Kenmore 790 wall oven
showing F1
On manual-clean Kenmore wall ovens whose model number starts with 790, F1 covers two possibilities: an oven temperature sensor that has stopped reading correctly or a control board that no longer reads it.
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- Temperature sensor
- Temperature sensor and calibration
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What F1
actually means.
On manual-clean Kenmore wall ovens whose model number starts with 790, F1 covers two possibilities: an oven temperature sensor that has stopped reading correctly or a control board that no longer reads it.
Kenmore oven display
What to do when F1 shows on the ovenKind of codeTemperature sensor
The reading from the temperature probe fell outside what the control will trust, or climbed far higher than the setting. A loose connector or a probe that has drifted is ruled out before the control itself, and a reading that runs away means the breaker goes off first.
Usually leads toTemperature sensor and calibration
Baking that comes out burnt or pale at the usual setting, traced to the sensor, its wiring or an oven that simply needs calibrating.
Shows up asOven Not Heating
The oven turns on and the display counts, but the cavity stays cold or only lukewarm after a long preheat.
MakeKenmore
A Sears store brand whose wall ovens were built for it by other appliance makers.
SourceSears PartsDirect: Kenmore 790 model manual-cleaning wall oven error codes (archived)
Kenmore 790-prefix manual-cleaning wall ovens; 665 models use a different F1 meaning.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for F1 on its ovens. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Switch power off at the breaker for 30 seconds, then on.
If F1 returns, book a visit to test the sensor circuit.
Still there?
It usually turns into temperature sensor and calibration. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
On 790 models F1 is not a keypad code, unlike some other brands' F1.
What you may
notice with it.
The oven problems F1 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the oven before anyone is booked.
All problems
Oven Not Heating
6 causes, cheapest first
Where F1 usually leads
Temperature sensor and calibration.
Kenmore
ovens.
A Sears store brand whose wall ovens were built for it by other appliance makers.
Kenmore oven repairMore Kenmore codes
Temperature sensor on other makes
In Kenmore's own words
Oven temperature sensor failure or failed electronic oven control board
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore 790-prefix manual-cleaning wall ovens; 665 models use a different F1 meaning.
Kenmore F1 oven repair,
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Questions
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Back to your everyday
Still showing F1?
Book with the code exactly as shown, the full model number, and whether you can smell gas or burning — with a code, that is where the diagnosis starts.