Spectra Oven Locked Door

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Spectra oven locked door.

A ge profile oven has several lockout features that may render either the control panel or the oven door unusable until unlocked once again. 1 oven door may be controlled by a solenoid system. If you re locked out of your own ge spectra oven dinner may be a little later than planned. 2 oven door may be a heat sensitive locking.

While you hold the door jamb switch in this position complete the following steps. Locking and unlocking the control panel is simply a matter of pressing and holding a button on the panel while unlocking the actual oven door is a bit more involved depending on why the door locked in the first place. It may be something like pressing the clock button and the clear off button at the same time for 10 seconds or holding down on the child lock button for 30 seconds. If you have food in a locked oven wait until the oven cools to room temperature before trying to unlatch the door again.

If there is food in the oven let the oven cool to room temperature and try to unlatch the door. If that does not unlock the door run a short self clean cycle 1 2 hours. If no food or utensils are in the oven start a self clean cycle then hit clear off after 60 seconds. Every brand of oven is slightly different but many have a process that will reset the oven s computer panel and trigger the oven door to unlock.

If your oven has a solenoid controlling the door lock you will know by the locking lever. It will look like a small black post or dowel. Test the door lock lever again. Now the oven door won t close and the locking latch needs to be returned read more.

If the oven is still locked press the self cleaning button again to start the cycle. Push it in until the oven cavity light goes off indicating that the oven believes the door is closed. But releasing the lock may be a simple fix. Open the door all the way then with one hand hold the door button for the oven light in and do not let go then with the other hand start a self clean cycle after about one minute cancel the self clean cycle and wait to see it the latch goes back in and the door lock light goes out then release the door button that you have been holding all this time.

You may hear a buzz noise when you lock or unlock the oven door using the locking handle. We have a ge spectra stove oven and somehow the self cleaning lock on the oven door got tripped while the oven door was open. With the door open locate the door jamb switch on the face of the oven. It is important to note that you must wait for the oven to cool after running the self cleaning function.

Let it go for 30 seconds and then cancel the self cleaning cycle.