--- title: "Whirlpool stove showing Lo or Pre | StoveRepair.center" description: "What Lo means on Whirlpool stoves, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-lo/" --- # Whirlpool stove showing Lo Lo or Pre on a Whirlpool means the oven has just started and is still cool, under 170 degrees, or is preheating. ## What Lo actually means. Lo or Pre on a Whirlpool means the oven has just started and is still cool, under 170 degrees, or is preheating. On some models the display then counts up as the oven warms and beeps at the set temperature. Whirlpool stove display · also shown as Pre What to do when Lo 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 Leave the oven to preheat. ### Shows up as Oven on My Stove Won't Heat Up The burners on top work, but the oven underneath stays cold, heats only a little, or never reaches the temperature you set. ### Make Whirlpool The Michigan-based appliance maker behind many of the gas and electric stoves in American homes and rentals. ### Source Whirlpool product help: Lo or Pre Whirlpool stoves with an electronic oven display. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Whirlpool's own guidance for Lo on its stoves. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Leave the oven to preheat. 02 Wait for the tone before putting food in. 03 If Lo or Pre stays for a very long time and the oven does not warm, book a visit. ### 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 Lo is not a low-voltage or low-gas warning. It is the starting point of preheat. ## What you may notice with it. The stove problems Lo tends to arrive with. Answer these at the stove before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://stoverepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Oven on My Stove Won't Heat Up](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-oven-not-heating/) [All 6 causes, cheapest first](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-oven-not-heating/) It also comes with - [**Stove Error Code**](https://stoverepair.center/problems/stove-error-code/) Problem ### Oven on My Stove Won't Heat Up 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/) ## Whirlpool stoves. The Michigan-based appliance maker behind many of the gas and electric stoves in American homes and rentals. [Whirlpool stove repair](https://stoverepair.center/brands/whirlpool/) More Whirlpool codes [C81](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-c81/) [H](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-h/) [F2 E1](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f2-e1/) [FEE6](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-fee6/) [FEE7](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-fee7/) [F3 E0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f3-e0/) [F5 E5](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f5-e5/) [F8 E0](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f8-e0/) [F1 E7](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f1-e7/) [F6 E5](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-f6-e5/) [PUSH](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-push/) [Flashing indicator light](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/whirlpool-flashing-indicator-light/) [All 14 Whirlpool codes](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#codes-whirlpool) 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/) [GE LOC](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/ge-loc/) [All 53 codes of this kind](https://stoverepair.center/error-codes/#family-mode) Whirlpool 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. Whirlpool 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. Whirlpool 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 Whirlpool's own words > this is simply showing that the oven temperature is low (below 170° F) or that it is pre-heating. [Whirlpool product help: Lo or Pre](https://producthelp.whirlpool.com/Cooking/Wall_Ovens_and_Ranges/Ranges/Error_Codes/Control_Messages/Lo_or_Pre_-_Range) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Whirlpool stoves with an electronic oven display. ## Whirlpool Lo stove repair, where we come out. 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