The short answer
FC E6 is a connectivity code, not a cooking fault: the table records it against the Wi-Fi Power Module and its wiring. The oven bakes, broils and cleans normally throughout. What has stopped is the link to the home network, and most of the causes sit outside the appliance.
Code table
Reference| code | meaning | owner-checkable |
|---|---|---|
| FC E6 | There may be a problem with the Wi-Fi Power Module, or the associated wiring. | yes |
| FC E5 | There may be a problem with the Wi-Fi Antenna, or the associated wiring. | see page |
| FC E7 | The appliance did not connect to your router. | see page |
What you observe
- The appliance shows as offline in the app — The oven itself is unaffected; only the remote view has gone.
- The connection drops and returns on its own — Intermittent loss points at signal strength rather than hardware.
- NEAR MISS — the oven will not heat — That is never a connectivity code; look up whatever code the panel shows for heating.
Likeliest causes first
- Signal strength at the appliance — First, and by a wide margin: an oven sits in a metal housing in the worst part of the kitchen for radio, and the module has to reach a router several rooms away.
- Router settings or a router that needs restarting — Second: a band the appliance cannot use, a guest network, a captive portal or simply a router that has stopped handing out addresses.
- The Wi-Fi Power Module in the appliance — Last: hardware is the least likely cause here, and it is only a fair suspicion once signal and router have been eliminated.
Check in this order
- Test the signal where the oven stands — Hold a phone against the appliance front and look at the bars. Weak there means weak for the oven.
- Restart the router, then the oven at the breaker — In that order. Most connectivity codes clear here and cost nothing.
- Re-run the pairing from the beginning — A half-finished setup leaves the appliance holding credentials that no longer work.
Owner-safe steps
- Restart the router and wait for it to settle — Give it a couple of minutes before asking the oven to join again.
About 10 min
- Cut the oven breaker for a minute, then retry pairing — Clears the stored connection state in the appliance.
About 10 min
- STOP HERE — the module is behind the control panel — Replacing it is a technician job and the last thing to try, not the first.
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 only when the signal at the appliance is strong, the router has been restarted, and pairing still fails — at that point the Wi-Fi Power Module or its wiring is a fair suspicion. Nothing here is urgent: the oven cooks perfectly well unconnected, and many owners leave it that way. Weigh the cost of the part against how much the remote features are actually worth to you.
Neighbouring codes — FC E5 and FC E7 appear beside FC E6 in the table and are recorded against different hardware — different questions with different answers. A shared prefix on this brand is not a shared fault.
What this page does not cover
Read this as the class-level answer. The meaning of FC E6 here is the one the shared Maytag oven table publishes, which applies to the model lines that use that table and to no others; a family- or model-specific page, where one exists, is linked below and outranks this one for your unit. Part numbers, wiring detail and torque figures belong on that page, not here.
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