Four flashes in a row: the coil temperature sensor is not working correctly.
Model compatibility: Viking reuses codes across series and model years, so 4 FLASHES may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.
Plain language
What this code means
Four consecutive flashes mean a coil temperature sensor malfunction.
Four consecutive flashes on an element LED mean coil temperature sensor malfunction in Viking’s induction manuals. The coil sits below the glass and produces the magnetic field that heats your pan.
A sensor for the coil, not the pan
Cookware may come to mind with a temperature code, but not here. The sensor in question is part of the induction coil assembly, and the manuals give the owner nothing to do about it.
Until it is serviced
Switch the element off while the glass cools.
Cook on a different element provided it does not flash.
Avoid restarting the element repeatedly as a test; for this count there is no reset in the manuals.
Leave the cooktop closed, because it is on mains power.
The six counts
Sensors account for two of the counts: the power device’s gets three flashes and the coil’s gets four. The rest are one (over temperature), two (device malfunction), five (high ambient temperature) and six (incompatible cookware). The final one is the only count a cook can influence, by swapping the pan on the glass.
Related
3 flashes: the temperature sensor of the power device.
6 flashes: the single pattern that different cookware may cure.
Viking induction repair in Los Angeles
Call (310) 692-1112 for Viking induction cooktop repair in Los Angeles and say which element flashed four times. The cooktop repair page has the details.
Important 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.
Seeing this code on your Viking appliance?
Book a specialist visit for a clear estimate and approval before any repair.
