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title: "GE stove showing F5 | StoveRepair.center"
description: "What F5 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 F5

F5 is GE's signal that the electronic control, the board that runs the oven, has found a problem inside itself.

## What F5 actually means.

F5 is GE's signal that the electronic control, the board that runs the oven, has found a problem inside itself. GE says that when F5 appears the control usually has to be replaced.

GE stove display

What to do when F5 shows on the stove

### Kind of code Control 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 to Control 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 as Stove Won't Turn On

Nothing happens anywhere on the stove: no burner heats, the oven stays cold, the clock and lights are dark, or the display lights up but nothing will start.

### 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 F5 on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.

01

Press Cancel/Off and note what the oven was doing when F5 appeared.

02

Switch the stove off at the breaker, wait a minute or two, then switch it back on.

03

If F5 shows again, keep the breaker off except for short burner use and book a visit.

### Still there?

It usually turns into [control board and display repair](https://stoverepair.center/services/control-board-and-display-repair/). Book with the code and the model number.

### What not to do

F5 is not a keypad or door code. The pads and the lock may work normally; it is the brain behind them that has flagged itself.

## What you may notice with it.

The stove problems F5 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked.

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

Before you call

### [Stove Won't Turn On](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-wont-turn-on/)

[All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-wont-turn-on/)

It also comes with

- [**Stove Display Blank or Flashing**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-display-blank-or-flashing/)
- [**Stove Error Code**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/)

Problem

### Stove Won't Turn On

6 causes, cheapest first

Where F5 usually leads

## Control board and display repair.

**Control board, keypad or display · moderate.**

Book a visit [What the job involves](https://stoverepair.center/services/control-board-and-display-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/) [F2](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f2/) [F3](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-f3/) [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)

Control board and power on other makes

[AGA CE](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/aga-ce/) [BlueStar F20](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/bluestar-f20/) [Bosch e005](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e005/) [Café F97](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/cafe-f97/) [Dacor C-F0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-f0/) [Electrolux Err](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-err/) [Fisher & Paykel F](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-f/) [Frigidaire F3](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-f3/)

[All 76 codes of this kind](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#family-board)

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

> This code usually means that the electronic control needs to be replaced.

[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.

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## Questions about F5.

### Can I clear F5 myself?

Press Cancel/Off and note what the oven was doing when F5 appeared. If it comes back, it needs a visit.

### Did a storm cause F5 on my GE stove?

A surge can upset an electronic control. Try the breaker reset GE suggests; if F5 comes back once power is steady, the control needs a closer look.

### Can I keep baking with F5 on my GE?

GE advises keeping the stove off at the breaker until it is serviced. The burners can be used with the breaker on for a short while.

### Is F5 on a GE the same problem as FF?

GE gives F5, F8 and FF the same meaning: the electronic control usually needs replacing. The number depends on the control generation.

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