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title: "Range igniter replacement"
description: "LG range igniter replacement — two different igniters live on a gas range and they are not the same job: the surface igniters that spark the cooktop burners…"
url: "https://lgmiami.support/services/range-igniter-replacement/"
date_modified: "2026-09-06"
Appliance type: "Cooktops, Ranges"
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# LG range igniter replacement

### A burner that clicks and clicks after a spill

It is the commonest version of this call and it is often free. A boil-over leaves moisture and salt around the igniter, the control keeps trying, and every burner on the range clicks together while none of them lights. Switch it all off, lift the grates and the caps, dry the area completely, and clear the slot in the burner cap with a straightened paper clip rather than anything abrasive. Give it an hour if it was properly wet. If one burner alone still refuses while the others behave, that igniter has aged out. Do not cook on it while it is clicking, because gas is coming out either way.

What this involves

Cleaning the caps and ports fixes more dead burners than parts do

An oven igniter that glows can still be too weak — it is measured

Moisture in the assembly is a real cause in this climate

Clean and reseat first

Burner caps square, ports clear, everything dry. Free, and often the whole answer.

Separate cooktop from oven

They are different parts with different access and different figures.

Measure the oven igniter draw

Glow is not evidence. Current is.

Replace and test through several cycles

Ignition failures are intermittent while a part is dying.

Leak-test what was disturbed

Every joint, documented.

### The oven takes several tries to light now.

That is the other igniter, and it is the one that ages predictably. It has to draw enough current to open the valve, and it weakens for months before it stops entirely, so a slow light is your warning.

### Can I clean an igniter with a wire brush?

Please do not. It is a ceramic element and it chips. A dry toothbrush and a paper clip are the right tools, and one that has been chipped has to be replaced.

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