Troubleshooting guide
Suburban range or cooktop gas odor
Use this when a Suburban range or cooktop area has smell gas or propane odor; Suburban range and cooktop guides say to avoid ignition sources, evacuate, shut off propane at the container or source when safe, call the gas supplier or fire department, and have the condition corrected by qualified service.
Use this atlas to identify likely meaning and prepare for service. Shut off power, LP gas, fuel, or water when a listed appliance condition involves flame, gas smell, exhaust, generator shutdown, high temperature, moving jacks/slides, refrigerant, 120 VAC, control boards, repeated ignition failure, or a persistent lockout. Call the appliance maker, RV dealer, or a qualified RV technician for repair.
Owner-safe checklist
- Do not try to light any appliance.
- Extinguish open flames, evacuate everyone, and avoid switches, phones, radios, the engine, and the generator.
- Shut off LP at the container or source only if it is safe from outside the odor area.
- Call the gas supplier or fire department and use qualified service before restoring gas.