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Kenmore Range F16 Code Lower Oven Overheat or Board Failure

Plain-language guidance for Kenmore code F16 on Range — symptoms, safe checks, and when to call a technician.

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Error code overview

A plain-language snapshot of F16 for Kenmore Range — confirm the model series before you act.

Daniel Reeves Written by Daniel Reeves Appliance Repair Content Specialist Published October 20, 2026

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Error code F16
Appliance Range
Quick answer

Sort out F16 on a Kenmore range by model type: lower oven too hot, or oven control board failure.

Model compatibility

Kenmore reuses codes across series and model years, so F16 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

F16 is a lower oven overheat code on Elite 721 ranges and a control board failure code on glass touch and Elite slide-in ranges.

Is your range an Elite 721?

If so, F16 means the lower oven is too hot, with the control sensing more than 650 F in bake or broil. This is the manual’s sequence.

  1. Unplug the range.
  2. If the code appeared with the oven at room temperature, a technician tests the lower oven temperature sensor and replaces it if off.
  3. If the oven was truly overheating, the oven control board is the likely cause, because a stuck relay keeps the heat on.

This is listed for both the Elite electric range with 721-prefix numbers and the Elite double-oven gas range.

Any other model

Glass touch freestanding electric ranges call F16 an electronic oven control board failure: unplug for 30 seconds, plug back in, and replace the board if the code resumes. The Elite slide-in gas or dual-fuel models 790.4276, 790.4275, 790.4261, 790.4260, 790.3264 and 790.3263 use the same idea, with a disconnect-and-restore step before a replacement board.

Look at these too

Compare with F17, F18 and F14.

Kenmore range service for your area

Call (844) 747-3641 from the Miami, New York, Houston, Los Angeles or San Diego metro areas. More on range repair is online; mention F16 and your model number.

Source: PartsDirect – Kenmore Elite 721 electric range error codes; PartsDirect – Kenmore Elite 721 gas 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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