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title: "Induction cooktop repair"
description: "Kenmore induction cooktop repair: an induction top that shuts down mid-cook, refuses a pan, or has lost a zone."
url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/services/induction-cooktop-repair/"
date_modified: "2026-09-01"
Appliance type: "Cooktops"
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# Kenmore induction cooktop repair

### About induction repairs and thermal shutdowns

Three things make this the most expensive cooking job here, and none of them is the part. The electronics live under a glass surface that has to come up carefully, the unit generally has to come out of a counter it was sealed into, and the commonest complaint — works for a while, then stops — cannot be diagnosed without reproducing it under load. That takes time. The cause is more often cooling or installation than electronics: an induction cooktop is a power electronics assembly with a fan, and it depends on being able to breathe.

On this site the job covers cooktops wearing the Kenmore badge, across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. Tell us the three digits before the period on the rating plate when you book: they name the company that actually built the appliance, and on this badge that is where the diagnosis starts.

What this involves

Ventilation checked before any board

Pan compatibility is a real answer, not a brush-off

One dead zone points at that zone's coil or driver

Ventilation and the cooling fan

Audible, unobstructed, and with somewhere for the warm air to go. An enclosed installation in a warm kitchen is the commonest cause of a shutdown.

Pan and detection

Some pans are simply not compatible and some are too small for the zone. It is worth ruling out before anybody opens the appliance.

Which zones are affected

One zone points at its coil or its driver. All zones points at the power supply or the main board.

Test the power stage

Supply, driver and the temperature protection. This is the part of the job that needs the cooktop out.

Cook on it before we leave

A long hold at high power on the affected zone, because a thermal shutdown will not reproduce in five minutes.

### It works and then shuts off after a while.

Classic thermal protection. Blocked intakes, a failed fan or an installation with no clearance produce exactly that, and correcting it is cheaper and more durable than replacing a board.

### A zone does not recognize my pan.

Try a different pan and a magnet before anything else. Non-ferrous or warped cookware accounts for a real share of these calls with nothing wrong with the appliance.

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