Oven Door Locked After Power Outage

It s not easy to manually unlock the door.

Oven door locked after power outage.

Range oven door won t unlock try the following to unlock the door. Power outages sometimes cause the electronic control to fail in the locked position. Regardless of the reason you want to solve it quickly so you can use your oven again. If door does not unlatch and you do not have food in.

Unless you can unlock the oven by using the normal functions on the control you will normally need to call a service technician to repair or replace the door lock mechanism or the control board. Door is locked during self clean cycle. Allow the oven to cool approximately 30 90 minutes move the latch arm to the left to unlock the door. A little background information on how the self locking mechanisms operate in various models of kitchenaid ovens should enable the homeowner to troubleshoot the problem and unlock the oven.

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. Our chat service hours are monday friday from 8 a m. You ll need to use a coat hanger and pull the latch assembly from right to left by slipping it down between the door and the oven frame at the top. Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds.

Most electronic control ovens will display a fault code to indicate that the sensor has failed. Door is locked during self clean cycle. Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds. Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch.

If nothing resets the door lock then you just need to manually open the door and replace the door latch assembly. If power to the oven fails during this operation the oven will remain in the locked position and disengaging the lock can be quite difficult. Press cancel off key to start a latch reset wait 20 30 seconds and open door turn the power off at the circuit breaker or fuse box for one minute then turn the power back on. The first troubleshooting step we would recommend would be to disconnect the oven from the power and leave it for five minutes before reconnecting the power.

Thank you for your inquiry. Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. If the door will not unlock at the end of the clean cycle then you may have a problem with the oven temperature sensor. Sometimes an oven door lock gets stuck after a power outage as well.