Kenmore wall oven
showing F3/E0
On Kenmore wall ovens whose model number starts with 665, F3/E0 means the control sees an open oven temperature sensor circuit, which usually points to the sensor or its harness.
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- Temperature sensor and calibration
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What F3/E0
actually means.
On Kenmore wall ovens whose model number starts with 665, F3/E0 means the control sees an open oven temperature sensor circuit, which usually points to the sensor or its harness. The control board is the last suspect.
Kenmore oven display · also shown as F3 E0
What to do when F3/E0 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 665 model wall oven error codes (archived)
Kenmore 665-prefix wall ovens (the model number starts with 665).
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for F3/E0 on its ovens. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Switch the oven off at the breaker for a minute, then on.
If F3/E0 returns, leave the oven off and book a visit.
Still there?
It usually turns into temperature sensor and calibration. Book with the code and the model number.
What not to do
It is not a keypad or door code; on these models those sit in the F2 and F5 groups.
What you may
notice with it.
The oven problems F3/E0 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the oven before anyone is booked.
All problems
Oven Not Heating
6 causes, cheapest first
Where F3/E0 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 defective or an open oven temperature sensor circuit
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Kenmore 665-prefix wall ovens (the model number starts with 665).
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Questions
about F3/E0.
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Back to your everyday
Still showing F3/E0?
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.