Miele hood — charcoal filter reminder
Miele's ventilation documentation describes a separate symbol for the charcoal filter used in recirculation mode, which lights up when that filter is due for replacement rather than washing.
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- Water filter and descaling service
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What Charcoal filter symbol lights up
actually means.
Miele's ventilation documentation describes a separate symbol for the charcoal filter used in recirculation mode, which lights up when that filter is due for replacement rather than washing.
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What to do when Charcoal filter symbol lights up shows on the home applianceKind of codeFilters
A filter has reached the end of its life or is clogged enough for the appliance to notice: a refrigerator water cartridge past its gallons or months, a hood's grease or charcoal filter loaded with residue, a dish-care filter packed with food, a washer inlet filter choked with grit. The fix is a clean or a new filter of the right part number, fitted with the appliance unplugged and the water closed where there is one, then the reminder reset.
Usually leads toWater filter and descaling service
Fresh filters in dispensers and ice makers, and scale cleared from steam ovens, ice makers and dish care machines.
Shows up asHood Fan Weak or Noisy: Grease Filters, Blower Wheel and Duct
A hood fan that is weak or noisy pulls little smoke or steam off the cooktop, roars, rattles or whistles, often after months of cooking without the filters being cleaned.
MakeMiele
Miele appliances tell you when they want care, from descaling prompts on steam ovens and coffee systems to filter reminders on the dishwasher and the dryer.
SourceMiele ventilation hood documentation
Confirmed in Miele's ventilation hood documentation for recirculation-mode installations.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Miele's own guidance for Charcoal filter symbol lights up on its home appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm the hood is running in recirculation rather than exhaust mode, since the charcoal filter only applies there.
Replace the charcoal filter with the part named for the specific model.
Reset the symbol using the control described in the manual once the new filter is fitted.
Still there?
It usually turns into water filter and descaling service. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
This symbol is not the same reminder as the grease-filter light, and a charcoal filter cannot be cleaned and reused the way the metal grease filter can; the manual calls for replacement, not washing.
What you may
notice with it.
The home appliance problems Charcoal filter symbol lights up tends to arrive with. Answer these at the home appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Charcoal filter symbol lights up usually leads
Water filter and descaling service.
Miele
home appliances.
Miele appliances tell you when they want care, from descaling prompts on steam ovens and coffee systems to filter reminders on the dishwasher and the dryer.
Miele home appliance maintenanceMore Miele codes
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Cold storage
Upkeep for everything in the house that keeps things cold: refrigerators, freezers, wine and beverage units and ice makers, cleaned and checked before they start struggling.
Cooking appliances
Upkeep for ovens, ranges, cooktops, hoods, microwaves, steam and speed ovens: burners and igniters cleaned, gas joints checked, grease filters and descaling done on time.
Dish care
Upkeep for dishwashers and disposers: filters rinsed, spray arms cleared, the door seal and drain loop checked, and hard-water scale kept off the parts that heat and spray.
In Miele's own words
The charcoal (recirculation) filters are due for replacement.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Confirmed in Miele's ventilation hood documentation for recirculation-mode installations.
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Questions
about Charcoal filter symbol lights up.
Can I clear Charcoal filter symbol lights up myself?
Do I need a charcoal filter if my hood vents outside?
How is the charcoal filter different from the grease filter?
What happens if the charcoal filter is left in too long?
Back to your everyday
Still showing Charcoal filter symbol lights up?
A booking goes further when it has the reminder or code as shown, the model number from the rating plate, and a word on when that filter, screen or tub was last cleaned. With those three, the office can pack the right filter or cleaner for your appliance.