GE stove
showing F3
The oven sensor is the thin probe on the back wall of the oven that tells the control how hot it is inside.
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What F3
actually means.
The oven sensor is the thin probe on the back wall of the oven that tells the control how hot it is inside. With F3 the control is getting a reading it cannot use, and GE says the sensor normally needs replacing.
GE stove display
What to do when F3 shows on the stoveKind of codeTemperature sensor
The thin probe on the back wall of the oven sent the stove a reading it would not trust, or one that kept climbing past the setting. A loose plug behind the stove or a probe knocked against the racks is ruled out before the sensor or the board is replaced. If the oven keeps getting hotter with the controls turned off, switch the stove off at its breaker first.
Usually leads toStove 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 asOven 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.
MakeGE
GE Appliances, owned by Haier, makes some of the most common stoves in American kitchens.
SourceGE 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 F3 on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Turn the oven off and let it cool.
Reset the breaker for a minute or two to see whether F3 clears.
If it returns, book a visit; the sensor and its plug connection behind the oven wall are what get tested.
Still there?
It usually turns into stove oven heating repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
F3 does not mean the bake element or gas burner has failed. The heat source may be fine; it is the temperature reading that the control has stopped believing.
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
Stove oven heating repair.
GE
stoves.
GE Appliances, owned by Haier, makes some of the most common stoves in American kitchens.
GE 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.
In GE's own words
This code usually means that the oven sensor needs to be replaced.
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 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?
Where is the sensor that F3 on my GE stove is about?
My GE oven burned a cake and then showed F3. Are they related?
Is F3 the same as F4 on a GE stove?
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.