Self cleaning oven won't start

SOURCE: the oven door won't unlock

Hi,

Seems like you found out the hard way what I wrote about in this tip...

Check it out it also contains some thing to try on how to unlock that oven..

Self Cleaning Oven Problem

heatman101

Asker's Testimonial " Wish I had read this first. I never would have usedthe self cleaning option. Thanks for the info!! " - amymrocks

SOURCE: I have a self-cleaning older Frigidaire oven

Hi

This means a loose/broken wire on the oven temp sensor or the oven temp. sensor itself is bad and should be replaced. To solve this issue test the oven temp. sensor, it should read between 1080-1120 ohms, if the rating is more then that and the door appears to be closing fine then it is the control board that is bad and should be replaced. Hope this helps...please post back for further assistance.
Daniel

SOURCE: MY self cleaning oven door will not unlock. Have tried to reset it. But it won't release

Hello.

What you need to do to solove the problem of the oven first of all carefull out off the oven from the power supply for some time then allow it to cool it self down for some time.

PLEASE note this dot not force the oven open after the first instruction above .

Then plug the oven back to the power click on the reset button,then after that you can then click on the open button and the problem is solve.

Thanks.

Michael Thomas

• 3056 Answers
• Posted on Nov 19, 2011

SOURCE: oven door won t open after self clean cycle

Hello there and welcome to Fixya
This is a fairly common problem with self cleaning ovens
The problem normally is that the user has interrupted the clean cycle and the door is locked by default or the door lock assy has failed all together .
Now here is the thing these ovens have a built in memory module that stores a number of commands that the user has input in it like self clean or broil ect.ect so what you will have to do is to clear the memory and it is done like this.
First unplug the oven and do not touch it leave it sit for a minimum of 1 hour this will reset the memory module
Now only after the hour is up plug in the oven and you may hear a beep ora click if so great wait a few min then you can press the cancel button then try to open the door again.
Now if this has not worked then you will have to remove the top part of the oven to get to the latch asy which means you may have to remove part of the back of the oven or the entire back piece depending on your model to be able to remove the screws that hold in the top of the oven on the back then you should be able to see the latch mechanism
Now remove it and have it tested or simply replace it ok
Hope this helps please keep me informed on how this is going i can send you a link to a site that has a video on how this is done if needed ok to help you repair this
Best regards Mike