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Oven Door Won't Open: Troubleshooting Door Lock Problems
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Hi, this is Wayne from Sears PartsDirect. Today we’re going to talk about an oven
with a malfunctioning door lock. You’re probably watching this because your
oven door is stuck shut. Let me guess, did you just run a self-cleaning cycle?
During the cleaning cycle your door will lock for safety purposes. Under normal circumstances,
the door won't unlock until the oven has cooled to room temperature. The thing is, if you
lose or disconnect power before the cycle is finished, the lock motor may not complete
the cycle to unlock the door. We’ll show you how to reset the lock and get things working.
But, the lock motor itself could be broken. So we’ll also show you how to test that
out while you’re back there. Now that it's stuck shut, let me show you
how you can get it open fast and get back to cooking.
Pull the range out from the wall and disconnect the power.
Remove the back panel to gain access to the lock motor assembly.
Remove the screws holding the door lock assembly in place.
Release the door-latching rod by pulling the lock motor assembly down and tilt the front
inwards. This will allow you to unhook the locking rod from the drive cam.
Push the rod forward and open the oven door. Note the position of the drive cam and the
hole that the locking rod fits into. Remove the Philips screw holding the drive
cam on the motor. Remove the drive cam and rotate it 180 degrees
from where it was when the door was locked. Line up the two slots on the bottom of the
drive cam with the posts on the motor shaft. Push the drive cam down and lock it on the
motor shaft. Make sure that the switch arm aligns with
the side edge of the drive cam. Reinstall the Phillips screw on the cam.
Re-hook the locking rod back onto the drive cam.
Install the motor bracket assembly back onto the range.
Now, you can put everything back together, and at least be able to cook again.
But if you’ve got a bad door lock, your door is going to get stuck again the next
time you run a cleaning cycle. We’ll check the lock motor circuit for electrical
continuity with a multi-meter while we’ve got this back panel off. Always disconnect
power before checking continuity. Locate the two electrical wires going to the
lock motor and disconnect them. Set your meter to read ohms of resistance
on the 20,000 ohms scale. Place one meter lead on each terminal of the
lock motor. If you measure no continuity, on this meter
that’s a “1” on the far left corner, then the door lock is bad and will need to
be replaced. Here's a video that will show you how to do
that. If the lock motor reads about 2000 ohms on
the multi-meter, then the motor is good. Let’s see if there’s a break in wire harness
next. Plug the wires back into the lock motor. Remove
the upper back panel. Locate the two wires from the motor that are connected to the electronic
control board (that's the brown and white wires on this model).
Disconnect the wires from the electronic control board and put one meter lead on each wire.
If your meter shows no continuity then you will need to repair the broken wire in the
harness. Here's a video about repairing broken wiring.
If you get a reading of about 2000 ohms, then both the harness and door lock are ok. That
tells you that the electronic control board is failing to send current to the lock motor.
You’ll need to replace the control board. Here’s a video showing you how.
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