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I cant get my self cleaning oven to unlock... what do I do, I cant find my manual

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Unplug the unit or shut off the circuit breaker for 5 minutes. Plug the unit back in or turn on the circuit breaker. Set the clock and gently try moving the door lock lever (is so equipped) or opening the door.
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Set the self-clean cycle again and only allow it to work for 15 minutes. Cancel the self-clean cycle and allow the oven to cool. Gently try moving the door lock lever (is so equipped) or opening the door.
If these procedures fail to correct the condition, the lock must usually be accessed and moved manually to open the door.
Some model ovens require the oven door to be manually unlatched before the controls are returned to the OFF position or else the door may not be able to be unlocked. Check the owner's manual for proper operating procedures.

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My self cleaning oven does not heat up to let it clean, cycle does not work

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On my oven you just have to press the number 3 on the keypad and the door will then unlock.

Lou

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jun 04, 2007

SOURCE: Oven Door Locked

is it locked in the up or down position?

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on May 29, 2008

SOURCE: cant unlock self clean oven door

Door lock motor has probably failed.....Self clean on many ovens can be a self destruct mode. Door latch motors, sensor probes and even the electronic controls can be destroyed by this operation. Suggest oven cleaner method.

cactus bob

BOB BROWER

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  • Posted on Jan 15, 2009

SOURCE: 1960's GE P7 self-cleaning oven

wait untill oven has colled down to room temp and press latch release button and hold in while slideing latch to unlock

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  • Posted on Aug 27, 2009

SOURCE: Kenmore Ultra bake self cleaning oven is showing code E0 - F2

My oven will not stay on, when started to preheat it will come on for a few seconds and they it will make a beeping noise and the codes E0 F2 will appear. The codes stay on even if the oven is off.

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Used self cleaning process on my oven yesterday and today the oven will not turn on, we keep getting message to unlock the oven door even though it is. What can we do?

The oven gets extremely hot during the self-cleaning mode... the door switch might have got stuck in locked position, or broken in locked position (to be replaced), let's hope it's just stuck...which you'll need to work the mechanical lock-unlock latching back and forth to hopefully unstick....and if that doesn't work just re-run self-cleaning process but this time let the oven cool completely before unlocking the door. Hope this helps.
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    Look for a manual lever to unlock the oven. If there is one, it will probably swing back and forth horizontally, just below the upper edge of the oven door.

  • Swing the locking lever, if one is present, all the way to the left. This should unlock the oven. If there is no manual lever to unlock the oven, it may be unlocked using push-button controls.

  • Check to see if the oven is in a self-cleaning cycle, or has just completed a self-cleaning cycle. If so, the door will unlock automatically once the oven has finished the cleaning cycle and cooled completely, which may take several hours. You cannot unlock the oven before it has cooled.


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    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..

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