The answer first
When a gas range stops heating, the question is whether gas is arriving and whether anything is igniting it. Those two questions split the causes cleanly and neither of them requires a tool to start on. Fewer components means fewer failure modes, and the ones that do occur are the cheap wear items rather than anything sealed. Start at the cheapest check and work down.
What you observe
- A burner clicks repeatedly and never lights — Ignition is trying and either no gas is arriving or the spark is not reaching it.
- A burner lights and goes out when the knob is released — Flame supervision is not seeing the flame it is supposed to hold open for.
- A yellow, lazy or uneven flame — Air and gas are not mixing correctly, usually because a port or a burner head is fouled.
- NEAR MISS: nothing on the appliance works at all, including the clock — That is an electrical supply fault rather than a gas fault.
Causes, most likely first
- Burner ports or cap fouled by spillage — Most likely here. It leads because spillage into burner ports is the most frequent single reason a gas burner stops lighting cleanly. The most common cause of a burner that lights poorly or unevenly, and the one an owner can safely correct.
- Spark electrode wet, dirty or cracked — Next most likely. A wet electrode after a spill or a wash clicks endlessly without lighting anything, and often dries out on its own.
- Burner cap misaligned after cleaning — Third in the order. A cap sitting a fraction out of position stops the flame crossing the ports and is the classic after-cleaning fault.
- Flame supervision device not holding — Then this one. The sensor that proves a flame is present. When it fails the burner lights and goes out the moment the knob is released.
- Body: The order below is what makes this page worth reading. It is a ranking rather than a measurement, and it carries no numbers because no fact bundle supports any.
Where to start, and what comes next
- Check whether other gas appliances in the house work — It separates a supply problem from an appliance problem in one step.
- Check whether the fault affects one burner or all of them — One burner is hardware; all of them is supply, regulation or ignition power.
- Look at the burner cap and ports on the affected burner — Misalignment and blockage are visible and correctable.
- Body: The order below covers only what can be done safely without touching a gas connection. Anything beyond cleaning and reassembly is a gas-qualified job.
Owner-side checks, step by step
- Turn the burners off and let everything cool completely — Nothing on this list is done on a warm range.
- Lift off the burner cap and head and wash them — Clear every port with a soft brush, dry them completely and refit squarely.
Tools: soft brush, cloth
- Dry the spark electrode and the area around it — A wet electrode clicks without lighting and frequently recovers once dry.
Tools: cloth
- STOP at anything involving a gas connection, a valve or a regulator — Gas work is qualified work everywhere and there is no owner-side version of it.
Safety, before anything else
Safety
If you smell gas, do not switch anything on or off, leave the building, and call the gas utility or the emergency number from outside; do not look for the leak yourself. Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel, and never attempt to adjust, disconnect or repair a gas connection, valve or regulator: that is qualified work in every jurisdiction.
When to stop and call
Call a qualified engineer for anything involving a valve, a regulator, a supervision device or a connection, and for an oven that preheats slowly or not at all. Call immediately, from outside the building, if you smell gas. A fault that repeats at the same point in a cycle has already named its own circuit.
Nearest pages of this class
What is deliberately not here
This page is written for the appliance class rather than for one Brama family or model line. Where a family- or model-specific page exists for your unit it is the more specific answer and should be preferred over this one; the brand and appliance hub linked below routes to everything more specific that exists today.
Links: - [Common BRAMA Gas Stove Problems](/blog/brama-gas-stove-problems)
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