunbeam 32863281 User Manual

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TROUBLE-SHOOTING THE COFFEE MAKER

Potential Problems

Probable Cause:

ON LIGHT DOES NOT ILLUMINATE

• Unplugged
• Power outage
• Clock is not set

COFFEE IS NOT BREWING

• Unplugged
• Power outage
• Clock is not set
• The water reservoir is empty
• The filter basket door is not

properly closed

• Carafe lid not on carafe
• Carafe is not placed all the way

on the warming plate

COFFEE MAKER ONLY BREWS WATER

• No grounds in filter basket

COFFEE MAKER BREWS SLOWLY

• Coffee maker needs decalcifying

FILTER BASKET OVERFLOWS

• The filter basket door is not

properly closed

• Carafe is not placed all the way

on the warming plate

• Carafe lid not on carafe
• Too much grounds placed in filter
• Carafe was removed from warming plate

longer than 30 seconds

BURNING COFFEE SMELL

• Empty carafe was left on hot

warming plate

• Coffee was spilled on a warming plate

COFFEE IS NOT HOT

• Power outage
• 2-hour automatic shut off was activated

(some models only)

COFFEE TASTES BAD

• Coffee grounds other than for

automatic drip coffee maker were used

• Grounds-to-water ratio was unbalanced

GROUNDS ARE IN COFFEE

• Paper filter not properly seated

in swing basket

• Filter overflowed

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In Canada 1-800-66-SUNBEAM

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