The short answer
F6 E7 is the control reporting that it could not carry out what it was asked to do, with the Microwave Appliance Manager and its wiring named. Unlike a sensing code, this one is about the board that switches things rather than the thing being switched. Power the appliance down and see whether it returns: a code that stands after a reset is a service call.
Code table
Reference| code | meaning | owner-checkable |
|---|---|---|
| F6 E7 | There may be a problem with the Microwave Appliance Manager, or the associated wiring. | no |
| F6 E6 | There may be a problem with the Upper Oven Appliance Manager Control or the associated wiring. | see page |
| F6 E8 | There may be a problem with the Microwave Appliance Manger Control or the associated wiring. | see page |
What you observe
- A function starts, then aborts — The selection is accepted and then dropped mid-step.
- Relays click repeatedly, or not at all — Either extreme points at the switching stage, not the load.
- NEAR MISS — the panel is dead and unlit — A blank panel is a supply question and belongs on another page.
Likeliest causes first
- A genuine fault on the Microwave Appliance Manager — First, because this code names the board rather than something it reads: relay contacts and their drivers carry load, and load is what wears them.
- The harness between the boards — Second: the appliance manager talks to the interface and the relay stage through connectors, and a dirty one imitates a board fault exactly.
- A supply disturbance that latched a state — Last, but it is why the power cycle comes first — a brownout mid-cycle leaves a control reporting a fault it no longer has.
Check in this order
- Cut the breaker, then retry the same function — Free, and it splits the three causes at once: a code that stays away was a state.
- Note exactly which function fails — Bake, broil, clean and convection use different outputs of the appliance manager.
- Leave the board itself to a meter — Boards are judged by output with the load on and off; a scorched-looking board is not always the failed one.
Owner-safe steps
- Record the code, then cut power at the breaker for a minute — The one diagnostic an owner can run on a control fault, and its result is genuinely informative.
About 5 min
- Try each cooking function once afterwards — One failing function means one output stage; all of them means the shared control.
About 20 min
- STOP HERE — board work is behind the panel on live-adjacent circuits — Nothing beyond the reset and that observation is an owner job here.
Safety first
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel — a capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. An oven carries a heavy element circuit behind the rear panel, and the cavity stays dangerous long after the heat is off. Leave the door lock and its switch wired exactly as they are.
When to call
Call as soon as the code survives a power cycle. A appliance manager is among the dearest parts in the appliance, which is exactly why nobody should fit one on the strength of a code: the job is to prove the board rather than the harness or the load before it is ordered. Ask for the failed output to be named — a board changed without that is a board changed on a guess.
Neighbouring codes — F6 E6 and F6 E8 sit beside F6 E7 and name overlapping hardware, so most checks here carry across. Read the two meanings side by side: where they differ in the part named, the order of the checks changes with them.
What this page does not cover
Generalized information: this reads F6 E7 as the shared Maytag oven table records it, so it covers the model lines using that table and no others. Where a page exists for your family or model line, that one is the more specific answer — start there if your model is named.
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