Two KitchenAid wall oven codes, F1E3 and F6E7, share a single explanation about the microwave appliance manager.
Model compatibility: KitchenAid reuses codes across series and model years, so F1E3 / F6E7 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
The microwave appliance manager or its wiring may have a problem.
The wall oven help page from KitchenAid groups F1E3 and F6E7 into one entry. Whichever number you see, the message is that the Microwave Appliance Manager, or its connecting wiring, could be faulty.
Are they the same fault?
Both entries read exactly alike. Why a particular oven reports one number rather than the other is left unexplained, and so is the question of whether it is one fault behind both.
Understanding “microwave appliance manager”
You will find similar labels in other KitchenAid entries, such as “Oven Appliance Manager Control” and “Lower Oven Appliance Manager”. Judging by the label, this manager serves the microwave function instead of the cavities. That is only a reading of the labels, as KitchenAid supplies no definition. A part that is specific to the microwave means the codes matter for ovens that contain a microwave.
The power reset KitchenAid lists
Flip the oven’s breaker to off.
Give it sixty seconds.
Flip the breaker to on.
Stay close for a further minute and check for F1E3 or F6E7.
Make sure the oven operates.
Seen both on different days?
Nothing changes. The same reset applies, and if either code returns, the same service route applies.
If the code returns
The page has no second round of instructions. Because the named part is electronic, a repeat of the code should be handled by service.
Neighboring entries
F1E4 adds a relay that switches microwave power to the list of suspects.
F6E8 is a close cousin that mentions the manager’s control.
F1E2 concerns the microwave’s controls and not the manager.
Microwave wall oven repair in Los Angeles
When F1E3 or F6E7 remains after the reset, ring (310) 363-8964 to talk about your KitchenAid wall oven in Los Angeles. Tell us which of the two codes is on the display and whether you did the breaker reset. We list our oven work on the oven repair page.
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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