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title: "Burner clicks but will not light"
description: "Dacor burner clicks but will not light: in this climate the two ordinary causes are salt air on the igniter and a cap that went back slightly wrong after a…"
url: "https://dacormiami.support/symptoms/burner-will-not-light/"
date_modified: "2026-09-12"
Appliance type: "cooktop, range"
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# Dacor burner clicks but will not light

### What to do in the next ten minutes

Lift the cap and the head off the burner that will not light and check the ports are clear and the cap is seated flat on its locating pins. Look at whether the other burners light normally. If the hob was cleaned recently, let everything dry completely — water under a cap will stop ignition for hours. Do not keep clicking a burner that smells of gas.

### Why the deep clean is so often the trigger

Caps and heads come off, get washed, and go back a fraction out of position or still damp. The hob then behaves badly for a day or permanently, depending on which of the two it was. It is worth saying because it turns an alarming symptom into a five-minute correction that nobody needs to pay for.

### What the pro burners add

The sealed brass burners on the rangetops carry a system that relights them after a flame-out. A burner that goes out and comes back is that working. A burner that goes out and stays out, on a hob with that system, is a different problem from the same symptom on an ordinary cooktop.

The cap or head is seated wrong

Everything looks right and the spark is landing in the wrong place. It is the most common cause after a clean, it costs nothing to correct, and it accounts for a large share of these calls.

The igniter has failed or is wet

A cracked igniter body sparks to the wrong place and looks perfect. Moisture from cleaning does the same thing temporarily, which is why a day of drying is worth trying first.

The problem is common to the whole hob

Trouble that moves around the hob rather than staying at one position points at the earth, the switch bank or the gas supply rather than at any single burner.

Reseat the cap and head

Flat, on its pins, ports clear. Free, and frequently the whole answer.

Let it dry after cleaning

Twenty-four hours. A wet igniter is not a failed igniter.

Note whether it is one burner or several

One is local. Several is the supply, the earth or the switch bank.

Sparking at the burner and no flame

What it usually means

Most of these begin the week the hob was deep-cleaned

Salt air and humidity are what actually kill igniters here

One burner or all of them is the question that splits the diagnosis

What to do in the next ten minutes

Lift the cap and the head off the burner that will not light and check the ports are clear and the cap is seated flat on its locating pins. Look at whether the other burners light normally. If the hob was cleaned recently, let everything dry completely — water under a cap will stop ignition for hours. Do not keep clicking a burner that smells of gas.

Why the deep clean is so often the trigger

Caps and heads come off, get washed, and go back a fraction out of position or still damp. The hob then behaves badly for a day or permanently, depending on which of the two it was. It is worth saying because it turns an alarming symptom into a five-minute correction that nobody needs to pay for.

What the pro burners add

The sealed brass burners on the rangetops carry a system that relights them after a flame-out. A burner that goes out and comes back is that working. A burner that goes out and stays out, on a hob with that system, is a different problem from the same symptom on an ordinary cooktop.

### I can smell gas. What should I do?

Stop trying to light it, turn the knob fully off, open a window and give it a few minutes. If the smell persists with every knob off, leave the property and call the gas supplier before you call us.

### Can I light it with a match meanwhile?

On most of these burners yes, carefully, once the gas has cleared. It is a reasonable short-term measure and it also confirms the burner itself is fine and the ignition is not.

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