Self Cleaning Stove Door Locked
Door will not unlock after self cleaning.
Self cleaning stove door locked. This is to prevent users from accidentally opening the oven and burning themselves during the high heat segment in the cleaning process. Move the locking lever situated just below the oven door handle to the left if your kenmore has a mechanical lock. If this latch misfires and locks you out of the oven when it shouldn t try turning the oven off or resetting it at the fuse box. Newer models unlock automatically upon.
Wait approximately 30 minutes for the oven to cool and try to unlock the door. Most electronic control ovens will display a fault code to indicate that the sensor has failed. If your oven has a solenoid controlling the door lock you will know by the locking lever. If door does not unlatch and you do not have food in the oven set the oven up to clean for 1 2 hours.
Spray a small amount of spray lubricant into the door mechanism and work it back and forth gently to loosen and lubricate the mechanism. Replace the cover over the locking mechanism then lower the. 1 oven door may be controlled by a solenoid system. If the door will not unlock at the end of the clean cycle then you may have a problem with the oven temperature sensor.
During the self cleaning process the stove will lock its front door and will flash oven locked on its front display. Self cleaning ovens use 3 types of door lock mechanisms here is an explanation of the 3 types so you can troubleshoot the issue. Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds. Open the door to resume normal operation.
Unplug the oven for 5 minutes plug it back in and press clear off. If you suspect that the sensor is at fault you should first remove the power to the oven for a few moments and then reconnect. This can sometimes prompt the oven s computer to reset and release the lock button. Try the following to unlock the door.
Hold the light switch if your oven door is locked open press and hold down the light switch while you continue to work. Door is locked during self clean cycle if power was interrupted during a self clean cycle and the cycle did not resume select the self clean option then select cancel. Set the oven to self clean program your frigidaire oven to self clean. Wait a couple of minutes then try to start the cycle again.
Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. Unplug the oven if your oven door has been locked in a. It needs to be in the proper position to lock the oven door. If the oven clean cycle was started by mistake.