Kenmore Oven Error Codes — Complete Error Code Diagnosis Guide

Five Kenmore oven codes are decoded here, and they divide between the control and the cavity. F1 is an electronic oven control failure — an internal board fault, surge damage, or a failed relay. F2 is a runaway over-temperature, produced by a probe shorted low or a bake or broil relay welded closed so the element is driven with no cutback. F3 is the oven sensor read as an open circuit. F5 is a door lock failure at the motor, the switch, or a bent latch, and F9 is specifically a self-clean latch that did not complete its travel.

The two lock codes are the pair that saves the most wasted effort, because F9 is about travel rather than power: a cam jammed short of its stop or a position switch that never trips at the ends reads as a lock failure while the motor is fine. F3 is settled with a resistance measurement at the rear connector before the probe is condemned, and F1 is distinguished from both by whether the fault follows the sensor or follows the board through a power cycle.

F2 is the one to treat as a live condition. A welded relay keeps heating with the display cleared, and during self-clean the door is locked over an oven that is already at its hottest — the breaker, not the cancel pad, is the dependable stop. Behind the rear panel the control and cavity harness are at line voltage, and a gas range adds a supply line to the same space. EasyBear services Kenmore ovens and ranges across Sacramento and the Bay Area.