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title: "GE stove showing ERR | StoveRepair.center"
description: "What ERR means on GE stoves, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all."
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# GE stove showing ERR

GE shows ERR when the pads were pressed in an order or with a value the oven cannot use, such as a temperature outside its range.

## What ERR actually means.

GE shows ERR when the pads were pressed in an order or with a value the oven cannot use, such as a temperature outside its range. It is an entry mistake, not a part failure.

GE stove display

What to do when ERR shows on the stove

### Kind of code Knobs, keys and display

A key on the panel was held down too long, reported a press nobody made, or stopped answering; or a knob's switch told the stove it was on when it was off. Water, a spill or grease worked in behind a knob is ruled out first, then the switch, the key panel and the cable to the board. If a burner keeps heating while the keys or knobs do nothing, switch the stove off at the breaker.

### Usually leads to Knob and switch replacement

Stove knobs that are cracked, loose or spin in place, and the switches behind them that leave a burner stuck on high or dead, replaced at the knob, the stem or the switch.

### Shows up as Stove 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.

### Make GE

GE Appliances, owned by Haier, makes some of the most common stoves in American kitchens.

### Source GE Appliances support: oven error and function code list

GE ranges and stoves with an electronic oven control. GE says its list covers the most common codes, not every code on every past and present model.

## Before you book, in this order.

Each step comes from GE's own guidance for ERR on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Press Cancel/Off to clear the entry.

02

Set the oven again one step at a time: mode, temperature, then Start.

03

If ERR appears on every entry, even simple ones, reset the breaker and book a visit to check the keypanel.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [knob and switch replacement](https://stoverepair.center/services/knob-and-switch-replacement/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

ERR is not a request for service on its own. Only an ERR that shows up no matter what you enter points at the keypanel.

## What you may notice with it.

The stove problems ERR tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked.

[All problems](https://stoverepair.center/problems/)

Before you call

### [Stove Display Blank or Flashing](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-display-blank-or-flashing/)

[All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-display-blank-or-flashing/)

It also comes with

- [**Stove Error Code**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/)

Problem

### Stove Display Blank or Flashing

6 causes, cheapest first

Where ERR usually leads

## Knob and switch replacement.

**Knob, stem or burner switch · low.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://stoverepair.center/services/knob-and-switch-replacement/)

## GE stoves.

GE Appliances, owned by Haier, makes some of the most common stoves in American kitchens.

[GE stove repair](https://stoverepair.center/brands/ge/)

More GE codes

[F1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f1/) [F2](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f2/) [F3](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f3/) [F5](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f5/) [F9](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f9/) [FF](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-ff/) [F96](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f96/) [Bad Line](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-bad-line/) [Unlock Door](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-unlock-door/) [Loc Door](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-loc-door/) [LOC](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-loc/) [OFF](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-off/)

[All 14 GE codes](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#codes-ge)

Knobs, keys and display on other makes

[AGA FE](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/aga-fe/) [Bosch e011](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e011/) [Café F0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/cafe-f0/) [Dacor C-d0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-d0/) [Electrolux F1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f1/) [Frigidaire F1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-f1/) [Fulgor Milano F15](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-f15/) [GE Profile F6](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-f6/)

[All 28 codes of this kind](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#family-controls)

GE builds this

### 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.

GE builds this

### 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.

## In GE's own words

> ERR means that there has been an invalid entry when setting the oven controls.

[GE Appliances support: oven error and function code list](https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=16238)

Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. GE ranges and stoves with an electronic oven control. GE says its list covers the most common codes, not every code on every past and present model.

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## Questions about ERR.

### Can I clear ERR myself?

Press Cancel/Off to clear the entry. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Why does my GE stove say ERR when I set 550 degrees?

The value may be above what that mode allows. Check the temperature limits for the mode in the owner's manual and enter it again.

### Can a sticky pad cause ERR on a GE?

Yes. A pad that registers twice or not at all can turn a normal entry into an invalid one.

### Is ERR the same on a GE as the F codes?

No. The F codes report something the control detected in the stove; ERR only means the entry was not valid.

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