--- title: "LG stove shows F11 or F38 | StoveRepair.center" description: "What F11 means on LG stove shows F11 or F38s, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f11/" --- # LG stove shows F11 or F38 F11 is LG's communication error, and F38 is the same kind of problem between the main board and the inverter on induction models. ## What F11 actually means. F11 is LG's communication error, and F38 is the same kind of problem between the main board and the inverter on induction models. What failed is the conversation between boards, not necessarily any burner, element or coil. LG stove display · also shown as F38 What to do when F11 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 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. ### Make LG The Korean electronics maker whose freestanding and slide-in stoves often come with app controls. ### Source LG Help Library: range error codes list (Wayback, 23 Jun 2025) LG's Help Library code list (Wayback copy of 23 June 2025); the list names no models, so the rating label decides whether your stove can show it. F38 applies to induction models with an inverter. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from LG's own guidance for F11 on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Press CLEAR/OFF and try again. 02 Flip the stove's breaker off, count 30 seconds, then flip it on. 03 Book a visit if F11 or F38 returns; the cables and boards are checked one by one. ### 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 F11 is not a heating element or burner problem. It is about the link between the control parts. ## What you may notice with it. The stove problems F11 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://stoverepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Stove Display Blank or Flashing](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-display-blank-or-flashing/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-display-blank-or-flashing/) It also comes with - [**Stove Won't Turn On**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-wont-turn-on/) - [**Stove Error Code**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/) Problem ### Stove Display Blank or Flashing 6 causes, cheapest first Where F11 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/) ## LG stoves. The Korean electronics maker whose freestanding and slide-in stoves often come with app controls. [LG stove repair](https://stoverepair.center/brands/lg/) More LG codes [F1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f1/) [F4](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f4/) [F3](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f3/) [F9](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f9/) [F10](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f10/) [F17](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f17/) [F27](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f27/) [F33](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f33/) [F42](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f42/) [F8](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f8/) [F51](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f51/) [HS](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-hs/) [All 15 LG codes](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#codes-lg) 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 77 codes of this kind](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#family-board) LG 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. LG 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. LG builds this ### 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 LG's own words > F11 indicates a Communication Error [LG Help Library: range error codes list (Wayback, 23 Jun 2025)](https://web.archive.org/web/20250623055649/https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-library/lg-range-error-codes-list--20150154166283) [LG Help Library: range error codes list (Wayback, 23 Jun 2025)](https://web.archive.org/web/20250623055649/https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-library/lg-range-error-codes-list--20150154166283) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. LG's Help Library code list (Wayback copy of 23 June 2025); the list names no models, so the rating label decides whether your stove can show it. F38 applies to induction models with an inverter. ## LG F11 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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Press CLEAR/OFF and try again. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### My LG stove showed F11 after the power flickered. Should I worry? A power blip can break the link for a moment. If a breaker reset clears it for good, the stove is fine. ### What is the inverter that F38 mentions on my LG? On induction stoves it is the board that powers the induction coils. F38 means it and the main board stopped talking. ### Can I use the LG oven when the stovetop shows F38? Sometimes, since F38 concerns the induction side. Test the oven, and book a visit either way. --- **[Read on the site: LG stove shows F11 or F38 | StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/lg-f11/)** **[Book a visit with StoveRepair.center](https://stoverepair.center/schedule/)**