Ge Oven Door Hinge Lock

Hold the oven light switch down and press the cancel off button.

Ge oven door hinge lock. Unfortunately if the door lock is still engaged you may have a defective locking mechanism or there may be an issue with the temperature sensor. Home appliance technician category. It can become stuck or warped after countless opening and closing motions or may inadvertently be locked due to an accidental press of the self clean button. In this case we recommend contacting a local oven repair service for additional assistance.

Occasionally an error may occur that misguides the range in believing the oven door is locked. Those hinges are basically the same from oven to oven but they look a bit different than mine. In the first picture you have the outer shiny part of the hinge and the inner dark metal part of the hinge. I hope this helps.

Fix the error yourself without calling a repair technician. It s hard for me to tell but yours may have an extra step to unlock the hinges. Put the oven door in the ajar position and gently pull up by grasping either side. If no food or utensils are in the oven start a self clean cycle then hit clear off after 60 seconds.

Ge appliances notes that if the oven door won t lift up from the hinges there may be two phillips head screws on the inside of the door nearest to the hinges. The oven door has been locked accidentally if there is food in the oven let the oven cool to room temperature and try to unlatch the door. At some point the hinges locked again. Locate the hinges on either side of the door and flip the latch up.

To remove the door you had to unlock the hinges then pull the door off. If no food or utensils are in the oven start a self clean cycle then hit clear off after 60 seconds. When the error occurs the control panel s display screen will read locked and blink. General electric profile ranges come with a self cleaning oven.

Some models of the ge profile range have a motorized oven door lock while others have a manual lock.