Oven Door Is Locked And Wont Open

Some modern whirlpool ovens feature a child safety control lock that deactivates all oven controls and locks the door.

Oven door is locked and wont open. If the door will not unlock at the end of the clean cycle then you may have a problem with the oven temperature sensor. If you suspect that the sensor is at fault you should first remove the power to the oven for a few moments and then reconnect. Our chat service hours are monday friday from 8 a m. If you try to use your oven and find it locked press the clear or reset button to stop the oven and turn it off.

First shut off power to the oven for 2 minutes and then restore power to reboot the control board. Remove the drive cam and rotate it 180 degrees from where it was when the door was locked. Press cancel off key to start a latch reset wait 20 30 seconds and open door turn the power off at the circuit breaker or fuse box for one minute then turn the power back on. The door will also lock during the self cleaning cycle and won t unlatch until the temperature inside the oven cools to about 200 degrees fahrenheit.

Thank you for your inquiry. 2 wait approximately 10 minutes and reapply power to the oven. If the door won t open when the oven cools down after self cleaning or when you try to disable child lock mode or control lock mode the problem could be with the oven door lock assembly or the electronic control board. Allow the cleaning cycle to run for about 60 seconds and then cancel it.

Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. The oven should unlock. Use the solutions below to open the oven door that may cause an oven door to not open or be locked 1 remove power to the oven unplug the oven from the power outlet or flip the circuit breaker for the oven. If door does not unlatch and you do not have food in.

Push the rod forward and open the oven door. Wait a minute or two and then try to open it again. There are several reasons why your whirlpool oven door is locked and won t open. Most electronic control ovens will display a fault code to indicate that the sensor has failed.

3 set the flashing clock to the current time. Range oven door won t unlock try the following to unlock the door. Is it locked when starting or using the oven. Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds.

Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. Remove the philips screw holding the drive cam on the motor. Saturday from 8 a m. If it s still locked start an oven cleaning cycle.