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title: "GE microwave error code PF"
description: "GE microwave error code PF: A power failure notice, displayed as PF, 888 or 8888 depending on the model."
url: "https://gemiami.support/error-codes/microwave-pf/"
date_modified: "2026-08-31"
Appliance type: "Microwaves"
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# GE microwave error code PF

### What PF means, in the maker’s own words

A power failure notice, displayed as PF, 888 or 8888 depending on the model. GE says it can appear at first installation, after the cord is unplugged and plugged back in, or after power is restored to the house — and that it is cleared with Cancel/Off or Clear/Off.

### Where this code actually appears

On the control panel, and usually with a sound. GE describes their refrigerator codes as flashing green on the display and typically accompanied by a beeping, and the range, microwave and dishwasher tables all describe codes you can read from the front of the appliance. That is the opposite of some makes, where the number is written into a hidden log and never shown — here, if something is wrong, the appliance generally tells you. Photograph what it says before cutting the power, because a reset erases it and the code is most of the diagnosis.

### Which machines this one applies to

Displayed as PF, 888 or 8888 depending on the model. GE says plainly on their own range and oven table that they cannot list every code for every model past and present, so a code missing from their table is not proof that your appliance cannot raise it — and a code in it is not proof that yours can. The model number settles it.

### What to do about it

- Touch Cancel/Off or Clear/Off. Normal operation resumes and the clock can be reset on models that have one.
- It is not a repair. Nothing has failed.
- If it returns without a power interruption, look at the supply — the outlet, the breaker, or a loose plug behind an over-the-range unit.

### Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is [microwave repair](/services/microwave-repair/), and every one of those pages carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 306-2503](tel:+13053062503) and describe what the display is doing before booking anything.

Displayed as PF, 888 or 8888 depending on the model

What this one means

What PF means, in the maker’s own words

A power failure notice, displayed as PF, 888 or 8888 depending on the model. GE says it can appear at first installation, after the cord is unplugged and plugged back in, or after power is restored to the house — and that it is cleared with Cancel/Off or Clear/Off.

Where this code actually appears

On the control panel, and usually with a sound. GE describes their refrigerator codes as flashing green on the display and typically accompanied by a beeping, and the range, microwave and dishwasher tables all describe codes you can read from the front of the appliance. That is the opposite of some makes, where the number is written into a hidden log and never shown — here, if something is wrong, the appliance generally tells you. Photograph what it says before cutting the power, because a reset erases it and the code is most of the diagnosis.

Which machines this one applies to

Displayed as PF, 888 or 8888 depending on the model. GE says plainly on their own range and oven table that they cannot list every code for every model past and present, so a code missing from their table is not proof that your appliance cannot raise it — and a code in it is not proof that yours can. The model number settles it.

What to do about it

Touch Cancel/Off or Clear/Off. Normal operation resumes and the clock can be reset on models that have one.

It is not a repair. Nothing has failed.

If it returns without a power interruption, look at the supply — the outlet, the breaker, or a loose plug behind an over-the-range unit.

Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is microwave repair, and every one of those pages carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 306-2503](tel:+13053062503) and describe what the display is doing before booking anything.

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