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Your coffee maker has been carefully designed to give you many years of trouble-
free service. In the unlikely event that your new coffee maker does not operate
satisfactorily, please review the following potential problems and try the steps
recommended BEFORE you call or take it to an Authorized Oster
®
Service Center.
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION
The brew now “Colar Ahora” light
does not light up
•Theapplianceisunplugged.
•There’sapoweroutage.
•Plugunitin.
•Waitforpowertoberestored.
The coffee is not brewing •Theapplianceisunplugged.
•There’sapoweroutage.
•Notenoughwaterinwater
reservoir.
•Thelterbasketisnotproperly
inserted.
•Theglassdecanter/thermal
carafe is not placed all the way
on the warming plate/ platform.
•Plugunitin.
•Waitforpowertoberestored.
•Fillwaterreservoirabove
minimum level marking.
•Insertlterbasketcorrectly.
•Placeglassdecanter/thermal
carafe correctly on warming
plate/ platform.
The coffee maker only brews
water
•Therearenocoffeegroundsin
thelterbasket.
•Addthedesiredamountofcoffee
tothelter.
The coffee maker brews slowly •Thecoffeemakerneeds
cleaning.
•Cleancoffeemakerasdescribed
in “cleaning and maintaining”
section.
The filter basket overflows •Thelterbasketisnotproperly
inserted.
•Theglassdecanter/thermal
carafe is not placed all the way
on the warming plate/ platform.
•Toomanycoffeegroundswere
placeinthelter.
•Theglassdecanter/thermal
carafe was removed from the
warming plate/ platform for more
than 30 seconds.
•Insertlterbasketcorrectly.
•Placeglassdecanter/thermal
carafe correctly on warming
plate/ platform.
•Removelteranddiscard
ground.Ifusingpaperlter,
replace it. If using permanent
lter,rinseit.Beginbrewing
process again.
•Turnoffandunplugtheunit.
Allow it to cool. Wipe up spill
The coffee is not hot •Thereisapoweroutage. •Waitforpowertoberestored.
The coffee tastes bad •Coffeegroundsotherthanfor
an automatic drip coffee maker
was used.
•Thegroundcoffee-to-waterratio
was unbalanced.
•Thecoffeemakerneeds
cleaning.
•Usecoffeegrounds
recommended for automatic drip
coffee makers.
•Usecorrectgroundcoffee-to-
water ratio.
•Cleancoffeemakerasdescribed
in “Maintaining your coffee
maker” section.
The grounds are in the coffee •Thelterisnotproperlyseatedin
the basket.
•Theltercollapsed.
•Seatlterproperlydescribed
withinthelterbasket.
•Removelterandreplace.
The brew now “Colar Ahora” led is
ashingfast
•Glassdecanter/thermalcarafe
is not placed all the way on the
warming plate/ platform.
•Notenoughwaterinwater
reservoir.
•Placeglassdecanter/thermal
carafe correctly on warming
plate/ platform.
•Fillthewaterreservoirabove
minimum level marking.
TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR COFFEE MAKER