On electric ovens, a cold oven usually means a failed bake element or a tripped breaker. On gas ovens, the igniter is the most common culprit — it can glow and still be too weak to open the gas valve. There are a couple of safe checks below, but ovens are one appliance where we'd rather you call sooner than later, especially with gas. Anything involving the gas line or live wiring belongs to a qualified technician.
The most common electric oven failure. Look through the door: a healthy element glows orange in preheat; a failed one stays dark or shows a blister, bulge, or split spot.
Electric ranges run on a double breaker, and one half can trip while the burners still work. Flip the range breaker fully off and back on before anything else.
The igniter does two jobs: get hot enough to light the gas, and draw the current that opens the safety valve. When it weakens with age, it glows but the oven never lights. Clicking with no flame is the classic symptom.
Downstream of the igniter, the safety valve admits gas only when the igniter draws properly. A failed valve or spark module produces the same no-heat complaint and needs proper gas-appliance service.
Sabbath mode, control lock, or a delayed-start setting can make a perfectly healthy oven appear dead. Check the display for a lock icon and the manual for how to clear it.
After a self-clean cycle or an overheating event, a thermal fuse or board component can fail. These live inside the cabinet and are diagnosed by a technician.
Don't open the oven cabinet, touch elements, or work on gas connections — those steps are for technicians with the right tools and training.
Elements, igniters, and valves involve live wiring and gas safety parts. Our technicians repair all major brands and carry common oven parts for same-visit fixes.
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The bake and broil elements are separate parts. If broil heats and bake doesn't, the bake element has usually failed or its wiring connection has loosened. Elements are inexpensive parts, but the replacement involves live wiring — a technician should do it.
Repeated clicking with no flame typically means a weak or failed igniter. Gas igniters can glow visibly and still be too weak to open the safety valve. It's the most common gas oven repair we see, and it should be handled by a qualified technician.
It starts with a diagnostic — $99 on weekdays, starting at $149 on weekends, holidays, and after hours — applied toward the repair when it's completed the same visit. You approve a flat-rate quote before any work begins; no hourly billing and no surprises.
It's a known pattern: self-clean cycles run extremely hot and can stress a bake element, thermal fuse, or control board. If your oven quit after self-cleaning, book a diagnostic — the failed part is usually identifiable quickly.
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