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Kenmore Range F12 Error Code

Plain-language guidance for Kenmore code F12 on Range — symptoms, safe checks, and when to call a technician.

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Error code overview

A plain-language snapshot of F12 for Kenmore Range — confirm the model series before you act.

Lena Hart Written by Lena Hart Appliance Repair Content Specialist Published October 20, 2026

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Error code F12
Appliance Range
Quick answer

F12 points to the electronic oven control board on 790-prefix, glass touch and Elite slide-in Kenmore ranges.

Model compatibility

Kenmore reuses codes across series and model years, so F12 may mean something different on another appliance or generation. Confirm this against your model’s documentation and record your full model number before acting.

Plain language

What this code means

F12 is a faulty microprocessor identification, or an outright failure, of the electronic oven control board.

F12 on a Kenmore range is a control board code. It does not point at a heating element or the door, only at the board that runs the oven.

Where F12 shows up

  • Electric freestanding self-cleaning ranges with 790-prefix model numbers (2004 and newer), and 2014 self-cleaning models: faulty microprocessor identification on the electronic oven control board.
  • Electric freestanding ranges with a glass touch panel control: electronic oven control board failure.
  • Elite slide-in gas or dual-fuel ranges, models 790.3263, 790.3264, 790.4260, 790.4261, 790.4275 and 790.4276: oven control board failure.

The reset the manual describes

Disconnect electrical power, wait 30 seconds, then restore it. The glass touch manual words it as unplugging the range for 30 seconds and plugging it back in. When the code returns after that, the manual’s answer is a replacement oven control board. On the 790-prefix ranges the keypad is part of the board, so the replacement includes it. That is technician work.

Related Kenmore range codes

  • F13 is a control memory fault with the same first reset step.
  • F11 involves the keypad or panel connection.
  • F17 is another electronic oven control board failure.

Kenmore range service in Los Angeles

If F12 stays after you power the range down and up again, phone (310) 554-8899 about Kenmore range service in Los Angeles. Say which type of control your range has and give the model number.

Source: PartsDirect – Kenmore 2004 and newer self-cleaning electric range error codes; PartsDirect – Kenmore 2014 self-cleaning electric range error codes; PartsDirect – Kenmore glass touch electric range error codes; PartsDirect – Kenmore Elite 790 slide-in gas and dual-fuel range error codes

Caution

Safety warning

Important safety warning

Do not attempt repairs involving electrical components, gas, water lines, refrigerant or sealed systems. Unplug the appliance if it is safe to reach the outlet, and leave internal diagnostics to a qualified technician.

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