- 1). Slide the oven latch to the “lock” position if you have a manually operated stove. This should unlock the oven door so you can use it as normal. If this does not work, contact a repair-person.
- 2). Press and hold down the clear/off button for 30 seconds if you have an electric stove. This might resolve the issue and clear the oven door from being stuck in an “unlocked” position.
- 3). Unplug the range or turn off the power for one minute to reset the electronic controls if the unit does not clear and reset after pushing and holding the clear/off button. Turn the power back on to see if this resets the oven door.
- 4). Open the oven door and locate the door light switch. It is usually on the upper left or upper right corner of the front-facing interior edge of the oven. Push and hold the light switch down to cancel any pre-existing mode that the unit by be sensing. In some cases, the unit may be detecting that the self-clean cycle is on (even if you haven’t set it to cycle), and this can cause the door to lock.
- 5). Use this troubleshooting technique to cancel out this setting in case that is the cause of the problem: turn on the self-clean cycle, while still holding down the light switch, as if you were going to run the self-clean cycle. If your model has a start button for the self-clean cycle, push the start button. If the reset was successful, the unit should not display “locked.”
- 6). Continue holding the light switch down and press the stop/cancel button to turn the self-clean cycle off to totally reset the system. Check the digital display panel to see if there is a message that confirms that the oven door is unlocked. If so, your work has been successful. However, if the oven door is still unlocked and you notice an “F” reading, such as F3, F7, F8 or F9, this indicates that there is a larger problem with the oven and you will need to schedule a repair-person. In many cases, the “F” indicator signals that there is a problem with the oven latch system or wiring.
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