Kitchenaid Oven Door Latch

The video focuses on the steps relating to removing and reinstalling the oven door step.

Kitchenaid oven door latch. Kitchenaid ovens have an oven door that locks. Sometimes the door lock will not disengage even when the self clean cycle is finished. This video shows how to install a kitchenaid or whirlpool wall oven. The lock on a kitchenaid oven engages when it is operating in the self clean cycle.

To remove kitchenaid oven door without hinge latches prior to removing oven door prepare a flat surface to place the oven door. Use you thumb to depress this button and hold it in while you program the oven to a self clean cycle for about thirty seconds and then cancel the cycle but all the time holding in the light button. The door lock motor assembly locks the latch to keep the oven door shut during the cleaning cycle and when the control lock out is active. Our factory certified parts provide you with the assurance that your kitchenaid appliance will continue to perform to the high standard you expect from kitchenaid.

After spending 70 on new hinges that didn t work i found this really cheap way to fix an oven door that won t stay closed. This is a safety feature because of the high heat the oven produces when it is self cleaning. After this is done the latch hook should be back at its home position so you can properly close the oven door. Open oven door to the first stop position opened about 4 10 0 cm.

You don t want any less than the best when it comes to replacement parts. It should be covered with a soft blanket or posts from packing material. Door is locked when starting or using the oven press cancel off key to start a latch reset wait 20 30 seconds and open door turn the power off at the circuit breaker or fuse box for one minute then turn the power back on.