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GE Oven F2 Error Code: What It Means and What to Do
Seeing F2 or F20 on your GE range or wall oven? Here is what GE says it means, the safe steps to take now, and why it needs a technician if it comes back.
What Does F2 Mean on a GE Oven?
GE says F2 (or F20) means the oven temperature exceeded a preset threshold for an unknown reason. Because the oven got hotter than it should, GE’s advice is to reset at the breaker and, if the code returns, keep the oven off at the breaker until it is repaired. GE says codes vary by model, so confirm yours in your Owner’s Manual. Source: GE oven error codes (opens in a new tab).
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Common Signs With F2
You may notice one or more of these along with the code.
What Can Cause GE F2?
GE doesn’t name one part. These are the areas a technician tests.
What to Do About GE F2
Treat F2 as a safety issue. Don’t keep using an oven that overheats.
Reset at the breaker
GE says switching the range or wall oven off at the breaker for a minute or two sometimes clears a code. Then turn it back on and watch the display.
Keep it off until repaired
If the code returns, GE says to schedule service and keep the oven off at the breaker until then. You can switch it on briefly to use the surface units.
Let it cool before anything else
Don’t open panels or touch the sensor while the oven is hot. Note when the code appeared, for example during bake or self-clean, to tell the technician.
When to Call a Technician
Schedule a repair if:
- F2 returns after the breaker reset
- The oven keeps heating when off
- Food burns at normal settings
- The code appears in self-clean
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GE Oven F2 FAQs
GE says F2 or F20 means the oven temperature went above a preset threshold for an unknown reason. Reset at the breaker; if it returns, keep the oven off at the breaker and schedule service.
No. An oven that exceeds its temperature limit can overheat. GE advises keeping it off at the breaker until it is repaired, though you can switch it on briefly to use the surface units.
Self-clean runs the oven at its highest temperatures, so a sensor or control that reads wrong is most likely to trip the limit then. A technician tests the sensor, relays and control to find out why.
No. On a GE microwave, GE says F2 means a shorted thermal sensor. See our GE microwave repair page.
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