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Posted on Apr 06, 2009

Keurig starts & stops without brewing coffee, just descaled

Machine simply starts brew cycle and stops without brewing much coffee; sometimes a little coffee does brew, however, it is miniscule. Descaled unit, with vinegar solution delivering full cup, but when coffee k-cup is placed in holder, very little coffee is delivered. Suggestions?

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  • Anonymous Mar 12, 2014

    Will not brew prime message on display on Keurig K Cup

  • Anonymous Mar 13, 2014

    keurig overflows coffee cup

  • Anonymous Mar 14, 2014

    I have descaled and cleaned exit needle and cup holder, no improvement

  • Anonymous Mar 15, 2014

    This is a keurig machine

  • Anonymous Mar 17, 2014

    Am in the process of descaling with white distilled vinegar but water will not flow after pushing brew button

  • Anonymous Mar 17, 2014

    STARTS BREWING RIGHT AWAY WITH COLD WATER GET HOT TOWARD END OF BREWING OVERALL COFFEE WARM

  • Anonymous Mar 18, 2014

    keurig 500 does not brew. After inserting a vue pack, display shows "Brewing" a few seconds then returns to initial display. Like its waiting for you to brew another cup.

  • Anonymous Mar 19, 2014

    Descaled my coffee brewer and it still has the descale printing on the screen. Makes only a half cup of coffee when I try to use it

  • Anonymous Mar 22, 2014

    Outlet is not the problem. Recently descaled machine, ran it through several cycles without k-cup and it was working well.

  • Anonymous Mar 23, 2014

    My keurig mini starts brewing very slowly 7 then blasts through at the end. This blows the foil top out on the k-cup. It's been descaled & the needles are not plugged.

  • Anonymous Mar 26, 2014

    Brewing light is on but doesn't brew.Cleared both needles , rinsed k-cup holder . Descale light comes on but can't descale because brewer won't brew.

  • Anonymous Mar 26, 2014

    how to change the seals ona brew unit

  • Anonymous Mar 26, 2014

    keurig plugged in, water added, coffee pod added, pushed button to start brewing process. Keurig made noise as if it were brewing, nothing in cup. tried to empty water and start over 3 times, still not working.

  • Anonymous Mar 28, 2014

    I only get apartial cup of coffee. I have also used white vinegar and plain water. I get a full cup when I use plain water.
    I thought this was a coffee maker?

  • Anonymous Mar 30, 2014

    My keurig begins the heating cycle but then won't brew at all or will only brew very little. I have descaled with white vineger...still not working and I only use purified water.

  • Anonymous Mar 31, 2014

    My keurig is leaking from bottom and it also is having problem brewing a full cup of coffee

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The pic is clogged with coffee or the air bladder is bad. Use the tool on the underside of the tray to clean out pic. If that doesn't work, the bladder will be bad.

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    Lori Stromberg Oct 28, 2013

    where is the bladder?

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