Frigidaire stove shows F40 or F41 and the stovetop is locked out
Frigidaire lists F40 and F41 as a lockout of the stovetop, where the elements on top will not respond.
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What F40
actually means.
Frigidaire lists F40 and F41 as a lockout of the stovetop, where the elements on top will not respond. The control does this when it sees a condition it will not heat through.
Frigidaire stove display · also shown as F41
What to do when F40 shows on the stoveKind of codeStovetop elements
A burner on an electric or induction stovetop did not heat the way the knob or key asked, heated with nothing set, or ran hotter than the setting. The pan, a lock left on and the switch behind the knob are checked before the element under the glass, its limiter or an induction board is changed. If a burner keeps heating after it has been switched off, turn the stove's breaker off before anything else.
Usually leads toGlass stovetop repair
Smooth glass stovetops on electric and induction stoves with a cold circle, a cracked or chipped top, or a hot-surface light that stays on, repaired under the glass or with a new top.
Shows up asStovetop Not Heating
The burners on an electric, glass or induction stovetop stay cold or warm up only a little, sometimes all of them and sometimes two on one side, while the oven below may still work.
MakeFrigidaire
One of the most familiar stove names in American homes, now part of Electrolux.
SourceFrigidaire: error code F40/F41
F40 is listed here: 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 F40 on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Make sure no element knob is partly on, then turn all knobs off.
Kill the power at the breaker for as long as 30 seconds, then bring it back.
Book a visit if F40 or F41 returns and the top will not heat.
What not to do
F40 is not the lock feature you set yourself. That lock is canceled by holding OFF; F40 is the control's own lockout.
What you may
notice with it.
The stove problems F40 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked.
All problems
Stovetop Not Heating
6 causes, cheapest first
Where F40 usually leads
Glass stovetop repair.
Frigidaire
stoves.
One of the most familiar stove names in American homes, now part of Electrolux.
Frigidaire stove repair
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
Electric Range Error Code F40 / F41 - Cooktop Lock Out
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. F40 is listed here: 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.
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Questions
about F40.
Can I clear F40 myself?
How do I tell F40 from the normal lock on my Frigidaire?
Can I still use the oven when my Frigidaire shows F41?
Why would my Frigidaire lock out its elements by itself?
Back to your everyday
Still showing F40?
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.