Kenmore gas stove flashing Er- and a number
On Kenmore gas stoves in the 405.7608 family, Er- followed by a number or letter, or the word ErrF, is the control's way of saying it found a function error.
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What Er-
actually means.
On Kenmore gas stoves in the 405.7608 family, Er- followed by a number or letter, or the word ErrF, is the control's way of saying it found a function error. The guide gives one routine for all of them rather than a meaning for each.
Kenmore stove display · also shown as ErrF
What to do when Er- shows on the stoveKind of codeControl 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 toControl 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 asStove Display Blank or Flashing
The clock and display on the stove have gone dark, or they flash the time, a word or a string of characters and ignore the keys you press.
MakeKenmore
Kenmore began as the house label of Sears, and every stove sold under it came out of another company's factory.
SourceKenmore gas stove use & care guide, models 405.7608
Kenmore gas stoves, model family 405.7608.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for Er- on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press Cancel/Off and let the oven cool for one hour, then use it again.
If the code repeats, disconnect all power to the oven for at least 30 seconds, then restore it.
If it still comes back, book a visit and write down the exact characters.
Still there?
It usually turns into control board and display repair. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
Er- is not a gas leak warning. It comes from the electronic oven control; if you smell gas, leave the house and call the gas utility from outside.
What you may
notice with it.
The stove problems Er- tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked.
All problems
Where Er- usually leads
Control board and display repair.
Kenmore
stoves.
Kenmore began as the house label of Sears, and every stove sold under it came out of another company's factory.
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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.
Induction stove
A stove with a flat glass top that heats the pan itself through a magnetic field, run by touch keys and power boards, with an electric oven underneath.
In Kenmore's own words
You have a function error code. Press the Cancel/Off pad.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore gas stoves, model family 405.7608.
Kenmore Er- 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
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Back to your everyday
Still showing Er-?
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.