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Anonymous Posted on Jan 27, 2012

My frigerdaire oven heats for a while about 15-30 minutes then shuts down with a beeping noise and a f3 code.

It will not come right up I have to wait about 5 minutes before I can continue to cook my food in the oven.

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Good Afternoon Friend,

I see that your Frigidaire double oven heats up for about 15-30 minutes, then shuts down and begins beeping while showing an F3error code. The F3 states that the oven is sensing a potential runaway temperature. This is possibly a sensor issue or it could be a false error code.

I suggest giving your double oven a hard reset by cutting the power at the circuit breaker for at least 2-3 minutes.

After restoring power you will need to reset the clock. You will do this by entering in the time and pressing start.

Let the oven heat up, and if you are still receiving an F3 error code, I suggest either contacting the manufacturer or contacting your local authorized technician to diagnose your appliance. Hope this helps.

-Best Regards-
WP

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 11, 2009

SOURCE: F1 error code plus constantly beeps and Oven won't shut off

ERC is bad and must be replaced.
(The Clock).

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 15, 2009

SOURCE: f2 f3 starts beeping when using stove or oven

F2
Oven temperature too hot
Check and replace oven temperature sensor (RTD).
F3
Open oven temperature sensor (RTD)
Check sensor harness and harness connection between oven sensor and oven control. Replace oven temperature sensor (RTD) if wiring is ok.
So i suppose its a sensor replacement is necessary.These are the fault code explanations by frigidaire.good luck with the machine.Please do post results and comments.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 15, 2009

SOURCE: f2 f3 startss beeping when using stove or oven

Replace the oven temperature sensor.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Sep 14, 2009

SOURCE: display reads " -F3-

Replace the oven temperature sensor. Unplug the range. Open the oven. The temp sensor will be in the top right or left of the oven.A short metal piece about half the size of a pencil. Remove the screws,pull it out carefully. Disconnect the wire plug. Reverse this order to install the new sensor.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 30, 2010

SOURCE: F8 CODE IS FLASHING, OVEN BEEPING AND TOP OVEN DOOR IS LOCKED

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..

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