Oven Door Is Locked And Wont Open

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.

Oven door is locked and wont open.

Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. 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. 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.

3 set the flashing clock to the current time. Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds. 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 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.

Disconnect power to range for 30 seconds. Remove the drive cam and rotate it 180 degrees from where it was when the door was locked. First shut off power to the oven for 2 minutes and then restore power to reboot the control board. Some modern whirlpool ovens feature a child safety control lock that deactivates all oven controls and locks the door.

If it s still locked start an oven cleaning cycle. Allow the oven to cool approximately 30 90 minutes move the latch arm to the left to unlock the door. Is it locked when starting or using the oven. If door does not unlatch and you do not have food in.

Note the position of the drive cam and the hole that the locking rod fits into. Reconnect power and see if door will unlatch. 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. The oven should unlock.

Most electronic control ovens will display a fault code to indicate that the sensor has failed. Push the rod forward and open the oven door. Remove the philips screw holding the drive cam on the motor. Our chat service hours are monday friday from 8 a m.

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. Allow the cleaning cycle to run for about 60 seconds and then cancel it. Thank you for your inquiry. Saturday from 8 a m.