Oven and Stove Repair

1.  Check if it is unplugged and plug it in if necessary.

2.  Check if it’s supplied with power.

3.  Switch off the circuit breaker. Wait 30 seconds, then switch the breaker on again.

4.  Inspect the fuses, tighten them properly, and replace the blown ones. If they are in good condition, remove them and after 30 seconds replace them.

5.  If your oven is gas-powered, confirm it is well-supplied with gas:

6.  Turn on the surface or broil burner, depending on the type of oven you have, to check if it lights. If so, you can be sure gas runs to the appliance.

7.  If you turn on the burner but it stays dead, it means it is not supplied with gas. In this case you need to confirm the main gas valve is not off. You can find this valve behind the oven.

8.  If there are clock settings, confirm you enable them and set the clock if necessary. Turn your oven on after the clock-setting procedure.

1.  If the oven heats up to 350° Fahrenheit within 20 minutes, there is no problem at all. It is functioning properly. So, make sure you wait at least 20 minutes.

2.  Confirm the door is closed tightly. It takes a longer time to preheat when the door is open. Close it if necessary.

3.  Another reason for a long preheat time may be related to the heating element location. If the heating element is located under the oven’s floor, preheat time is usually longer than 20 minutes.

4.  Check if there are any large utensils such as baking stones in the oven. The presence of large utensils increases the preheat time.

5.  Make sure there is no aluminum foil inside your appliance and get rid of it if necessary. Sometimes it is used to make the oven bottom or racks more level, but it increases the preheat time.

1.  Check the oven temperature scale you’ve set. Typically, manufacturers limit the maximum oven temperature to 550° Fahrenheit or 287° Celsius.
2.  Your problem with selecting a temperature over 287° may be because your oven temperature settings use the Celsius scale, not the Fahrenheit scale. Alter the controls to Fahrenheit scale according to the manual instructions.

1.  If you are unable to open the door up to an hour after a self-clean cycle, there is no problem at all. This is a preventive measure to keep you safe, as the temperature inside the oven is very high during and right after the self-clean cycle. The door unlocks as soon as the oven cools down. So, make sure you have waited long enough before trying to open the door.

2.  If the problem remains after the temperature has returned to a safe level, reset the self-clean cycle as follows:

3.  Start the cycle and wait 15-20 seconds for the lock motor to stop.

4.  Cancel the cycle and wait 15-20 seconds for the lock motor to stop again.

5.  Try to open the door.

6.  Ensure the lock-out feature is not active and disable this option if necessary. Follow these steps as they can be applied to almost all models:

7.  Find the Stop/Clear or Clear/Off button. Press and hold this button for three seconds until you get a sign the door is unlocked. Usually you can hear a beep and see a flashing lock-out indicator on the display indicating the door is unlocked.

8.  Confirm the lock-out indicator on the display isn’t flashing. Then you can try to open the door. Do not try to open the door while the indicator is still flashing because by doing so you can break the latch.

9.  If you locked your appliance manually, the problem may be because the manual lock became stuck while locking. In this case, do this:

10.  Confirm the oven is cold and wait if necessary.

11.  Try to unlock the door by moving the lever from the locked position to another one while pressing on it to release the tension.

12.  Remember: if you can’t move the lever without effort, do not force it as you can damage the lever.