---
title: "GE range error code F2"
description: "GE range error code F2: For an unknown reason the oven temperature has exceeded a preset threshold — GE lists it as F2 or F20."
url: "https://gemiami.support/error-codes/range-f2/"
date_modified: "2026-08-31"
Appliance type: "Ranges, Wall ovens"
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# GE range error code F2

### What F2 means, in the maker’s own words

For an unknown reason the oven temperature has exceeded a preset threshold — GE lists it as F2 or F20. The control has seen a cavity hotter than it should ever be and stopped, which is protection working rather than an appliance failing at random.

### 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

Listed as F2 or F20. 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

- Let the oven cool completely before anything else.
- Note what it was doing: self-clean, broil, or ordinary baking. Self-clean is the hardest thing this appliance ever does and the commonest moment for this code.
- The usual causes are a sensor reading wrongly or a relay that has stuck closed and kept heating. Both are measured; they are not the same repair or the same price.
- Do not keep resetting and re-running it. An oven that overheats has a reason, and running it again is how a sensor problem becomes an element and a control.

### Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is [oven element replacement](/services/oven-element-replacement/), 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.

Listed as F2 or F20

What this one means

What F2 means, in the maker’s own words

For an unknown reason the oven temperature has exceeded a preset threshold — GE lists it as F2 or F20. The control has seen a cavity hotter than it should ever be and stopped, which is protection working rather than an appliance failing at random.

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

Listed as F2 or F20. 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

Let the oven cool completely before anything else.

Note what it was doing: self-clean, broil, or ordinary baking. Self-clean is the hardest thing this appliance ever does and the commonest moment for this code.

The usual causes are a sensor reading wrongly or a relay that has stuck closed and kept heating. Both are measured; they are not the same repair or the same price.

Do not keep resetting and re-running it. An oven that overheats has a reason, and running it again is how a sensor problem becomes an element and a control.

Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is oven element replacement, 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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