Oven Diagnostics

KitchenAid Oven
Error Codes

Meanings, severity levels, safe checks you can perform, and when to call a technician.

Enter the code shown on your oven display

Is it safe to keep using it?

Depends on code severity. Low/Medium codes often allow continued use, High severity requires immediate stop.

Can error codes be reset?

Some codes clear after power cycle. Persistent codes indicate underlying issues needing repair.

When should I stop using it?

Stop immediately for water leak codes, burning smell, or any High severity error.

Error Code Directory

Click any code for detailed troubleshooting steps

Low Medium High
Code Meaning Severity Common Symptom
F1 E0 EEPROM Checksum Failure High Pressing Start has no effect — the control board locks out all heating functions until the memory fault is resolved or the board is replaced. View F2 E0 Keypad Shorted Key Medium The touchpad does not respond to any input because the board believes one key is already held down, creating a blocking state that locks out normal navigation. View F3 E0 Upper Oven Sensor Open High The bake or broil element energizes briefly, but without a valid temperature reading the control board immediately cuts power to all heating elements. View F3 E2 Lower Oven Sensor Open High Selecting a lower-oven bake or broil function produces no heat; the upper oven continues to work correctly, isolating the fault to the lower cavity sensor circuit. View F5 E1 Door Latch Will Not Lock High After selecting Self Clean and pressing Start, the oven beeps, displays F5 E1, and returns to standby — the door latch mechanism never engages. View F5 E2 Door Latch Will Not Unlock High The self-clean cycle finished and the oven cooled below the unlock threshold, but the latch hook never retracted — the door handle pulls without releasing the latch. View F6 E0 User Interface Comm Loss High All display segments extinguish and the heating elements cut out while the oven is actively cooking, leaving food partially cooked with no indication of the oven state. View F6 E4 Microwave-Oven Comm Fault High Selecting any microwave cook mode on the combination oven produces no magnetron activity and immediately returns the display to standby, while conventional oven modes operate without issue. View F7 E1 Lower Bake Element Relay Fault High The display shows the set temperature and counts up during preheat, but no heat is produced because the relay cannot close to energize the lower bake element. View F9 E0 Oven Temperature Runaway Medium The oven cuts all power to elements while the cavity temperature is still climbing rapidly, triggering F9 E0 as the temperature exceeds the safe limit set in the control firmware. View F30 Steam Water Tank Empty Low After a steam cycle is selected and started, the cavity never fills with steam — the steam generator cannot operate without water and the control immediately sets F30. View F31 Steam Generator Sensor Fault Medium The steam generator heats briefly but the control board cannot confirm correct generator operation from the sensor signal, so it aborts the cycle early and locks out all steam modes. View PF Power Failure Detected Low The oven was cooking when the power went out; on restoration PF appears instead of resuming the previous cycle, and the cavity has cooled to room temperature. View