We have a "built-in" style, single electric Whirlpool oven that’s about 5 to 6 years old (sorry, no model number yet, but that won’t have any impact on this question) that gave us an F3 code last night. It got so hot it locked the door and "thought" it was self-cleaning. We were finally able to get it shut off. Tried it again and it was OK for last night’s dinner.
My question is not how to fix it (I’ve seen the various posts on sensors and boards). Checking and replacing the sensor or resoldering the board connector is not a problem. My concern is, even if I fix it, WHY doesn’t the thing fail-SAFE? In other words, it should shut OFF, not go into China-Syndrome mode. If there’s no way to ensure it does not go supernova on you, we can’t really feel safe in leaving it on while we go do other things.
My quesiton is, do ALL current production ovens still have this problem (getting so hot they lock thier door) when the sensor and/or board goes bad? Do they still make "old-school" ovens without all the fragile electronic controls? I’m more inclined to replace it with something safe than to fix a flawed system.
Thanks!