--- title: "GE stove showing F2 or F20 | StoveRepair.center" description: "What F2 means on GE stoves, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f2/" --- # GE stove showing F2 F2, printed as F20 on some GE controls, means the oven temperature climbed past a threshold GE sets as the safe ceiling. ## What F2 actually means. F2, printed as F20 on some GE controls, means the oven temperature climbed past a threshold GE sets as the safe ceiling. GE describes the cause as unknown, so the control shuts heating down rather than guess. GE stove display · also shown as F20 What to do when F2 shows on the stove ### Kind of code Oven heating The oven part of the stove was set to bake or broil and did not warm the way the controls expected, or took far too long to get there. On an electric stove a bake or broil element that has burned through is the everyday reason; on a gas stove the oven igniter and the valve it opens are looked at first. The wiring and the relay on the board are checked before the board itself is blamed. ### Usually leads to Stove oven heating repair The oven part of a stove that stays cold, heats slowly or bakes too hot or too cool, fixed at the bake and broil elements, the oven igniter, the gas valve or the temperature sensor. ### Shows up as Oven on My Stove Runs Hot or Cold Recipes take much longer or much less time than they should, cakes burn on the outside and stay raw inside, or an oven thermometer disagrees with the display by more than a little. ### 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 F2 on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Switch the stove off at the breaker right away. 02 Keep the oven door shut if you see smoke, and let the stove cool completely. 03 Book a visit before using the oven again; the burners may be used briefly with the breaker on if they are needed. ### Still there? It usually turns into [stove oven heating repair](https://stoverepair.center/services/stove-oven-heating-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do F2 is not a reminder that self-clean is running or that the door was left open. It is a real overheat reading, and GE treats it more seriously than the keypanel codes. ## What you may notice with it. The stove problems F2 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://stoverepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Oven on My Stove Runs Hot or Cold](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-oven-temperature-off/) [All 7 causes, cheapest first](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-oven-temperature-off/) It also comes with - [**Stove Smoking**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-smoking/) - [**Stove Error Code**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/) Problem ### Oven on My Stove Runs Hot or Cold 7 causes, cheapest first Where F2 usually leads ## Stove oven heating repair. **Oven element, igniter, gas valve or sensor · low to moderate.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://stoverepair.center/services/stove-oven-heating-repair/) ## 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/) [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/) [ERR](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-err/) [OFF](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-off/) [All 14 GE codes](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#codes-ge) Oven heating on other makes [AGA 010-014](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/aga-010-014/) [BlueStar F80](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/bluestar-f80/) [Dacor C-21](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-21/) [Electrolux F10](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f10/) [Fisher & Paykel A1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-a1/) [Frigidaire F10](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-f10/) [JennAir F5E5](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/jennair-f5e5/) [Kenmore E1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-e1/) [All 26 codes of this kind](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#family-oven) 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 > For an unknown reason, the oven temperature has exceeded a preset threshold. [GE Appliances support: oven error and function code list](https://products.geappliances.com/appliance/gea-support-search-content?contentId=16238) [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. ## GE F2 stove repair, where we come out. 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Switch the stove off at the breaker right away. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Is F2 on a GE stove dangerous? It means the oven ran hotter than it should, so treat it as a safety stop. Cut the power at the breaker, let everything cool, and do not start another bake until it has been checked. ### Why does my GE show F20 while my neighbor's showed F2? Different GE controls print the same overheat code with or without the zero. Both mean the oven passed GE's preset temperature limit. ### Can a dirty oven set off F2 on a GE during self-clean? GE does not name a cause for F2. Heavy grease can smoke and flare during a clean, so cancel, let it cool, and have the heating controls tested before cleaning again. --- **[Read on the site: GE stove showing F2 or F20 | StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f2/)** **[Book a visit with StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/schedule/)**