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Anonymous Posted on Dec 26, 2007

DCS gas oven locked

I accidentally engaged the oven lock mechanism that is usually used for self-cleaning. The door locked. I turned everything off 12 hours ago. The oven door is still locked. Please, help.

oven door locked cant use oven

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  • jc0059 Dec 27, 2007

    I have an electric stove GE encore. The door is accidentally locked and i cannot open it no matter what I try. You should know that the clock does not work which may have something to do with it

  • lni_f Dec 31, 2007

    When i turned the oven to self clean mode the door did not lock, but the display showed door lock on. Now that the cleaning is done, the display still shows the door locked (although its not), and the oven will not work..the opposite of the other reported problem, but with the same result.

  • Sara361 Jan 02, 2008

    My son was pulling on the oven door this morning and somehow the door lock engaged....not locking the door but we can no longer close the door all the way and we can't figure out how to get the door unlocked. My spouse suggested forcing it but I am sure that is not the solution! Please help.

  • Anonymous Apr 29, 2008

    i LOCKED THE OVEN BY MISTAKE AND NOT IT WONT OPEN, IS THERE A WAY I CAN GET IT OPENED EVENTHOUGH IT IS COOL?

  • Anonymous Aug 27, 2008

    i locked the oven door on my ge profile oven accidently

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I let the door stay open, hold the switch closed with my finger, activated self clean. Let it run for a minute then hit cancel, the stove heating element shut off and the locked door blinked for 5 seconds then finally stopped. Back to normal.

  • Anonymous Nov 21, 2010

    I did the same thing... My door was open but the latch was in the locked position, I held the "door close" switch with my finger (oven light goes out). Then I started the self clean function and let it run until it indicated "locked". I then canceled the self clean function and the latch unlocked in less than 1 minute. Tip... Remember to hold the switch down for the entire process :)

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