--- title: "Kenmore wall oven showing F3/E2 | OvenRepair.center" description: "What F3/E2 means on Kenmore wall ovens, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f3-e2/" --- # Kenmore wall oven showing F3/E2 F3/E2 on a Kenmore 665 wall oven reports an overheat: the cavity passed 575°F while the oven was set to Bake. ## What F3/E2 actually means. F3/E2 on a Kenmore 665 wall oven reports an overheat: the cavity passed 575°F while the oven was set to Bake. That points to a heating control problem or a sensor giving a false reading. Kenmore oven display · also shown as F3 E2 What to do when F3/E2 shows on the oven ### Kind of code Heating The control asked for heat and the cavity did not warm the way it expected. A bake or broil element that has opened or blistered is the usual answer; the wiring to it and the relay that switches it are checked before a board is blamed. ### Usually leads to Bake and broil element repair An electric oven that stays cold, bakes only from above or will not broil, traced to the element, its terminals or the relay that feeds it. ### Shows up as Oven Won't Turn Off The oven keeps heating after you press cancel or off, or it heats with no mode selected at all. ### Make Kenmore A Sears store brand whose wall ovens were built for it by other appliance makers. ### Source Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 665 model wall oven error codes (archived) Kenmore 665-prefix wall ovens. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Kenmore's own guidance for F3/E2 on its ovens. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Switch the oven off at the breaker right away. 02 Keep the door closed if there is smoke, and let the oven cool. 03 Do not use it again until a technician has checked it; book a visit. ### Still there? It usually turns into [bake and broil element repair](https://ovenrepair.center/services/bake-and-broil-element-repair/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do It is not a door lock message and not something the oven fixes by itself on the next bake. ## What you may notice with it. The oven problems F3/E2 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the oven before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://ovenrepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Oven Won't Turn Off](https://ovenrepair.center/problems/oven-wont-turn-off/) [All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://ovenrepair.center/problems/oven-wont-turn-off/) It also comes with - [**Oven Burning Smell**](https://ovenrepair.center/problems/oven-burning-smell/) - [**Oven Temperature Not Accurate**](https://ovenrepair.center/problems/oven-temperature-wrong/) Gas, fire or electrical risk ### Oven Won't Turn Off 5 causes, cheapest first Where F3/E2 usually leads ## Bake and broil element repair. **Bake or broil element · low.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://ovenrepair.center/services/bake-and-broil-element-repair/) ## Kenmore ovens. A Sears store brand whose wall ovens were built for it by other appliance makers. [Kenmore oven repair](https://ovenrepair.center/brands/kenmore/) More Kenmore codes [F3/E0](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f3-e0/) [F3/E3](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f3-e3/) [F4/E1](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f4-e1/) [F5/E0](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f5-e0/) [F5/E1](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f5-e1/) [F1](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-790-f1/) Heating on other makes [Dacor C-21](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/dacor-c-21/) [Electrolux F10](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f10/) [Fisher & Paykel A1](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-a1/) [Frigidaire F10](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-f10/) [GE Profile F6](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/ge-profile-advantium-f6/) [GE F2](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/ge-f2/) [JennAir F4 E0](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/jennair-f4e0/) [LG F-9](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/lg-f-9/) [All 19 codes of this kind](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/#family-heating) Kenmore builds this ### Single wall oven One oven cavity set into a cabinet at chest height, with its own controls above the door and nothing to cook on above it. Kenmore builds this ### Double wall oven Two full oven cavities stacked in one tall cabinet, sharing one control panel and one power supply but heating on their own. ## In Kenmore's own words > Oven temperature is more than 575 degrees F in BAKE mode. [Sears PartsDirect: Kenmore 665 model wall oven error codes (archived)](https://web.archive.org/web/20221228051736/https://www.searspartsdirect.com/diy/error-codes/wall-oven-repair/1234576/kenmore-665-model-wall-oven/0582) 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. ## Kenmore F3/E2 oven 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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Switch the oven off at the breaker right away. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Is it dangerous that my Kenmore showed F3/E2? It means the oven ran far hotter than any baking setting, so treat it as urgent. Keep the breaker off until the cause is found. ### Can a bad sensor alone trigger F3/E2 on a Kenmore? Yes, a sensor reading wrong can make the control think the oven is too hot, or let it overheat. Testing tells which it is. --- **[Read on the site: Kenmore wall oven showing F3/E2 | OvenRepair.center](https://ovenrepair.center/error-codes/kenmore-f3-e2/)** **[Book a visit with OvenRepair.center](https://ovenrepair.center/schedule/)**