The short answer
The reading F58 on this cooktop names the control board. The documented wording sits in the table below; the ranking beneath it is what decides where to start. Keep using it while cycles finish; stop the moment one is interrupted or anything smells hot.
The documented code and its meaning
Reference| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| F58 | There may be a problem with the Cooktop Power Control Board, or the associated wiring. |
What you actually observe
- Settings are accepted but nothing follows them — The panel takes the input and the machine does not act on it.
- The code followed work on the appliance or a house circuit — Recent disturbance is the most under-reported clue in this family.
- A function stops working while the rest of the cooktop carries on — Controls fail by function, not all at once, so one dead setting and a working panel is the usual picture.
- NEAR MISS — nothing lights up at all — A completely dead panel is a supply question rather than a control fault, and it belongs on a different page.
Causes, most likely first on this cooktop
- A connector that has worked loose on the board — Vibration and repeated heat cycling walk a plug out of its header over years; the control sees the signal vanish long before the connector is visibly loose.
- A cracked joint or a scorched relay pad on the board — Boards fail at their heaviest joints first, so the fault often follows a particular function rather than killing the whole control.
- Chafed or pinched harness insulation between the board and the part it drives — Abrasion against a bracket or a fold in the metalwork thins the insulation over months, which is why the fault is occasional before it is permanent.
- A supply disturbance that left the logic in a stuck state — A brown-out or a spike can leave the logic parked in a state it has no exit from, and only a complete loss of supply gets it out.
Check in this order, and why
- Power the unit down completely and bring it back up — It is free, and it separates a stuck state from a genuine hardware fault in one step.
- Note whether the code returns at once or only under load — Immediate return versus return under load is the cleanest split available without instruments.
- Have the harness between the board and the affected part inspected end to end — The harness is cheaper than the board and fails more often, so it is examined first end to end.
- Keep the board itself as the last item on the list — It is the most expensive item in the chain and the least likely single cause, so it is the wrong place to start buying parts.
What an owner can safely check
- Kill the breaker for a full minute, then restore it — A hard power-down is not the same as pressing cancel: it drops the standby rail as well, which is what clears a latched state.
About 3 min
- Note exactly when the code appears in the cycle — A note of the setting and how far the cycle reached saves a whole diagnostic visit.
Tools: pen and paperAbout 5 min
- Look for spill or cleaner tracking across the control area — Cleaner or spill tracking across a board imitates a dead component convincingly, so look before assuming.
Tools: flashlightAbout 5 min
Before anything is opened
Safety
Power off before panels off. Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel; a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. There is usually no cord to unplug on a cooktop, which makes the breaker the only way to isolate it. Residual heat in the glass outlasts the display by a long way. Leave the interlocking switches wired as they came. They exist to remove power at the moment it has to go.
When this stops being an owner job
A technician is the right next step once the power-down has been tried and the code comes straight back. Everything past that point needs the panels off, and nothing under the glass can be reached until the unit is lifted out of its cutout. A burning smell, scorching around the controls or a breaker tripping at start-up all change the answer to now, whatever else this page says.
Nearest error-code pages
What this page does not cover
What is written here about F58 comes from the code set shared across Maytag cooktop model lines on one control platform. What it is not: a reading for an older control generation that shows the same characters for something else, and not a source for wiring colours, pin numbers, torque values or part numbers. Those differ family by family. A family or model page, where one exists, is the more specific answer and should be followed instead; the index linked below is where they are collected.
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