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A built-in microwave in a kitchen cabinet stopped halfway through a cycle, a covered glass dish of vegetables inside behind the mesh window and a faint wisp of steam on the glass.

Dacor C-10: the slim microwave hood combination's gas sensor is open or shorted

The DMO30U970S uses a gas sensor to judge how food is cooking and to adjust time and power on its automatic settings.

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What C-10
actually means.

The DMO30U970S uses a gas sensor to judge how food is cooking and to adjust time and power on its automatic settings. C-10 is the information code Dacor gives when that sensor reads as either an open or a shorted circuit, so the control stops relying on it.

Dacor microwave display

What to do when C-10 shows on the microwave

Kind of codeSensors and temperature

The control has stopped trusting what one of its sensors reports: the cook or humidity sensor that ends a sensor reheat when steam rises, or a thermal cutout that trips when the cavity or the magnetron runs too hot. A cutout that opens stops the microwave mid-cycle and often recovers once it cools; one that keeps tripping, or a sensor program that shuts off at once every time, needs the sensor, its wiring or the airflow behind it checked.

Usually leads toMicrowave control board and touchpad repair

Tracing a dead display, keys that do not answer or a code that keeps returning to the keypad, the ribbon, the relays or the main board, and replacing only the part that failed.

Shows up asWhat a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You

A microwave error code may be a letter and a number on the display, a lock or demo word, a row of dashes, or a beep with a blinking clock, and it can show while the microwave still heats or block every key until it is cleared.

MakeDacor

Dacor microwave visits start with the story of the last cook: what was inside, how long it ran and what the door window showed.

SourceDacor DMO30U970S slim microwave hood combination user guide

Dacor DMO30U970SS 30-inch slim over-the-range microwave (Samsung-built, information code table in its user guide).

Before you book,
in this order.

Each step comes from Dacor's own guidance for C-10 on its microwaves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Unplug the microwave, or switch off its breaker if the plug sits inside the cabinet above.

02

Wait a minute, restore power and try a plain timed cook to see whether C-10 comes back.

03

If it does, leave the unit off and book a visit; the sensor sits inside the outer case, which only a technician should open.

Still there?

It usually turns into microwave control board and touchpad repair. Book with the code and the model number.

What not to do

C-10 does not mean the fan or the vent above the cooking surface has stopped. It is also not the touch-key codes C-F2 and C-d0, which concern the control panel.

What you may
notice with it.

The microwave problems C-10 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the microwave before anyone is booked.

All problems

Before you call

What a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You

All 7 causes, cheapest first

It also comes with

Close view of the control panel beside the side-hinged door with a mesh window of a built-in stainless microwave in a tall kitchen cabinet, a few abstract lit segments on its small display, the microwave cavity dark behind the closed mesh window. Problem

What a Microwave Error Code Is Telling You

7 causes, cheapest first

Where C-10 usually leads

Microwave control board and touchpad repair.

Control board, keypad membrane or display · moderate to highest.
Book a visit What the job involves

Dacor
microwaves.

Dacor microwave visits start with the story of the last cook: what was inside, how long it ran and what the door window showed.

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More Dacor codes

C-F0C-F1C-F2C-d0ERRORWELCOME PRESS CLEAR AND PRESS CLOCKLOCK ONDEMO ONERROR WEIGHT TOO SMALL

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Bertazzoni ERRORBosch ERRORCafé HOTFisher & Paykel A1Fulgor Milano ERRORGE Profile ERRJennAir E11KitchenAid F3H1
All 45 codes of this kind
A stainless microwave hood combination mounted under white shaker wall cabinets in a US kitchen, the microwave's side-hinged door closed with its dark mesh window, a plain glass bowl visible faintly on the glass turntable inside the microwave, the lamp on its underside glowing softly onto a cooking surface that is cropped and out of focus at the bottom edge. Dacor builds this

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The microwave that hangs from the wall cabinets above the burners, heating food in its cavity while its own fan, light and filters handle the steam and grease rising from the pans beneath it.

 A stainless built-in microwave set flush into a tall walnut cabinet at eye level in a US kitchen, a thin steel trim frame around the microwave, its door closed with a dark mesh window and a plain glass dish on the glass tray inside the microwave, soft daylight from the side. Dacor builds this

Built-in microwave

A microwave set into a tall cabinet or a wall of cabinetry at eye level, either a countertop body wrapped in a trim kit or a true built-in model, including speed and convection microwaves that brown as well as heat.

 A stainless microwave drawer built into a light oak kitchen island under a marble counter in a US home, the microwave drawer slid fully open toward the camera to show its flat interior with a plain covered glass casserole dish inside, the control strip along the top edge of the microwave blank or showing plain digits only. Dacor builds this

Microwave drawer

A microwave built under a counter or into a kitchen island that opens like a drawer at the touch of a key, with a motor and gears sliding its cavity out toward you.

In Dacor's own words

The GAS sensor is open.
Dacor DMO30U970S slim microwave hood combination user guide Dacor DMO30U970S slim microwave hood combination user guide

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Dacor DMO30U970SS 30-inch slim over-the-range microwave (Samsung-built, information code table in its user guide).

Dacor C-10 microwave repair,
where we come out.

The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.

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Questions
about C-10.

Can I clear C-10 myself?
Unplug the microwave, or switch off its breaker if the plug sits inside the cabinet above. If it comes back, it needs a visit.
Can I still heat food on my Dacor slim microwave hood combination with C-10?
Dacor's action for C-10 is to unplug the oven and have it serviced, not to keep cooking. Treat it as out of use until the sensor is checked.
Where is the gas sensor on the Dacor DMO30U970S?
Inside the outer case, in the air path from the cavity. Reaching it means taking the unit apart near high-voltage parts, so it is a technician's job.
Why did C-10 show up after a steamy dish on my Dacor slim microwave?
Steam is what the sensor reads, so it is often the moment the problem is noticed. A working sensor handles steam; a code that returns afterwards points to the part or its wiring.

Back to your everyday

Still showing C-10?

Three details make the booking useful: the characters or beeps just as they appeared, every character of the model number, and whether a cup of water still warms up. With those, the technician arrives already halfway to the answer.

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