I have a Whirlpool stove, model GS440LEMB. When I try to turn on the oven sometimes I will hear it "kicking on" and the oven becomes mildly warm but does not become hot. It cycles through the preheat cycle and the display shows that is it at 350 degrees but it is not. This happens most of the time. Once in a while when I turn on the oven it really does get hot, but stops heating after 30 minutes to an hour. When this happens I can usually start it again and it heats up again but needs to preheat since the temperature has dropped. When it was under warranty it had some parts replaced, including the control board twice. Does anyone have any idea of what part could be causing this problem?

Gerald Griffin

• 248 Answers
• Posted on Nov 24, 2007

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Is this a gas unit? If so you might have a weak oven igniter.

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I have just checked the baking guide in the manual and have found that it may not be us after all. (Maybe this is why they telll us to read the whole manual. Well, I never have) According to the cooking time for Baking, the range is very extensive. For example, an angel cake at 350 could take from 28-50 minutes, buscuits at 375-400 could take 8-16 minutes, layer cakes at 350-375 could take 25-40 minutes, pound cakes at 325-350 could take 45-70 minutes and fresh pies at 400-450 could take 35-60 minutes. Basically, the baking directions on the box means absolutely nothing to use Amana oven owners. We have no choice but to cook our food or baked goods until they are cooked, whenever that may be. :) Linda

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This sounds like a weak igniter, it would have to be a gas oven and the symtoms usually are: takes longer than normal to ignite the burner, may or may not smell gas in the oven, does not maintain set temperature, eventually won't heat at all. On gas ovens, a glo igniter is like a light bulb, the more you cook, the faster it wears out. Bottom line, needs to be replaced. Good luck.

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it will either be the sensor or the board,hopefully it's not the board,the part number for the sensor is 4455636 and subs to w10131825,the sensor is around 100 bucks,there should be a tech sheet on the machine most likely behind the touch pad on the top,it will tell you how to check the sensor with a meter,just unplug the sensor and read it out i think it's around 1100 ohms but check that on the tech sheet,if it's not the sensor most likely it will be the board part number 4453661 and that's around 300 buckseverything runs through this computer board but the sensor tells it how hot it is in the oven hopefully you have a bad sensor.let me know what you find,you'll most likely have to pull the oven to repair it but maybe just enough to get the top open,good luck