--- title: "Electrolux range showing F3, F20 or F26 | RangeRepair.center" description: "What F3 means on Electrolux ranges, what to check before booking, and when it is not a failure at all." url: "https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f3/" --- # Electrolux range showing F3 Electrolux files F3, F20 and F26 under communication errors. ## What F3 actually means. Electrolux files F3, F20 and F26 under communication errors. One part of the control is not getting answers from another. Electrolux range display · also shown as F20, F26 What to do when F3 shows on the range ### Kind of code Controls and communication The display, the main board or the induction power board lost contact with one another, or one of them failed its own self-check. A power dip, a loose cable or moisture from a boil-over is ruled out before a board is replaced, and a range that keeps heating while this code shows is switched off at the breaker. ### Usually leads to Knobs, switches and controls Knobs that spin or crack, touch keys that do nothing, blank displays, clocks that reset and control boards that switch the wrong thing. ### Shows up as Range Control Panel Not Responding The touch keys or knobs on the range do nothing, only some keys work, the display is blank or frozen, or it beeps without starting. ### Make Electrolux A Swedish appliance group whose US ranges are front-control models in gas, electric and induction versions. ### Source Electrolux "Ranges - Error Code Guide" F3 is in Electrolux's range code guide, marked for electric ranges; the current ECF models show Err codes instead. ## Before you book, in this order. Each step comes from Electrolux's own guidance for F3 on its ranges. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit. 01 Switch the range off at the breaker for 30 seconds. 02 Book a visit if the code returns. ### Still there? It usually turns into [knobs, switches and controls](https://rangerepair.center/services/knobs-switches-and-controls/). Book with the code and the model number. ### What not to do These codes do not concern the door or heat. ## What you may notice with it. The range problems F3 tends to arrive with. Answer these at the range before anyone is booked. [All problems](https://rangerepair.center/problems/) Before you call ### [Range Control Panel Not Responding](https://rangerepair.center/problems/control-panel-not-responding/) [All 5 causes, cheapest first](https://rangerepair.center/problems/control-panel-not-responding/) It also comes with - [**Range Error Code**](https://rangerepair.center/problems/range-error-code/) Problem ### Range Control Panel Not Responding 5 causes, cheapest first Where F3 usually leads ## Knobs, switches and controls. **Knobs, keypad or control board · moderate.** Book a visit [What the job involves](https://rangerepair.center/services/knobs-switches-and-controls/) ## Electrolux ranges. A Swedish appliance group whose US ranges are front-control models in gas, electric and induction versions. [Electrolux range repair](https://rangerepair.center/brands/electrolux/) More Electrolux codes [Err](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-err-number/) [5d](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-5d/) [F10](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f10/) [F30](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f30/) [F90](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f90/) [F1](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f1/) [F40](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f40/) Controls and communication on other makes [AGA FE](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/aga-fe/) [BlueStar F20](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/bluestar-range-f20/) [Bosch e005](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e005/) [Café F7](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/cafe-f7/) [Dacor C-d0](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/dacor-range-c-d0/) [Fisher & Paykel F + number](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/fisher-and-paykel-range-f-number/) [Frigidaire F1](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/frigidaire-f1/) [Fulgor Milano F15](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/fulgor-milano-f15/) [All 68 codes of this kind](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/#family-communication) Electrolux builds this ### Gas range Open flames on top and a gas-fired oven below, all fed by one supply line behind the range and lit by igniters rather than a match. Electrolux builds this ### Dual-fuel range Gas burners on top and an electric oven below, the combination most professional-style ranges use, needing both a gas line and a 240-volt circuit. Electrolux builds this ### Induction range A glass top that heats the pan itself through copper coils and power boards, over an electric oven, with electronics doing almost all the work. ## In Electrolux's own words > F3 / F20 / F26 / - Communication Error [Electrolux "Ranges - Error Code Guide"](https://owner.electrolux.com/support-articles/article/1846380-ranges-error-code-guide) Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. F3 is in Electrolux's range code guide, marked for electric ranges; the current ECF models show Err codes instead. ## Electrolux F3 range repair, where we come out. The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered. 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Switch the range off at the breaker for 30 seconds. If it comes back, it needs a visit. ### Can a loose wire cause F26 on an Electrolux range? A loose harness is one common reason boards lose contact. A technician checks the connectors before a board is replaced. ### Does a communication code on my Electrolux range need a new control? Not always. Resets and connector checks come first, and a board is replaced only when testing shows it has failed. --- **[Read on the site: Electrolux range showing F3, F20 or F26 | RangeRepair.center](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/electrolux-f3/)** **[Book a visit with RangeRepair.center](https://rangerepair.center/schedule/)**