How to Reset a Maytag Refrigerator

Written By
Chad Buleen
Chad Buleen
Published: Jul 11, 2010
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read
  1. Find the "Filter" button on the front panel of the refrigerator.

  2. Press the button.

  3. Hold the button for three seconds. The status light will change from "REPLACE" to "GOOD."

  4. Release the button.

The Drip Cap

  • After replacing the water filter on a Maytag refrigerator, you need to reset the refrigerator so that the water filter status light no longer says "REPLACE."
Chad Buleen

Chad Buleen is a Society of Professional Journalists-award-winning newspaper journalist and magazine editor with more than 10 years experience. He is a senior magazine editor at an international children's publication. Buleen holds a…

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