Oven Door Locked After Power Outage

If door does not unlatch and you do not have food in.

Oven door locked after power outage.

Thank you for your inquiry. You ll need to use a coat hanger and pull the latch assembly from right to left by slipping it down between the door and the oven frame at the top. If the door will not unlock at the end of the clean cycle then you may have a problem with the oven temperature sensor. It s not easy to manually unlock the door.

Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. Saturday from 8 a m. The first troubleshooting step we would recommend would be to disconnect the oven from the power and leave it for five minutes before reconnecting the power.

Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds. Power outages sometimes cause the electronic control to fail in the locked position. Sometimes an oven door lock gets stuck after a power outage as well. Range oven door won t unlock try the following to unlock the door.

Our chat service hours are monday friday from 8 a m. Regardless of the reason you want to solve it quickly so you can use your oven again. If nothing resets the door lock then you just need to manually open the door and replace the door latch assembly. Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds.

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. A little background information on how the self locking mechanisms operate in various models of kitchenaid ovens should enable the homeowner to troubleshoot the problem and unlock the oven. Allow the oven to cool approximately 30 90 minutes move the latch arm to the left to unlock the door. Most electronic control ovens will display a fault code to indicate that the sensor has failed.

Door is locked during self clean cycle. If power to the oven fails during this operation the oven will remain in the locked position and disengaging the lock can be quite difficult. 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. 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.