Code overview
Content status: Verified
- Error code
- AF
- Appliance
- Dryer
Maytag AF code means restricted air flow, with the lint screen and vent checks from Maytag.
Model compatibility: Maytag reuses codes across series and model years, so AF may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.
What this code means
AF
Restricted Air Flow: clogged lint screen or vent.
Restricted air flow, code AF
Per Maytag, a clogged lint screen or vent is behind this display. A vent can also be crushed or kinked, or run through too many turns. Nothing stops: the dryer continues, and a touch on any key wipes the code and brings back the estimated time remaining.
Checklist
- Lint screen: clean it out.
- Dryer-to-wall vent run: look for crushing or kinks.
- Inside that run: no lint or debris should be present.
- Outside exhaust hood: also free of lint and debris.
- Overall layout: the run length and the number of elbows should fall within the recommendation for your type of vent; the Installation Instructions explain.
After that, pick Timed Dry with heat and restart. Should the message stay, the whole home venting run needs cleaning, so contact a venting specialist.
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Maytag dryer repair in our service areas
In the Miami, New York, Houston, Los Angeles and San Diego metro areas, call (844) 415-0954 if AF does not go away after the vent checks. See dryer repair and have the code and model number ready.
Source: AF – Error Code – Commercial Dryer – Product Help – Maytag Product Help
Safety warning
Do not attempt repairs involving electrical components, gas, water lines, refrigerant or sealed systems. Unplug the appliance if it is safe to reach the outlet, and leave internal diagnostics to a qualified technician.
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