20 Most Recent Mr. Coffee 072179228578 12 Cup Coffee Maker - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Is the coffee urn heating plate getting hot? If it is then I would focus on the actual heating element, I think that is your problem and one that is not easily serviceable.

No in the BVMC-PSTX90 or 95 series.
If this is your model, Is a good coffee maker.
If you are NOT drinking your fresh brewed coffee withing 25 min. YOU DON'T WANT a warmer/burner.
And the reason why, IT BURNS the coffee. You don't have this problem with the "thermal Carafe".

Find your manual and follow cleaning procedures.

It is likely that it is clogged up with scale. If you live in an area with hard water, especially well water, the calcium in the water is left behind when the water steams away. Take about a quart of regular vinegar and pour it into the tank you normally pour the water. Let it stand about 30 minutes and then run a regular cycle as if you are making coffee except without the coffee grinds in the brew basket. Keep pouring fresh water through it until you not longer smell vinegar coming out. It will put it back into normal running condition.

Ours (FTX41) did this, made a pot of coffee in the morning just fine then a few hours later we went to make another and the water just poured out the bottom. I took out the 6 screws (4 philips and 2 torx under the rubber feet). When I took off the bottom one of the hoses to the heating element had come off. I put it back on and everything worked fine. It took about 15 min. to fix and put back together. Poor design on the hose connection, no clamps of any kind.

We have the same coffee maker,but almost most are similar in parts and function except for some additional twinkies.My question is does it warms up?if not you have a fusible link problem.Leaving the unit on for awhile usually overloads the heater causing the capsule like fuse to break.If you like to do the replacement yourself yo can buy the parts at a local hardware or electrical store.It looks like this

http://www.mrcoffee.com/InstructionManuals.aspx

If you have an ohmmeter take the bottom of the unit off and check the thermal fuse for continuity that is the most common failure. It's located inside an insulated tube and clamped to the side of the heating element. If that is ok another clamp secures the thermostatic switch usually a porcelain body. When cold it should be closed or show zero resistance. The thermal fuses are available at Radio Shack but replacing it requires it's leads to be welded because solder melts at 350 deg F.
I have replaced them successfully by using crimp connectors available in the electrical dept. of your nearest auto supply. Hope that helps.

should be able to pour water and vinigar in and go through the settings and find the clean setting

If it turns on and nothing is happening it may be that the burner for the water is has gone out. At that point its cheaper getting another coffee maker then fixing it. They all come with a one year warranty you can probably send it back to Manufacturer and get it replaced.

take that ****** back to walmart and get a new one

Most of the time the coffee maker just needs cleaning with some Vingar sulution run though it.Do this about every 6 mouths.what happens specially with hard water it cluggs line up.So go to store buy small or big bottle of Vingar put about 1 cup in and half cup water aloud it to go though cycle's.Then or you may put two cups of vingar and two cups of water depend on how clugg it is.Then after done fill water despenser up to run Full pot like 12 cups,but donot over fill.that cleans it from the Vingar taste.You may want to do this twice.Hope this help,thanks for your question it was a good one.

I found that unplugging for a minute or two, the light goes off, then I pushed the select button until the red light comes on solid, not blinking and will proceed through the cleaning process ( have the cleaning solution or vinegar in the reservoir). The red light will then go off once the cleaning process is over. Hope this helps.

JUST UNPLUG THE COFFEE MAKER FOR A MINUTE THEN PLUG BACK IN AFTER YOU CLEAN IT OUT LIGHT WAS GONE

for maual go to-kitchen.manualsonline.com

There may be grounds stuck in the spring loaded gadget next to the pot's pour spout - Remove all interior parts and rinse under water.