Troubleshooting Tips - GE JBP15 Owner's Manual And Installation Instructions

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Troubleshooting Tips
Possible Causes What To Do
"Burning'_ or Yoily!"
This is normal in a new oven
* To speed
tile process,
set a selfXclean cxcle f(w a
odor emitting from the aaad will disappear in dine, minimum of 3 hom_. See tile Using theself-cleaning
oven vent oven section.
Strongodor An odor from the insulation
* This is tenq)or:u).
around the inside of the oven
is norma3 for the first few _es
the oven is used.
Self-Cleaning Models
Oven will net se/f-clean The oven temperature is too * ?dlow the range to cool to room temperature and
high to set a self-clea_a operation, reset the controls.
Oven controls improperly set. * See tile Using the self-cleaning oven section.
Oven door is not in the locked
* Make sure you mo_e tile door latch handle all tile way to
position, the l_ght.
Oven Starts a self-€lean Oven door locked during * Turn the O, en Temperature knob to OFF..Mlow tile
cycle when you wanted
cooking,
oven to cool. Never force tile door latch handle.
to bake, roast or broil
,'CracklingS! or Tiffs is tile sound of the metal * This is normal.
"popping" sound heating and cooling during both
the cooking and cleaning
functions.
Excess!vest, eking
Excessive
soil. *Press tile CLEAR/OFFpad. Open tile windo,_s to ,id
during a cleancyc!e the room of smoke. Wait until tile light on tile
SELFCLEANp'dd goes off. _'_ipe up tlle excess soft
and reset the clean cycle.
Oven door will
Oven too hot, o A]lo_ tile oven to cool belm_ h)cking temperature.
not unloek
Oven not clean after a Oven controls not properly set. * See Using the self-cleaning oven section.
clean cycle
Oven was heavily soiled. ®Clean up heax) spilh)vers before starting tile
cleall
c,cle.ne.,'il,s,,iled ,,,e.sm., .eed t,,self'de:l,,
again or for a hmger pe_fod of time.
Self clean tight blinks The OVEN TEMP knob has not * Set the OVEN TEMP knob to CLEAN. See tile Using the
when trying to Set a been set to CLEAN when the self-cleaning oven section.
selfe!ean cycle
latch was moved to the right,
The latch was not moved to the o Mine the latch to tile right, as far as it _ill .,,o See tile
right when the OVEN TEMP lmob
Using the self-cleaning oven section.
was set to CLEAN.
Self clean light blinks A power interruption occurred. * Turn tile OVEN TEMP knob to OFFand move tile latch
during self clean cycle to tile left as far as it _ill go. Reset tile range controls
to tile desired settings. See tile Using the self-cleaning
oven section.
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