How To Lock Kenmore Oven Door

To reactivate normal oven operation.

How to lock kenmore oven door.

I have a kenmore elite electric built in oven model 790 bought in 2007. Household appliances can be tremendously frustrating particularly when trying to reinstall an oven door. 2 wait approximately 10 minutes and reapply power to the oven. 1 remove power to the oven unplug the oven from the power outlet or flip the circuit breaker for the oven.

Wait a minute or two and then try to open it again. If you try to use your oven and find it locked press the clear or reset button to stop the oven and turn it off. A beep will sound. I am pretty familiar with the functions and never had a problem until now.

Once the oven door is locked the door locked indicator will stop flashing and remain on along with the lock icon light. Right now the door is locked and won t unlock. While the switch is depressed the latch motor will. The door locked will continue to flash until the oven door has completely unlocked and the lock icon light has cleared.

Press the unlock button on the control panel for 3 seconds. Look near the control panel above the oven door for a button labeled oven lock. Clear the lock mechanism as indicated by the door loc light by pressing and holding in the oven door light switch for 20 to 30 seconds. If it s still locked start an oven cleaning cycle.

If you don t see this button you may be able to unlock the door by using the clear off button. This how to tutorial will demonstrate how to remove. The oven should unlock. 3 set the flashing clock to the current time.

Push the button and keep it held down to trigger the door latch.