Frigidaire stove shows F3, F20 or F26
Frigidaire groups F3, F20 and F26 as a communication error.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Control board and power
- Control board and display repair
- Source: Frigidaire
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What F3
actually means.
Frigidaire groups F3, F20 and F26 as a communication error. The part you touch and the part that switches the heat are separate boards, and this code means the signal between them was lost.
Frigidaire stove display · also shown as F20, F26
What to do when F3 shows on the stoveKind of codeControl board and power
The main board failed its own start-up check, lost contact with the display, or saw the supply voltage sag too low, often after a storm, a power outage or a spill that ran down behind the panel. The breaker, the cord and the outlet are ruled out before a board is replaced. A stove that sparks, smells of hot wiring or keeps heating while this code shows is switched off at the breaker first.
Usually leads toControl board and display repair
Stoves with a blank or flashing display, touch keys that do not answer, codes that keep returning or a stove that will not turn on, traced to the board, the keypad or the power to them.
Shows up asStove Display Blank or Flashing
The clock and display on the stove have gone dark, or they flash the time, a word or a string of characters and ignore the keys you press.
MakeFrigidaire
One of the most familiar stove names in American homes, now part of Electrolux.
SourceFrigidaire: Ranges - Error Code Guide
Where F3 is documented: Frigidaire's owner support articles, marked for electric ranges (some also electric cooktops); they name no models, and whether gas or induction Frigidaire stoves use the same numbers was not confirmed.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Frigidaire's own guidance for F3 on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Cut power at the breaker or plug for up to 30 seconds, then turn it back on.
Watch whether the code returns during the next cooking session.
If the numbers reappear, book a visit so the ribbon cable and both boards can be tested.
Still there?
It usually turns into control board and display repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
F3 on a Frigidaire does not mean the elements or burners failed. It is a signal problem between control boards.
What you may
notice with it.
The stove problems F3 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where F3 usually leads
Control board and display repair.
Frigidaire
stoves.
One of the most familiar stove names in American homes, now part of Electrolux.
Frigidaire stove repairMore Frigidaire codes
Control board and power on other makes
Gas stove
A stove with gas burners on top, whether its oven below runs on gas too or on electricity, fed by one gas line behind it and plugged into a wall outlet for the spark.
Electric stove
A stove that runs entirely on electricity through a heavy cord and a large outlet behind it, with coil burners that lift out or a smooth glass stovetop with elements under it.
Induction stove
A stove with a flat glass top that heats the pan itself through a magnetic field, run by touch keys and power boards, with an electric oven underneath.
In Frigidaire's own words
F3 / F20 / F26 / - Communication Error
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Where F3 is documented: Frigidaire's owner support articles, marked for electric ranges (some also electric cooktops); they name no models, and whether gas or induction Frigidaire stoves use the same numbers was not confirmed.
Frigidaire F3 stove repair,
where we come out.
The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about F3.
Can I clear F3 myself?
Why did my Frigidaire show F3 after a thunderstorm?
Are F20 and F26 worse than F3 on a Frigidaire?
Can I cook on my Frigidaire while F3 comes and goes?
Back to your everyday
Still showing F3?
Book with the code written exactly as the stove shows it, the full model number, and whether you notice any smell of gas or hot wiring — when there is a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.