Heating element shuts off after brewing cycle is done
Believe it or not, this frequently happens when there is calcium scale build-up in your coffeemaker's water line. The coffee make will make it through the brewing, but then shut off if it thinks the flow was too slow--which is nearly always due to built up calcium scale.
All you have to do is run a few pots of white vinegar through your coffeemaker to get all the scale out of the waterline; I'll usually mix half water, half white vinegar and run the brewing cycle (no coffee in it, obviously). You'll see the scale come out in your coffee filter. You can run the same pot of water-vinegar mix several times, and then run a couple of extra pots of *fresh water only* to rinse out the descaling vinegar mix from the water line.
Voila! your coffeepot will start working again just like it should.
Unplug the coffee maker for about half an hour, then plug it back in. That will reset the microcontroller inside the coffee maker. This will eliminate the early shutdown problem.
SOURCE: Cuisinart DCC-2000 12-Cup Coffee Maker shuts off after brewing
Turn the function knob to Auto Off
Hold down the hour button til you see the clock display blinking
you can then use the Hour and Minute buttons to program how long you want the coffee maker to stay on.
You can choose from 0 minutes (seems to be what you have it set on now) to 4 hours.
SOURCE: coffee brews and then immediately shuts off Cuisinart DCC-1200
To program the Variable Auto Off: 1. Turn the FUNCTION KNOB to the ?Auto Off? position. Press and hold the ?Hour? button for 2 seconds. The clock display will start blinking. 2. Program the coffeemaker to shut off from zero to four hours after brew cycle is finished by using the ?Hour? and ?Minute? push-buttons. (see ?To set the time?)
SOURCE: cuisinart Grind and Brew 10
Replacement time. a certain percentage of thse have this problem. There is a small, non-replaceable tube in the inside toward the bottom that has become melted/damaged.
SOURCE: Leaking cuisinart grind and brew
Our Cuisinart grind and brew was leaving a puddle under it after making a pot of coffee. I called Cuisinart this week and it turns out the handle of the carafe has to be lined up in the middle of the opening for the carafe. It will be under the word Cuisinart, in the middle.
We have now made several pots with NO residual puddle of water or coffee. It also seems to be making the pots quicker.
Before trying this I had run 2 pots of water with 1/2 cup white vinegar in it also. But it still puddled until we lined up the carafe as noted above.
SOURCE: Cuisinart coffee maker turns on but will not brew.
Well, you could try unplugging for an hour. Sometimes that helps, but these have been having a lot of problems (but don't ask their customer service that, they can't admit it but I'm pretty sure they all know it!). I would say call customer service anyway if it's under 3 years old (800-726-0190) after you've unplugged it and let them know what's going on (model and serial # are both located on the bottom of the unit, stamped in the black part). If it's under warranty they can offer you a replacement and from what I hear Cuisinart has been getting in new coffee on demand units (like the one you have) that have fixed the problems. They're on back order right now though, so there will be a wait. Other than that, I would say you don't have many options, unless the store is willing to take it back, because this one is pretty much a goner. Not the first time I've seen it. :(
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