Why is my oven beeping and saying F1?

Pity it does not have a function key that you could push.

It has a lot of buttons I could push.

Try turning it off and turning it back on, to try to clear the error message.

I do not consider smart appliances that need a reboot an advancement. And it doesn’t have an obvious off button.

For a lot of units, hitting cancel is the same thing.

What does the error mean?

Depending on the model, the F1 error message can be a generic error for a problem with the control panel, the keypad, and sometimes the sensor.

In short, anything.

You could check that the clock is working right.

I fail to see the relationship.

Sometimes a power fluctuation that causes the clock to go to flashing zeros, which causes the control board to be confused if you tell it to cook for 15 minutes or have dinner cooked by 5 PM.

I can try resetting the clock, but I doubt that is the cause.

You could try a hard reboot, turning it off at the breaker, waiting five minutes, and then turning it back on. That causes the control panel to dissipate all power and restart.

Now it is as smart as my gaming console, since we have to do the same thing when a simple power cycle is not good enough.

If the error only comes on when the oven is warm, it can be due to the temperature sensor.

You’d think it would have a more specific error, like one that says the temperature sensor needs to be replace.

If the unit thinks the temperature sensor is malfunctioning, it could be due to a sensor damaged by the last self-cleaning cycle, control board malfunction, dirty sensor not reading right, or wiring problem.

Ah, so it is the oven saying it isn’t reading right and doesn’t know what is wrong – including reading too low because one of the heating elements is out.

I’d check the sensor in case it needs to have grease splatter cleaned off before calling for service. If cleaning it doesn’t work, then you can call for service without worrying about the equivalent of paying someone to flip a switch.

No, just replace a sensor.

Or replace the control board.

If in doubt, reboot, and if that does not work, call for tech support. My smart appliances are now rivals to my gaming consoles for incomprehensible errors and complexity.

Except the oven does not yet let you install updates and reboot to fix it.

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