Ninja Coffee Bar CF086 Troubleshooting

I have the same issue mine is only two months old

Having same issue with mine. Drips about shoot glass worth of coffee and stops.

Anyone have any suggestions??

I have run the cleaning cycle 3 times with vinegar and water, but still the light is on. I have previously used descaler, but the same problem occurred. There is also a long solid beep at the end of a regular coffee cycle (just since the light went on). I only use bottled water.

Brew basket keeps overflowing, even if I only run water through. I’ve cleaned the coffee pot more than once to no avail. It’s obviously not an issue with too much coffee or finely ground coffee if it continues to overflow with no coffee in the filter. I haven’t even had it 6 months!

Brew basket keeps overflowing, even with no coffee in the filter. Have cleaned the machine multiple times, both with vinegar and water and a rescaled, to no avail. Too much coffee or too finely ground coffee obviously isn’t the issue since it overflows without coffee added. I only use bottled water, so that isn’t the problem, either. Haven’t had the machine 6 months and can’t get a single cup of coffee!

Thanks Cindy P for your solution on December 3rd. Moving the thin plastic flap over finally gave me a full coffee pot of water. I’ve had this for about a year and was getting ready to get rid of it. Have not used it in a long time just got tired of inviting family and friends for coffee and got only an half a pot of water. It was collecting dust. Thought I tried researching and finally came across your solution. Ninja customer service service had no solutions. Again, thanks.

Got this 2 days ago, did the clean cycle x 2 before use, but it only went 1/2 carafe both times, even when the setting was full. I thought maybe that was normal for clean. But first full pot I brewed kept stopping after a couple of minutes and I had to keep pushing the button to restart. I came to this forum, and noticed the frequent advice to clean again. I did a total of 3 cycles, brewed normally, a complete carafe as expected. I highly suggest doing this often, doesn't hurt it any, and cleans your coffee maker, I love the coffee from this Ninja, by the way!!

I just got this coffee maker for Christmas, and I can brew a pot of coffee no problem, but when it comes to the travel mug or cup option, I get a few drops and then it stops! I have to hit the brew button twice every single time. I’ve tried everything including pressing on the little plastic bubble but nothing seems to fix it, i’m ready to throw it in the trash!! Anyone have a suggestion to fix this? Thanks!

Brittany

Never finished dripping what’s in the basket. Have to swirl around the grinds to get rest of coffee out. Help!

Hi,

I have had my ninja coffee maker for almost 2 years now. I started having problems about 2 months ago with it needed to be cleaned every few days! We have well water so thought that was the problem…my husband bought Third Wave Water mineral supplement & we added that to a gallon of distilled water. We use that exclusively for the coffee. Works great…no cleaning light coming on every few days…and the coffee tastes better!

Now, however, just noticed this week that when I set the coffee for the travel size it seems to take forever to brew and it is not filling up to the amount it used to. I looked in the basket , but don’t see a plastic flap as Cindy stated.

Is anyone else having this problem? I like this machine because of the ease of making just one cup, or a full pot when the whole family is over!

Thanks for any help!

Nancy

Machine shuts off after about 30 seconds

We had our Ninja coffee bar 3 days. It worked fine for three days but then when put on half carafe brew it would only brew for a few minutes and then stop. I have to restart it (press classic brew “on” again) to get it to finish the brew. Based on numerous other similar comments it seems like this is a product defect which needs to be addressed by Ninja.

Good thought but this didn’t work for me. Still shuts off every 30 seconds very aggravating..

We have cleaned or Ninja the Cleaning light comes on every day we have not use vinegar though is vinegar needed to be used as that’s why it keeps coming on

i have timer, power, have tried every fix on every site my issue seems to be different it just wont pass any water through at all just nothing happens. if i do clean nothing happens do get the beep after 15 mins but no water has passed and have found no fix for this at all

The only way it will brew coffee is with the over ice button

I have cleaned it time and time again. The cleaning cycle works great. Unfortunately no other button except clean works. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Mine stopped working yesterday at 2 years old. Can’t delay brew or regular brew. Called them and they hid behind the fact that there is only a one year warranty. Obviously someth8ng went wrong inside the chamber because I can’t even set the clock. But they washed their hands of me. Their service stinks and I’ll go back to cuisinart brewers. Shoddy customer service will keep my family and friends away for good.

Thanks Cindy for brainstorming, I'll remember your trick. I was having same problem. When I attached the reservoir filled with water/vinegar solution for yet another clean (it was clean) a large air bubble came up. Works like a charm now.

Push on button but nothing happens

My Ninja started not brewing full traveller cups, and then when I tried to clean it, it would shut off after about 45 seconds. I read the advice here and it seems the issue was air caught in line. As recommended by a few posters here, I figured it out by holding down the spring mechanism at the bottom of the carafe (while filled with water) for about 8 seconds, then holding down the corresponding spring mechanism where the carafe connects to the machine. Voila! It ran a full clean cycle and I’m now getting full cups of coffee again. I hope this helps at least some of you.

Coffee brewing stops mid cycle? My brother’s girl was making a travel mug for work each morning and using “drip stop”… leaving water in reservoir and in filter. This causes air/water bubbles in internal hoses. To fix just dump reservoir completely and make sure that the little flapper in tank is in good shape and also press and release the spring loaded bottom valve making sure it works to full extension. Next unplug machine and only when fully cooled down turn it upside down(without the reservoir)…press the black trigger where the reservoir normally rests allowing any water caught in machine to drain into your sink. This will get rid of air bubbles in the vacuum lines. I then ran test pots and travel mugs by making sure only to fill reservoir with exact amount of water needed(reset dial from cup to pot or other…each use). Reservoir must empty! I don’t drink coffee and did this for my Mom. Best wishes and Happy Brewing!!

Mike

my Ninja takes forever to brew a cup. I have cleaned it very well and nothing. I am returning it to Bb&B and when the new model CP301 comes out I will get that one. I can’t believe how long the coffee takes to drip out of the filter even after the cycle has finished the basket still has coffee in it that has not steeped through the filter. The filter is clean and still doing the same thing.

My alarm is going off, and it won't let me do anything. I've taken all of the components apart and put them back together; everything is aligned properly and the drio stop is open. The reservoir is full and the brew basket is seated. None of the buttons work, no matter what setting I select - not even “clean.”

Whenever I try to make a brew of coffee, the machine will run for about 10-15 seconds, brewing coffee and then it will stop itself, failing to finish brewing any selected cup size. I wanted to see if maybe this was because the machine needed cleaning, but after trying to run a cleaning cycle, I discovered it will shut itself off within 10-15 seconds as well. By shut off, I mean that it will beep and stop filtering water as if a brew is complete. I’m not sure how to fix this.

The light for the drip lock will not go off, thus not allowing any coffee to be made. I tried cleaning and replacing the brew basket, and making sure the the drip lock was off. I ran out of ideas to correct the problem.

They lights light up the clean button stays on and nothing working I've went through all the problems you've listed it beeps when you push any button but that's it

When my very expensive Keurig did the same thing…( kept shutting off before the Brew was done)…I googled the problem and only one man had the solution and as silly as it sounded...IT WORKED.

So, now my Ninja is doing the same thing and I've read and done all suggestions on this site to no avail.

I decided to try this mans fix for the Keurig on my Ninja and low and behold…IT WORKED.

Simply, unplug the machine and turn it over in your sink, so the top of the machine is resting in the sink. Wait a few minutes , turn it right side up, plug it in and see what happens. Mine is working fine …!

You may want to do this if none of the other suggestions worked. I have NO IDEA what this does to make it work again, but he was so right.

Ours won't make a full pot, we fill it up too the full line after brewing it leaves a full cup in the water tank. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks Charles and Bonnie.

Ran a clean cycle 2 days ago. Twice cause the light came right back on. Today it started only brewing a half a cup of coffee then giving the something is wrong beeps before shutting off when I tried to brew a classic cup. Shut if off, unplugged for 2 hours still did same thing. Ran a clean cycle again of just water and it still did it. Thought what the !&&* and tried a rich brew worked fine. Ok. Tried the classic brew again this time it worked but clean light came on again. Why???? Coffee isn't exactly cheap and neither is vinegar if you have to use a bottle every day to clean a coffee pot. I've only had the thing a year. About to go back to a Keurig.

Easy fix to my coffee bar, like others my coffee bar would shut off during brewing after about 10 seconds. After checking everything twice and calling Ninja I came up with something easy and simple and it worked great. After coffee maker is cool simply take off the water reservoir and you’ll see a one way valve at the bottom where water reservoir sits. place your mouth over the opening and blow into the value. Water will now be coming out of the basket, give another blow to clear any left over water and place full water reservoir back on coffee bar and turn on. I think my solution is clearing out an air bubble. Worked for me and took 5 mins. Thanks Paul from Portland

Mine is doing the same thing

I love that my coffee bar makes espresso coffee but it never comes out hot and I have to microwave it every time. It is only luke warm. Anyone else have this problem?

We had the same problem when the machine cut off after only a few seconds. We tried the fix of pressing both the spring loaded valve on the bottom of the reservoir tank together with doing the same on the top of the machine, pressing and holding the black valve on top of the machine where the reservoir sits. All to no avail.

Comments here mention an air lock so we separated the tank from the machine, gently shaking out the water from each part part over the sink until all the water was drained. It worked.

So our theory is that the problem is caused by an air lock which can be cleared by draining all surplus/standing water from the complete unit. Hopefully this will clear the air lock as well?

Good luck.

Our new Ninja will fill carafe when I run just water through the machine OR a coarser grind coffee. When I run a fine grind coffee I may get a half to 2/3 carafe. Just tried it again with some coarse decaf and it worked fine…..full carafe. My theory is that there is a build up in the grind basket, vapor or liquid, with fine grind vs coarse grind that flows more quickly thru the basket to the carafe. I’m no engineer all I know is my theory seems to work. Not good news for the fine ground coffee fans. My wife and I prefer the medium ground coffees so no problem for us. Any other experiences of this nature out there?

Starts beeping 5 times almost immediately after pressing classic brew. I have to press the button several times to get a full cup of coffee each time I press brew it beeps 5 times almost immediately. ???????????

After making cold coffee…over ice my machine wont stop beeping continuously for hours. I moved the carafe and a few mins later it stops beeping. Anyone know what this means? I'm stumped.

Cindy L. I depressed the plunger on the machine underneath the reservoir and cleaned it with a paper towel. Some water came out of that port with a little bit of scale in it and now it's working fine again. Thank you so much for pointing me in the right direction!!!

The beeping 5 times and stopping seems to be completely related to the coffee maker not getting enough water. In order to fix mine I removed a little rubber piece inside the water reservoir (Cindy’s discovery) and I also added a piece of plastic I found lying around between the two springs where the water reservoir and the coffee maker connect in order to allow more water into the coffee maker. The visible difference I noticed is that the reservoir now has air bubbles rising to the top when the machine is successfully drawing more water. Went from not even a shot glass to now a full brew.

My drip stop is illuminated even went drip is on and brew would not start even if I realign the basket and turn on and off the coffee bar

What could be the problem

I need help my coffee pot won’t make any coffee the clean light is on please email me directions to fix

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Is there anyway to get the temperature of the coffee hotter when brewing?

The cup setting doesn’t seem to be working. The ninja just brews the amount of water I have in the reservoir. It doesn’t matter what size setting I have it on.

I had a Keurig and 2 ninjas. All three were problematic and not cheap…same as I see here in the discussion. I finally remembered what a good coffee maker was, the coffee is beyond excellent and the specialty coffees actually taste like what they are supposed to be. It's hot as you want it, makes whatever size you want and the whole house smells deliriously delish! You only have the filter and pot to clean but you have to wait maybe 8 minutes for the best coffee you've ever had…that's because it doesn't put half hot water through the coffee grounds in a minute. Really how can that make a great cup of coffee? It takes a little time and the boiling water must percolate through the grounds , over and over to get the full bodied flavor. Yep, I'm talking good old fashioned PERCOLATOR! Do yourself a favor and get one. You'll be flabbergasted at how good it is.

Load it up at night, same as ninjas…when you get up, turn the stove on under it and do what you have to do, listen for the 'perking' and ENJOY!!!

Mine has the exact issue?

I tried the clean cycle but even taht stops and beeps. Didn’t work after several attempts to get all the solution through. Tried to remove any bibles or other blockage from the water intake valve. Nothing. Oddly, what worked, was rotating the reservoir about 180 degrees and then screwing it on.

When I close the drip stop on my coffee machine coffee will still come out. The drip stop stopped working on my ninja.

Drip Stop light on and will not shut off to allow brewing. Basket is positioned in the Open Drip position. This is a brand new machine, just arrived today. Welcome to the Ninja……. Not good!

Only few mo. old- water resvr. emptied orig but now about1 1/2 in of water doesnt run through. I fill water ONLY to fill line. ?¿!

My coffee won't turn on. I plugged it it and next morning everything was off. Theres no short and there was no power surge. Please advise.

I'm having an issue with my coffee grounds overflowing from the basket

My reservoir leaks water from full down to 1/2 carafe level, all over my counter! Not every time, but often enough to be an issue. Have run deep clean/flush, regular clean/flush and clean light comes back on every other pot brewed.

I clean Machine yesterday now it will not turn on. Or lights or anything on come on

tried everything in troubling shooting. still will not make full pot coffee.

Coffee will not finish brew, shuts off after small cup, even when set on full pot. Must keep pressing brew button

Cindy was right, after ripping this thing apart to its core simply making sure the top flap on top the silicon in the water reservoir was open worked immediately.

Same thing to me too. This is annoying. Cant do the cleaning cycle.

My coffee maker says CLO and if I press the power button to brew coffee it won't turn on. I've tried a different outlet.

I usually only make full or half carafe pots, but today I decided to make a single XL cup for a quick grab and go. It was all set, everything in place for the cup to brew. Out of nowhere after it brewed 1/10 of the cup it starts beeping 5 times and shuts off “classic” and makes me retap it to start again. It made me redo this process until my cup was filled up to my desired level. I wanted to know what to do to fix this issue. Thank you

Hi

Have had my ninja coffee bar for 10 months.. now when I start it up it beeps after about 10 seconds and wont’ do a clean or make a coffee and just shuts down…very annoying and any help appreciated.

Runs for about 15 seconds then shuts off.

I have a model ce200. My water tank will not hold water. The valve on the bottom is stuck open. What do I do?

I bought a reconditioned unit from Woot. The brew basket doesnt fit into the coffee maker base at all. Sliding it on the rails and it only inserts part way and there is NO WAY that it will fit to slide all the way in and click. The back plastic part of the basket is the wrong shape to fit into the rear slot on the coffee maker. I think they sent the wrong part. So frustrating. This stinks.

I have tried every solution … NOT working! Weirdly, enough, will run a Clean cycle with NO issues. But will not Brew any size with out shutting off after 5-10 seconds! Help! I have cleaned it 100 times nothing helping.

Open vs. Closed drip stop does nothing.. Missing plunger maybe? Where would i get one? Not on the parts list via their website. Only the carafe and mixer arm.

every five seconds hitting button to start, what is wrong

Water reservoir is leaking from seal. Where the reservoir attaches to the coffee maker

my Ninja has no power any body have any ideas??????

My coffee bar has no power — no lights at all. I had just made a first pot and when I went to make the second pot no power !!!! Any thoughts or ideas ???

After detail cleaning, with tiny brush & hot water,I had placed machine on its side for thorough cleaning;

when I set the machine up-right there was as a tiny spring with a black rubber tip laying on the counter.

Im not sure if spring belongs to machine, there are several other appliances on same counter. Please advise if spring is from my ninja machine

The drip stop does not work. Flip the drip stop to stop and still continues to full stream coffee.

My coffee maker keeps requesting clean cycle even though I have done this several times as per factory instructions

Our coffee maker keeps turning itself off. It took 6-7 times of hitting the brew button to get a full pot. We tried cleaning it but it kept turning itself off. Now what?? It’s about 1 1/2 yrs old

Mine is 3 months old. Won’t brew a full pot. Will stop and the Cleaning light comes on. I have run the cleaning cycle 4 times and it is still not working. Really disappointed in this coffee maker. Should have bought a $30 one.

My Ninja coffee maker does not make the coffee hot, but it just makes it a little warmer than room temperature.

this does not happen every time, but it is an intermittent issue. I never know when it will happen.

This also happens with a Ninja that my friend owns as well. So, it’s a common problem apparently.

I hit the clean button and it wont work. I unplugged and plugged back in, and cleaning still wont start. It brews fine but wont start the cleaning cycle. Also. I cant set the correct minutes on the clock but the hour part works. HELP

Water reservoir leaks when filling up with water is there a replacement gasket?

when I power on and select my size (full Carafe) It will sound like it is initiating and it wont run the water through then it beeps and stops all together

My machine when plugged in immediately selects and tries to brew on the rich brew setting. I ordered tools to open the machine up to try and diagnose the issue since it appears I may be the odd one out experiencing this issue. If I select any other brew option and cancel it, it won't operate until I go to brew a cup. The rich brew button does not appear to operate normally. Once it is de-selected by starting and stopping a different brew option, pressing the rich brew button does nothing. As an added symptom when I had the drip stop set to closed, I would randomly hear beeping from the machine at intervals, when I sat for a moment in front of the machine with the drip stop open, it would start the rich brew process on it's own without me touching the machine.

I'm guessing this is likely an electrical issue with the rich brew button but any info or tips on resolving this would be appreciated.

I have the tools being delivered today and if I happen to fix it on my own, I'll make a follow up comment with the result

Same issue here. My daughter gave it to me as a gift. Ran fine for about 3 months and then will brew for five seconds and shut off. I tried removing the bottom and going through suggested tips I found on a video. Nope. Today I will try the tips I’ve read here. I sure hope it works. The coffee is so good - we have a Keurig too that we’ve had for many many years no problem but I always have to add espresso powder or coffee crystals to amp up the strength and flavor.

Try not to take the reservoir out when refilling it with water. This will cause less air getting in your machine. Refill reservoir while still attached with filtered water, like from a Brita pitcher. Trust me, the coffee will taste much better! With filtered water you'd probably have to descale your machine less often! You should also clean it when you haven't used the machine in awhile! Cheers! Enjoy your coffee!

My problem with my Ninja Coffee Bar was stopping shortly after starting to brew and beeping 5 times. I looked up fixes on line. Got advice from replace the water reservoir because the plastic valve on the bottom has gone bad, to how to dismantle the brewer to clean the filter by the boiler. My advice is to start simple to troubleshoot. Run a cleaning cycle, using white vinegar. Fill the water reservoir to the travel mug line, press clean and allow the brewer to complete the clean cycle. It takes 60 minutes. The vinegar will (should) dissolve any mineral buildup. Then rinse the brewer by running a coffee cycle using fresh water, with no coffee in the coffee basket. I ran a few pots through mine to ensure any vinegar left in the system would be flushed out. This fixed my brewer problem. I say this after purchasing a new water reservoir thinking it would fix it only to learn that it didn’t. I considered dismantling my brewer, but I didn’t want to get that invasive. Cleaning should be the first fix it option.

Mine runs the clean cycle without issue but nothing happens when then we run the brew cycle.

Mine seems to have lasted quite a while before exhibiting the short brew and stop. I opened up the bottom and found a gasket/ rubber boot that seals the draw tube wasn't sealed well any longer. I cleaned that and reseated it, closed up the machine and crossed my fingers. This worked. The short brew beep was correct because it couldn't draw water, and so thought the brew was complete. Hope this helps. BTW you will need TR-10 tool to remove bottom screws.

Our ninja maker is not Turing on, the clock comes on so it has power but none of the buttons work? Pls help

Mine is doing the same thing as Laura Woolam's. What are we supposed to do about it?

I am getting coffee grounds in the carafe as well as on top of carafe

I have to physically hold the drip stop switch open for coffee maker to continue making coffee, otherwise it stops dripping and beeps forever. I have cleaned and taken apart the basket assembly, cleaned & reassembled, still does it. It is 3 to 4 years old, nothing but distilled water sent through it other than cleaning. Why is it doing this now?

My Ninja coffee maker Clean Cycle never comes on. I now have green algae in the water reservoir and cannot seem to clean it. Why doesn't the Clean Cycle ever come on it's been months and months. Probably over a year.

Cleaning cycle never comes on. I now have green algae on the bottom of the water Reservoir. I've tried everything to clean it. I just can't get the machine to initiate the cleaning function. It hasn't come on in months and the Machine is used every day I'm at my wit's end

I have the ninja dual brew specialty coffee system with foldaway father, and the cake up is what I used to bring my coffee, I’m getting tons of grind in every single cup I make, and it did not do this previously

When using Kcups I am having all the grounds end up in my cup?

I unplugged my coffee maker while it was on vacation for 3 weeks. When I returned, I plugged it in and set the clock. This morning, I tried to make a cup of coffee. The water came out for about 10 seconds and then started beeping and shut off. I repeated this again and again and I could not get more than a few teaspoons of water out before it would beep and shut off again.

I tried putting in white vinegar and running the machine on CLEAN but, I still could only get it to run for 10 seconds, shut off and start beeping again. Ugh! After reading Cindy's suggestion, I tried using a sharp knife and moving the little flap and sure enough... now my machine is working! I just ran through two full carafe cycles and it's working perfectly! Thank you, Cindy!

Drip stop mechanism piece fell out and I’m having trouble reconnecting it to the basket. Is this repairable or do I have to get a whole new basket?

Ninja coffee maker powers on but won’t turn on to select coffee cup or pot size or to brew coffee. Is there any way to fix this or is it destined for the trash?

Mi cafetera enciende luego empieza a pasar el agua y al rato ya dice que termino y aun no ha llegado a la cantidad programada

Me regalaron hace 2 días esta hermosa cafetera, pero el enchufe no es el que corresponde a nivel nacional (Chile). Compramos un adaptador y encendió unos segundos, se apagó y luego no prendió más. No alcancé ni siquiera a verla funcionar.

I have a hAnd me down maker that won't come on. I have no manuel.is there a fuse in it .?