When I turn on my Hotpoint oven the Auto Self Clean light begins blinking and will not heat up. The oven is clean. Why?

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I had this same problem with mine (still posted under unsolved) This is the simpler model with the old turn style knob and the lever you slide over to lock the door for cleaning What I think (keep in mind I know little about ovens, more about cars) is that the switch that tells the oven the door is latched is staying engaged, and this is part of the lever mechanism. I cleaned and lubed this mechanism (obviously I would guess you want to use a food safe lubricant) and then moved the lever several times with the oven on so I could see if it turned on. After a few tries the cleaning light went off and the oven light came on. No, its not really a technical answer, all indications to me where that the problem was in the switch which is part of the latch mechanism. Good luck

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I removed the two screws that hold the warning plate that has the latch coming through it. This allows the oven lock lever and latch to move around. you will see the shiny base of bracket that holds the lever and latch mechanism. I took a plain butter knife and pushed back the insulation to see the switch. I then put the butter knife against the switch and rapped it fairly hard with the screwdriver handle 3 or 4 times. Put the plate back and screws back. Turned on the breaker and was good as new.

Tools needed.. butter knife and nutdriver to fit screws.

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Hi April,

Without a model number, I'm shooting in the dark but I'll give you basic instructions that fit for most ovens, OK?

First off the door has to be locked PRIOR to cleaning. Look around the top of the oven door, there should be a handle (for mechanical models). Rotate this handle from the left to the right to lock it. If there's no handle, that means your oven locks the door by itself when "Clean Mode" is selected.

Now, at the control panel, select "Clean". At this point, you may have options on the length of time it should clean, select 3 hours and hit "Start".

There ya go! Hope this helps. If not, DON'T RATE THIS SOLUTION! Just write back and provide the model number, I'll give you exact instructions with that. Deal? Cool.

SG

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It sounds like your oven control module is bad. It conrols all bake, broil, including self clean.

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You will need to press the stop/cancel button, this will clear the cleaning cycle, due to the interruption. If this does not clear the display you will need to unplug the stove for five minutes and then plug it back in and this should clear the display.