Problem
Possible Causes
What To Do
Range Locked
The controls have
•
See the
Control Lock
section to unlock.
appears in the oven
been locked.
display
Control signals after
You forgot to enter a
•
Touch the
BAKE
pad and desired temperature or
entering cooking time
bake temperature or
the
SELF CLEAN HI/LO
pad and desired clean time.
or start time
cleaning time.
Display goes blank
A fuse in your home may be
•
Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker.
blown or the circuit
breaker tripped.
The clock is in the
•
See the
Special features of your oven control
section.
black-out mode.
Display flashes
Power failure.
•
Reset the clock.
Unable to get the
Oven control pads were
•
The
BROIL HI/LO
and
BAKE
pads must be touched at
display to show “SF”
not touched properly.
the same time and held
for 3 seconds
.
“Probe” appears in
This is reminding you to
•
Enter a probe temperature.
the display
enter a probe temperature
(on some models)
after plugging in the probe.
Power outage,
Power outage or surge.
•
Reset the clock. If the oven was in use, you must reset
clock flashes
it by touching the
CLEAR/OFF
pad, setting the clock
and resetting any cooking function.
Steam from the vent
When using the ovens,
•
This is normal.
it is normal to see steam
coming out of the oven
vents. As the number of racks
or amount of food being
cooked increases, the amount
of visible steam will increase.
“Burning” or “oily”
This is normal in a new oven
•
To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a
odor emitting from
and will disappear in time.
minimum of 3 hours. See the
Using the self-cleaning
the vent
oven section.
Strong odor
An odor from the insulation
•
This is temporary.
around the inside of the oven
is normal for the first few times
the oven is used.
Fan noise
A convection fan may
•
This is normal. To maximize cooking evenness,
automatically turn on
the fan is designed to operate in both directions,
and off.
with a pause in between.
•
The convection fan will operate during preheat
of the bake cycle. The fan will turn off after the oven
is heated to the set temperature. This is normal.
Oven racks are
The shiny, silver-colored
•
Apply a small amount of vegetable oil to a paper
difficult to slide
racks were cleaned in a
towel and wipe the edges of the oven racks with
self-clean cycle.
the paper towel. Do not spray with Pam
®
or other
lubricant sprays.
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