Why is my stove touchpad pressing buttons by itself?
Stove touchpads can malfunction and activate buttons randomly due to internal glitches, or in some cases, because pets like cats are triggering the touch screen with their paws. This unexpected behavior causes the oven to beep, turn on, or stop mid-use, forcing owners to keep the appliance unplugged when not in use.
What people tried
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Why is my stove touchpad pressing buttons by itself?
- 1Keeping the oven unplugged when not in useDid this help you?
- 2Cleaning dust out from behind the touchpadDid this help you?
- 3Leaving the pad disconnected and testing the unitDid this help you?
- 4Enabling the child lock featureDid this help you?
- 5Placing a silicone tray or mat over the touchscreenDid this help you?
- 6Covering the area with tin foilDid this help you?
- 7Using a glass stovetop protector or coverDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“This orange boy Banana Bread likes to climb places he shouldn't be. We just moved and have this fancy new stove that has a touch screen ...problem is it registers his little toe beans!”source ↗
“For those saying I should try the child lock, I have and he can swipe up the lock apparently!”source ↗
“The touchpad started working by itself a few months ago, since then I have to keep my oven unplugged all the time.”source ↗
“It is activating buttons randomly, I hear the beeps when it does, no real rhythm to it.”source ↗
“Even if I try to use the oven under supervision, it will stop it in a few seconds because of this glitch.”source ↗
“I really can't afford another oven right now 🥲🥲”source ↗
Where this came up
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