When your GE oven shows a code, it is pointing at the part of the cycle that failed. This page lists the 24 codes we could confirm in GE's own owner's manuals and support articles: what each one means, the checks that are safe to do yourself, and the point where a technician should take over.
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Covers US GE, GE Profile and Café electric and gas ranges and built-in wall ovens with electronic controls; GE applies one F-code list across these lines. Café and Profile LCD models show the code on screen with a Dismiss button instead of Cancel/Off.
Fault codes appear as F plus a number or letter, often with beeping. GE's manuals say to press Cancel/Off, let the oven cool an hour and retry; if the code returns, cut power at the breaker (30 seconds to 2 minutes) and call for service if it persists.
| Code | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| F0 | Touch keypad (keypanel) fault; often needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F1 | Touch keypad (keypanel) fault; often needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F2 | Oven temperature went above a safe limit | Stop using it |
| F3 | Oven temperature sensor fault; sensor needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F4 | Oven temperature sensor fault; sensor needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F5 | Electronic oven control fault; control needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F6 | Touch keypad (keypanel) fault; often needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F7 | Touch keypad (keypanel) fault; often needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F8 | Electronic oven control fault; control needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F9 | Fault in the door lock circuit | Needs a technician |
| FC | Fault in the door lock circuit | Needs a technician |
| FD | Meat probe or the probe socket may be faulty | Check, then call if it returns |
| FF | Electronic oven control fault; control needs replacing | Needs a technician |
| F350 | Upper cooling fan circuit fault or blocked fan | Needs a technician |
| F96 | Internal component failure | Needs a technician |
| Bad Line | Improper house wiring to the range | Stop using it |
| LOCK DOOR | Self-clean selected with door open, or lockout engaged | Check, then call if it returns |
| LOC | Control Lockout is on; pads will not respond | Usually a quick fix |
| DOOR LOCK light | Oven still too hot to unlock after self-clean | Check, then call if it returns |
| ERR | Invalid entry, or the oven is set to Celsius | Usually a quick fix |
| OFF | Too hot to start self-clean, or cooling after it | Usually a quick fix |
| [ | Sabbath mode is on | Usually a quick fix |
| Flashing display | Power was interrupted | Usually a quick fix |
| Lo | Normal: food is colder than the probe can display | Usually a quick fix |
Safety first. Switch the appliance off at its power button and unplug it or turn off the breaker before you clean a filter or check a hose. If you smell gas, leave the home and call your gas utility from outside. If there is a burning smell, smoke, sparking or water near wiring, stop using it and keep it off until it has been checked.
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns, or the oven overheats or smells of burning
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset or the door stays locked
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset or the door stays locked
Call a technician if: Code shows with no probe plugged in, or returns with a new probe
Source: [1]
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Source: [1]
Call a technician if: Code returns after a power reset
Source: [1]
Call a technician if: Always: electrician first, then appliance service if wiring checks out
Source: [1]
Call a technician if: It keeps flashing with the door closed and lockout off
Call a technician if: Controls stay locked after the unlock step
Call a technician if: Door stays locked once fully cool and after a power reset
Call a technician if: ERR appears for every valid entry
Call a technician if: Not usually needed
Source: [1]
Call a technician if: Oven will not leave Sabbath mode
Call a technician if: Display keeps flashing with no known outage
Source: [2]
Call a technician if: Reading never changes during cooking
Source: [9]
If a code comes back after the safe checks, or the table says it needs a technician, the fault is usually a sensor, valve, pump, motor or control board, and diagnosing it means opening the oven. Our technicians repair GE appliances across Washington, DC, Northern Virginia and Maryland, seven days a week until 10 PM. Tell us the code when you book and we bring the parts that code usually points to.
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Every code on this page was checked against GE's own documentation: owner's manuals, use and care guides, support articles or GE technical sheets. Codes we could only find on third-party sites are left out. Meanings are paraphrased; your model's manual is the final word.
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