
Troubleshooting Procedures
!WARNING
To avoid risk of electrical shock, personal injury or death; disconnect power and gas to oven before servicing, unless testing requires power and/or gas.
Problem | Possible Cause | Correction | |
| Failed oven lamp | • Check lamp and replace is necessary. | |
| Failed wiring | • Check for broken, loose or dirty | |
Oven light does not operate. |
| connections. | |
Failed light socket | • Check light socket for continuity. | ||
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| Failed light plunger/switch | • Check plunger/switch for continuity. | |
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| Check wiring diagram for application. | |
| Programming error | • Shut off power to oven for five | |
| minutes by switching off circuit | ||
| breaker. Reset circuit breaker and try | ||
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| oven again. | |
| Oven is | • Allow cycle to complete. | |
| Oven is still hot | • Door will not unlock until unit has | |
Oven door will not unlock |
| cooled to safe temperature. Do not | |
| force door open, this will void | ||
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| warranty. Blow cool air on door latch | |
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| area to quicken process. | |
| Normal | • Minor smoking and/or odor is normal | |
Oven smokes/odor first few |
| the first few times of oven usage. | |
times of usage |
| • Ventilate area well and perform self- | |
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| clean cycle. | |
Failure Codes | Electronically Controlled | • See Testing Procedures for | |
| diagnostic checks. | ||
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| Power Outage | • Check power supply/circuit breaker | |
| Improperly set oven controls | • Verify oven controls are properly set | |
Part or all of the appliance | Oven door locked | • Verify oven door is unlocked after a | |
does not work | Delayed cooking/cleaning | ||
| • Verify oven is not set for delayed | ||
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| cooking or cleaning program |
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