Magic Chef Oven Locked Out!

Magic Chef Oven Locked Out!

noel -- Tuesday, 18 February 2003, at 10:48 a.m.

Hi,
Was wondering if anyone out there has experienced this problem or better yet, resolved it.
Not that I cook that often, but it just bugs the heck out of me that I can't open this thing. I have the manual, and went thru the whole process of "self-cleaning" or "stopping self-cleaning" etc., but I don't think that the problem. It's not in self-cleaning mode, the oven door is just locked and won't open. Before this happened, I had the problem of the lock engaging UNDER the hinge so that when the oven was on, it couldn't close properly.
It's a Magic Chef The Gourmet Collection Self-Cleaning Oven--gas. Probably from the early 80's (it came with a house I bought in '96).
I opened the top of the range and unplugged the power to the cluster of clocks/timers (3 of 'em), but nothing.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Noel

Re: Magic Chef Locked Out! *LINK*

Dan O. -- Tuesday, 18 February 2003, at 1:10 p.m.

: I can't open this thing... the oven door is just
: locked and won't open.

Hi,

There could be any number of causes to your symptom some of which are described at the link below. There are also some possible ways discussed to open it which might work. Otherwise, it will likely need to be checked out to find where the problem lies.

: Before this happened,
: I had the problem of the lock engaging UNDER
: the hinge so that when the oven was on, it
: couldn't close properly.

If that was not just caused by improper setting of the controls, there may be a loose connection is the circuit that could have caused it? Again the range would have to be checked out to isolate the cause.

Dan O.
Appliance411

After self cleaning the range the door won't open. What might be the problem?