Oven Diagnostics
KitchenAid Oven
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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