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.
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- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: GE
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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 stoveKind of codeMode, 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 toNo 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 asStove 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.
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
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.
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.
Try the oven again once LOC is gone.
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
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.
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
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.
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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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 LOC.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing LOC?
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.