What this means on these models
On the AWO oven this symptom is usually the outlet and the breaker feeding it, because a large-appliance receptacle wears where the blades grip and heats under load. The AWO family splits across trim and finish suffixes rather than across different machinery, so the order below holds for every one of them.
What you observe on these models
- The oven keeps heating after being switched off — A relay that cannot open, which is a reason to switch off at the breaker and leave it off.
- A bang, a flash and a trip, all at once — An arc rather than an overload, and the appliance must not be used again until it has been inspected.
- A smell of gas anywhere near the appliance — Leave the building first and diagnose nothing.
- The breaker trips when the oven calls for heat — The heavy part of the load, which is where a marginal connection or a failing element shows first.
- NEAR MISS — the oven is simply cold and nothing has tripped — No heat with no trip, no smell and no tingle is an ordinary heating fault and belongs on the not-heating page.
Causes, most likely first on the AWO family
- Receptacle or breaker at the wall — Ranked first on this family. A breaker that trips on other loads as well as this one is also making the same point.
- Internal harness chafed or a connector burned — Next, and close behind it. A harness rubbed through against a bracket, or a spade connector that has arced and blackened, produces intermittent trips and a burning smell with nothing visible from outside.
- Gas connection, flexible hose or the fitting behind the range — Next after those two. It ranks high on any safety page for consequence rather than frequency: everything else on this list can wait an hour and this cannot.
- Earth path lost at the appliance or the outlet — Fourth, and the least likely of the four. Older installations that have been rewired between outlet types are where this happens, and the symptom is a tingle rather than a trip.
- Body: A brand-generic article on this symptom starts with the supply cord and terminal block at the back of the appliance.
What to check first, and why that order
- After running the oven, feel the plug and then the cord a hand-width away — Hot plug with a cool cord means the outlet; a cord hot along its length means the cord.
- Note whether the burning smell is strongest at the back or at the console — Where the smell is strongest tells a technician which harness to open first, and costs nothing to observe.
- Do not test for gas yourself — If you smell gas: do not switch anything on or off, leave the building, and call the gas utility or emergency services from outside.
Before any panel comes off
Safety
If you smell gas: do not switch anything on or off, leave the building, and call the gas utility or emergency services from outside.
Models in the AWO family
Reference| Model number | Family key |
|---|---|
| AWO6313 | amana:oven:awo |
| AWO6313SF | amana:oven:awo |
| AWO6317 | amana:oven:awo |
| AWO6317SF | amana:oven:awo |
When this becomes a service call
Leave the breaker off while you wait if the appliance has tripped repeatedly, kept heating after being switched off, or arced. Call for every symptom on this page except the free observations: a tingle, a scorch mark, a burning smell and a repeated trip are all technician work.
Other faults covered for the AWO family
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