If your oven isn't working at all, you already know you need professional oven repair. Plano residents often report that the issue with their oven crept up on them, however, and they didn't realize what was happening as the problem slowly worsened. If you know the signs of common oven repair problems, you can call Mr. Appliance for reliable appliance repair service before a catastrophic appliance failure occurs.
Temperature Is Wrong
Sometimes an oven temperature malfunction will cause your unit to be a lot hotter or a lot colder than the temperature you set it to. This has to be right up there with the most annoying problems because it has you second-guessing yourself. If the difference is on the more subtle side, the best way to confirm is with an oven thermometer. But if your food scorches within minutes when you set it to low heat or doesn't seem to be cooking at all even though you turned it up, you don't need a thermometer to tell you that something is definitely not right.
If your unit is running too hot, the problem is often related to a unit's built-in thermostat or temperature sensor. If a thermostat can't accurately detect the correct temperature, it can't send the right signals to the rest of your unit to get it at your desired temperature. If it doesn't get hot enough, there may be issues with the heating elements, fan, or control board.
Broil or Bake Element Doesn't Turn On
When you bake food, heat comes from the bottom heating element. In broil mode, heat comes from the top broil element. If one of those elements is burned out or broken, you won't be able to get heat from the correct direction, and it may seem like the unit is not providing any heat at all. This issue could also be related to a faulty bake igniter or deteriorated valve. Whatever the issue is that requires oven repair, Plano experts from Mr. Appliance can diagnose it and get it fixed up to restore full function to your unit.
Error Messages
Many modern ovens feature digital displays that read out information such as the temperature you're inputting on the keypad or may display letters and symbols to tell you when the oven is heating up and so on. When you're used to seeing the same messages displayed day after day, it fades into the background, and you don't really notice—until your unit starts giving you strange, confusing messages that you've never seen before. When that happens, it is typically an error code designed to give your oven repair Plano technician a hint about what's wrong with the appliance. If you're not sure what your unit is trying to tell you, give us a call, and we can take a look, get it figured out, and fix it up.
Strange Smells
Depending on the overall cooking and baking skills in your household, it may not be all that unusual to smell "strange" odors coming from the oven—but if you notice odors that are definitely not food, that could be a major cause for concern. If you have a gas oven, it's particularly important to pay attention to sulfurous, rotten egg smells that could indicate a carbon monoxide leak. While natural gas is colorless, tasteless, and odorless, it typically has an additive that makes it smell like sulfur, so it's easier to detect a leak, which can be caused by a deteriorated gas line or loose connection.
Electric ovens don't give off gas-related odors, of course, but they aren't totally immune to strange smells. If you can smell burning plastic or frying electronics when you turn your unit on—and it's not because something plastic was left in there—it could be that a component that wasn't supposed to get hot has been exposed to excessive heat from the elements somehow.
Controls are Unresponsive
If you turn your oven on and . . . absolutely nothing happens, that's often a case that requires oven repair. Plano electrical panels can sometimes be the culprit, though, especially with an appliance that doesn't seem to be getting any power at all, so it pays to check your panel and make sure a circuit breaker isn't flipped. Check that an electric unit is plugged in and that the gas valve on a gas unit isn't turned to the off position.
But if none of those is the problem, or you notice that the unit is getting some power but isn't responding when you press buttons or turn knobs, it may be related to electrical glitches or faulty connections such as a wire that has shorted out. The cause could also be corrosion or some other type of malfunction that our experienced appliance technician can diagnose and fix.
Unusual Noises
You might hear a very quiet humming when your oven is on or a click when it turns off, but for the most part, it should be operating without much noise. If it suddenly starts making unusual or disruptive noises like buzzing, ticking, or whirring, it should be checked out by a professional who is experienced in oven repair. Plano residents can count on our team of experts to determine the source of the sound and make it stop so you can rest assured your oven is back in good condition and operating safely.
Door Doesn't Stay Shut
Have you ever had something baking away in the oven and been startled when the unit's door suddenly crashed—or creaked—open all by itself? If the door doesn't latch shut properly some or all of the time, it's just not safe to use, and it could be causing temperature change issues by letting cool air in through a crack between the unit and door. This problem is usually due to a faulty or damaged hinge. We'll take care of Plano oven repair by replacing the hinges altogether or by replacing a damaged door seal or latch.
Can't Open Door
The reverse (but just as annoying) problem is when you can't get the door open no matter how hard you pull on it. When an oven enters a self-cleaning cycle, it locks the door shut to avoid any accidental injury from the high temperatures and to make the cleaning more effective. If the door locking mechanism is broken, it may have fallen into place and locked the door even though the unit isn't in self-cleaning mode.
