--- title: "The range hood fan has stopped" description: "KitchenAid the range hood fan has stopped: the appliance nobody thinks about until it is silent." url: "https://kitchenaidmiami.support/symptoms/range-hood-fan-not-working/" date_modified: "2026-08-23" Appliance type: "Microwaves, Range hoods and vents" --- # KitchenAid the range hood fan has stopped ### The fastest diagnosis is which part still works Note exactly what still works — fan but no lights, lights but no fan, one speed and not the others — because on a hood that single sentence is most of the diagnosis. If yours is a microwave-hood combination, remember it is one appliance: a microwave that has failed takes the ventilation with it, and the repair is a microwave repair. ### Say what still works A hood is a small appliance with three or four independent things in it: a motor, a speed control, lights and — on some models — a lift. Telling us which of them are still alive narrows the visit before it starts. Fan without lights, lights without fan, and one speed of three are three genuinely different repairs. ### Noise is the warning you get Blower motors rarely stop without notice. They get louder, then rougher, then they stop, and that gives you months of warning if you know to listen for it. A hood that has become noticeably loud is worth booking while it still runs, because a motor caught early is a cleaner job than one that has seized. The switch or control panel Where grease and heat meet, which is the least kind environment in the kitchen for a switch. One speed missing usually points straight here. The blower motor Usually announced by noise for weeks or months before it stops. A hood that got loud and then went quiet has told you the whole story. Lights and their sockets And halogen fittings that have been given the wrong lamp, which fail quickly and sometimes take the socket with them. The lift mechanism, on a downdraft A retractable downdraft that will not rise is a mechanism problem rather than a ventilation one, and it is its own repair. The microwave, on a combination unit On a microwave-hood combination the ventilation is part of the microwave. A dead microwave is a dead hood, and it is repaired as a microwave. Try every speed and both lights Write down what works and what does not. It is the fastest narrowing available and it takes thirty seconds. Check the breaker Hoods and over-the-range microwaves are often on a circuit nobody thinks about, sometimes shared with a switch inside a cabinet that somebody turned off during a kitchen refit. Take the filters out and look inside They come out by hand. A blower packed with grease runs hot and loud, and it is worth knowing before anybody quotes a motor. Then book the visit Tell us the model — it is usually behind a filter — whether the lights still work, and whether the hood ducts outside or recirculates. Or the lights have What it usually means Nothing at all from the fan Only one speed works Lights out, fan fine The fastest diagnosis is which part still works Note exactly what still works — fan but no lights, lights but no fan, one speed and not the others — because on a hood that single sentence is most of the diagnosis. If yours is a microwave-hood combination, remember it is one appliance: a microwave that has failed takes the ventilation with it, and the repair is a microwave repair. Say what still works A hood is a small appliance with three or four independent things in it: a motor, a speed control, lights and — on some models — a lift. Telling us which of them are still alive narrows the visit before it starts. Fan without lights, lights without fan, and one speed of three are three genuinely different repairs. Noise is the warning you get Blower motors rarely stop without notice. They get louder, then rougher, then they stop, and that gives you months of warning if you know to listen for it. A hood that has become noticeably loud is worth booking while it still runs, because a motor caught early is a cleaner job than one that has seized. ### My hood is part of the microwave. Then it is a microwave repair, and that is worth knowing before you call anybody. The microwave-hood combination is one appliance doing two jobs, so a control or power problem takes out the cooking and the ventilation together. ### Only the high speed works. That points at the switch or the control rather than at the motor, since the motor is plainly capable of running. It is usually a contained repair and it is worth doing before the remaining speed goes too. ### The lights are out but the fan is fine. Then most of the appliance is proved good. Lamps, sockets and the light switch are what is left, and it is worth checking that any lamp fitted recently was the correct type — the wrong one fails fast and can damage the socket. --- **[Read full article: The range hood fan has stopped](https://kitchenaidmiami.support/symptoms/range-hood-fan-not-working/)**