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Troubleshooting Tips
Possible Causes What To Do
This is normal in a new oven . Tospeed the process,set a self-clean cycle for a
and will disappear in time. minimum of 3 hours.Seethe Usingthe self-cleaning
oven section.
An odor from the insulation . This istemporary.
around the inside of the oven
is normal for the first few times
the oven is used.
Strong odor
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Self-Cleaning Models
Oven will not self-clean The oventemperature is too • Allow the range to cool to room temperature and reset
high to set a self-clean operation, the controls.
Oven controls improperly set. • Seethe Usingtheself-cleaningoven section.
Oven door is not in the locked . Makesure you move the door latch handle all the way to
position, the right.
Oven starts a self-clean Oven door locked during . Turn the Oven Temperature knob to OFF.Allow the
ctYclewhen you wanted cooking, oven to cool. Neverforce the door latch handle.
o bake, roast or broil
"Crackling" or This is the sound ofthe metal . This is normal.
"popping" sound heating and cooling during both
the cooking and cleaning
functions.
Excessive smoking
during a clean cycle
Excessive soil.
. Pressthe CLEAR/OFFpad. Open the windows to rid
the room of smoke. Wait until the light on the
SELFCLEANpad goes off. Wipe up the excess soil
and reset the clean cycle.
Oven door will
not unlock
Ovennot clean after a
clean cycle
Self clean light blinks
when trying to set a
self clean cycle
Oven too hot.
. Allow the oven to cool below locking temperature.
Oven controls not properly set. • SeeUsing the self-cleaning oven section.
Oven was heavily soiled. . Clean up heavy spillovers before starting the clean
cycle. Heavily soiled ovens may need to self-clean
again or for a longer period of time.
The OVENTENP knob has not
been set to CLEANwhen the
latch was moved to the right.
The latch was not moved to the
right when the OVENTEHP knob
was set to CLEAN.
• Set the OVEN TENP knob to CLEAN. See the Using the
self-cleaning oven section,
. Move the latch to the right as far as it will go. Seethe
Using the self-cleaning oven section.
Self clean light blinks
during self clean cycle
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A power interruption occurred.
. Turn the OVENTEPIPknob to OFF and move the latch
to the left as far as it will go. Resetthe range controls
to the desired settings. See the Using the self-cleaning
oven section.