The short answer
Heating faults dominate: a weak igniter on gas versions and a failed bake element on electric ones lead the list. Door and gasket leaks come second and are under-reported because owners describe them as uneven cooking, and fan noise is third and often turns out to be normal behaviour.
What owners report, with the page for each
- Cold oven, or an igniter that glows without lighting — The not-heating page ranks this by fuel type.
- Uneven browning, or a door that is hot at the top — Heat escaping at the seal. See the door and seal page.
- A fan that runs after the oven is off — Usually normal. The noise page explains which sounds are not.
- The oven runs cooler than its setting — Sensor or door, and covered on the not-heating page.
- A door locked after self-clean — The door and seal page, and do not force it.
- Sparks, scorching or a gas smell — Stop. The electrical and gas hazard page comes first.
Problem classes in frequency order
- Heating faults — The largest class, split between weak gas igniters and failed electric elements.
- Door, gasket and heat loss — Second, and usually reported as a cooking complaint rather than a door one.
- Noise and fans — Third, and a large share of it is normal cooling behaviour.
- Temperature accuracy — Fourth: sensor drift and calibration, measurable with a separate thermometer.
- Controls and self-clean lock — Fifth, and concentrated around the self-clean cycle.
- Electrical and gas hazards — Last by frequency and first by urgency.
Fault classes on these ovens
General guidance| Problem class | Rank | Owner checks? |
|---|---|---|
| Heating | First | Visual checks only |
| Door and gasket | Second | Yes |
| Noise and fans | Third | Yes |
| Temperature accuracy | Fourth | Yes, with a thermometer |
| Controls and lock | Fifth | Limited |
| Hazard events | Last | Isolate and call |
Based on: Rank order only: our corpus carries no component-share sample for this brand and appliance, so no share or count is stated.
Standing precautions
Safety
Unplug the appliance or switch off its breaker before removing any panel. A capacitor can hold a charge after the power is off. If you smell gas: do not switch anything on or off, leave the building, and call the gas utility or your emergency number from outside. Do not look for the leak yourself. Let the cavity cool fully before any inspection, particularly after a self-clean cycle.
What is owner work here
Inspecting a gasket, running a paper test, checking the cavity for loose bakeware, measuring the oven with a separate thermometer, confirming the breaker and watching an element or burner during preheat are all owner work. Replacing elements, igniters, sensors, fans and door hinges is not. Arcing, scorching and gas smells are not diagnosed at all by the owner: isolate the appliance and call.
Other appliances from this maker
The generalized page
Written across oven families and fuel types under this badge, so it names problems and routes rather than instructing. Where a family-specific or model-specific page exists, that page is the more precise answer and the per-problem pages below link onward to it. Not here: part numbers, calibration offsets, element ratings and the differences between wall-oven and range installations.
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