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Possible Causes
What To Do
• Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker
Display goes blank
A fuse in your home may be
blown or the circuit
breaker tripped.
The clock is in the
• See the Special features of your oven control section.
black-out mode.
Display flashes
Power failure.
• Reset the clock,
Unable to get the
Oven control pads were
• The Bake and Broil Hi/Lo pads must be touched at
display to show "SF"
not pressed properly,
the same time and held for 3 seconds.
Power outage,
Power outage or surge.
• Reset the clock. If the oven was in use, you must reset
clock flashes
it by touching the Clear/Off pad, setting the clock
and resetting any cooking function.
"Burning" or "oily"
This is normal in o new oven
* To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a
odor emitting from
and will disappear in time.
minimum of 3 hours. See the Using the self-cleaning
the vent
oven section.
Strong odor
An odor from the insulation
• This is temporary.
around the inside of the oven
is normal for the first few times
the oven is used.
Fan noise (some models)
The convection fan may turn on
• This is normal. The convection fan will run until the
and off automatically,
function is over or the door is opened.
Convection fan not
Preheat temperature
* Fan will start automatically once the preheat
working (some models)
not reached,
temperature is reached.
Drawer does not slide
The drawer is out of alignment.
• Fully extend the drawer and push it all the way in.
smoothly or drags
See the Core and cleaning of the range section,
Drawer is over-loaded or load
• Reduce weight. Redistribute drawer contents.
is unbalanced.
Lower oven drawer or
A fuse in your home may be
• Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker
warming drawer will
blown or the circuit breaker
not work
tripped.
The oven is self-cleaning.
• Wait for the self-clean cycle to finish and the oven
to cool.
Controls improperly set.
• See the Electric warming drawer or Lower oven
drawer section.
Excessive condensation
Liquid in drawer.
• Remove liquid.
in the drawer
Uncovered foods.
• Cover food with lid or aluminum foil.
Temperature setting too high.
• Reduce temperature setting.
Food dries out in the
Moisture escaping.
* Cover food with lid or aluminum foil,
lower
oven
drawer
or
Drawer not fully closed.
• Push drawer in until latch engages.
warming drawer
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