--- title: "GE stove showing LOC | StoveRepair.center" description: "What LOC 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-loc/" --- # GE stove showing LOC LOC on a GE stove means someone turned on Child Lockout, the setting that stops the oven from being switched on by accident. ## What LOC actually means. LOC on a GE stove means someone turned on Child Lockout, the setting that stops the oven from being switched on by accident. Nothing is broken; the pads are simply locked. GE stove display What to do when LOC shows on the stove ### Kind of code Mode, not a failure Something the stove was switched into, often by accident, rather than something that broke: a control lock pressed while wiping the panel, a Sabbath setting, a showroom demo mode that lights the display and heats nothing, a reminder that a spot on the stovetop is still hot. No part is worn out, and the stove's own keys put it right. ### Usually leads to No repair Look up the lockout steps for your model in the owner's manual; on many GE controls you press and hold one or two pads for a few seconds. ### 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 Many GE free-standing and slide-in models with electronic oven controls. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from GE's own guidance for LOC on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Look up the lockout steps for your model in the owner's manual; on many GE controls you press and hold one or two pads for a few seconds. 02 Try the oven again once LOC is gone. 03 If LOC will not clear with the manual's steps, reset the breaker, and book a visit only if the lock still will not release. ### Cleared? The stove is working again and no part was needed. If the same letters come back while a burner or the oven is on, or the stove switches itself off again in the middle of dinner, book it as a new problem. ### What not to do LOC is not an error in the electronics. It is a feature someone switched on, often by leaning on the panel or while cleaning it. ## What you may notice with it. The stove problems LOC 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 No repair indicated ## Nothing to repair. Something the stove was switched into, often by accident, rather than something that broke: a control lock pressed while wiping the panel, a Sabbath setting, a showroom demo mode that lights the display and heats nothing, a reminder that a spot on the stovetop is still hot. No part is worn out, and the stove's own keys put it right. [How to read what your stove is telling you](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/) ## 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/) [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) Mode, not a failure on other makes [AGA S](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/aga-s/) [Bertazzoni H](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/bertazzoni-h/) [Bosch ERR/toP](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/bosch-err-top/) [Café Probe](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/cafe-probe/) [Electrolux 5d](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-5d/) [Fulgor Milano F13](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-f13/) [GE Profile HOT](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-hot/) [Hestan ER04](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/hestan-er04/) [All 54 codes of this kind](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode) 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 > Child Lockout is a feature on many wall oven, free-standing range and slide-in range models that prevents the oven from being turned on accidentally. [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. Many GE free-standing and slide-in models with electronic oven controls. ## GE LOC 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. 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