--- title: "Range Oven Temperature Sensor and Thermostat Repair" description: "A range oven that bakes hot, bakes slow, takes forever to preheat or posts a sensor code, traced to the sensor probe, the thermostat or the calibration." url: "https://rangerepair.center/services/temperature-sensor-and-thermostat-repair/" --- # Range Oven Temperature Sensor and Thermostat Repair A range oven that bakes hot, bakes slow, takes forever to preheat or posts a sensor code, traced to the sensor probe, the thermostat or the calibration. ## What the range oven temperature sensor and thermostat repair involves. Range oven temperature sensor replacement comes up when food no longer bakes the way the recipe says. On a range with an electronic control, a thin probe mounted on the oven's back wall changes its resistance with heat, and the board reads that resistance to decide when to switch the elements or the burner on and off. On many pro-style and older ranges a capillary thermostat does the same job with a sealed bulb and a dial. A sensor that drifts makes the oven run hot or cold at every setting; one that fails outright stops the oven or shows a code. The repair checks the reading against a separate thermometer first, offers a calibration where the control allows it, and replaces the sensor or the thermostat when the reading cannot be trusted. How the visit goes ### What it usually costs Low · Oven temperature sensor, thermostat or calibration An offset adjustment needs no part. A replacement sensor is inexpensive; a capillary thermostat on a pro-style range takes longer to route and sits slightly higher. ### Answers 4 problems Range Oven Temperature Wrong Range Oven Not Heating · Range Error Code · Range Self-Clean Problems ### Comes up most on Gas range Electric range · Dual-fuel range · Induction range ### Codes that lead here 007 · 020-024 · 060-100 · 120-124 AGA eR7 range showing error 007. ## Temperature sensor and thermostat repair, step by step. Run a full preheat and a hold at the set temperature, confirming the oven stays within a normal swing. 01 Place a separate thermometer in the middle of the oven and compare its reading with the setting over several cycles. 02 Measure the sensor's resistance at room temperature and check its wiring and connector for heat damage. 03 Adjust the calibration where the control allows, or replace the sensor or the capillary thermostat. 04 Run a full preheat and a hold at the set temperature, confirming the oven stays within a normal swing. ## The problems it answers. 4 of them, from range oven temperature wrong to range self-clean problems. [All problems](https://rangerepair.center/problems/) Most common ### Range Oven Temperature Wrong 5 causes, cheapest first Before you call ### Tell us this when you book 1. Whether dishes come out underdone, overdone or uneven 2. How long preheating takes now compared with before 3. The code the oven shows, if there is one 4. Whether the oven has an electronic display or a dial thermostat It also answers - [**Range Oven Not Heating** 7 causes](https://rangerepair.center/problems/range-oven-not-heating/) - [**Range Error Code** 6 causes](https://rangerepair.center/problems/range-error-code/) - [**Range Self-Clean Problems** 5 causes](https://rangerepair.center/problems/range-self-clean-problems/) ## Low, on the site's scale. An offset adjustment needs no part. A replacement sensor is inexpensive; a capillary thermostat on a pro-style range takes longer to route and sits slightly higher. [Read the full cost guide](https://rangerepair.center/cost/) | Repair | Relative cost | | --- | --- | | [Gas burner igniter, spark switch or burner head](https://rangerepair.center/services/burner-and-igniter-repair/) | | | [Surface element, switch or glass top](https://rangerepair.center/services/surface-element-and-glass-top-repair/) | | | [Bake or broil element](https://rangerepair.center/services/bake-and-broil-element-repair/) | | | [Gas oven igniter, safety valve or burner](https://rangerepair.center/services/oven-igniter-and-gas-valve-repair/) | | | **Oven temperature sensor, thermostat or calibration** | low | | [Induction power board, coil or cooling fan](https://rangerepair.center/services/induction-board-and-coil-repair/) | | | [Door hinges, gasket, glass or lock](https://rangerepair.center/services/door-hinge-gasket-and-lock-repair/) | | | [Knobs, keypad or control board](https://rangerepair.center/services/knobs-switches-and-controls/) | | | [Convection fan, blade or ring element](https://rangerepair.center/services/convection-fan-repair/) | | ## Where it comes up most. Most bookings: Gas range, Electric range, Dual-fuel range, Induction range. [All range types](https://rangerepair.center/types/) Codes that lead here - [`007` AGA · Temperature sensor](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/aga-007/) - [`F40` BlueStar · Temperature sensor](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/bluestar-range-f40/) - [`e101` Bosch · Temperature sensor](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/bosch-e101/) - [`FD` Café · Temperature sensor](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/cafe-fd/) [All 30 codes that lead here](https://rangerepair.center/error-codes/#family-sensor-circuit) Often the same visit - [**Diagnostic visit** 3 problems in common](https://rangerepair.center/services/diagnostic-visit/) - [**Door hinge, gasket and lock repair** 3 problems in common · low](https://rangerepair.center/services/door-hinge-gasket-and-lock-repair/) - [**Convection fan repair** 3 problems in common · low to moderate](https://rangerepair.center/services/convection-fan-repair/) ### Gas range ### Electric range ### Dual-fuel range ## The makes we see it on. 32 makes on this site, and the range oven temperature sensor and thermostat repair on any of them. Each mark opens that make's own page. [All 32 brands](https://rangerepair.center/brands/) ## Temperature sensor and thermostat repair, where we come out. The kitchen, the climate and the building all change how the range oven temperature sensor and thermostat repair goes. These notes are about that, metro by metro. [All service areas](https://rangerepair.center/locations/) [Tampa Bay](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/) FL · 31 areas In a Tampa Bay range oven, humidity at the sensor's plug can make readings wander, so a temperature complaint there starts with that connector and then compares the oven's own reading with an independent probe. - [Hyde Park](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/hyde-park/) - [Davis Islands](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/davis-islands/) - [Palma Ceia](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/palma-ceia/) - [Westchase](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/westchase/) - [Carrollwood](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/carrollwood/) - [Belleair](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/belleair/) - [St. Pete Beach](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/st-pete-beach/) - [Palm Harbor](https://rangerepair.center/locations/tampa-bay/palm-harbor/) [Orlando](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/) FL · 30 areas Orlando's builder-grade ranges use a simple sensor at the back of the oven, and one that drifts shows up as pale or scorched batches; testing it against a reference thermometer settles whether the probe or the offset needs attention. - [Winter Park](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/winter-park/) - [Windermere](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/windermere/) - [Dr. Phillips](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/dr-phillips/) - [Bay Hill](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/bay-hill/) - [Lake Nona](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/lake-nona/) - [Heathrow](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/heathrow/) - [Celebration](https://rangerepair.center/locations/orlando/celebration/) [Miami / South Florida](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/) FL · 47 areas Seasonal owners in South Florida sometimes return to a range oven that no longer holds its setting, and the probe, its connector and the control's calibration are checked in that order. - [Brickell](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/brickell/) - [Coconut Grove](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/coconut-grove/) - [Coral Gables](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/coral-gables/) - [Pinecrest](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/pinecrest/) - [Key Biscayne](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/key-biscayne/) - [Aventura](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/aventura/) - [Sunny Isles Beach](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/sunny-isles-beach/) - [Bal Harbour](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/bal-harbour/) - [Miami Beach](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/miami-beach/) - [Golden Beach](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/golden-beach/) - [Weston](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/weston/) - [Boca Raton](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/boca-raton/) - [Palm Beach](https://rangerepair.center/locations/south-florida/palm-beach/) [New York Metro](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/) NY · 75 areas Older New York gas ranges may still regulate the oven with a mechanical thermostat and capillary bulb instead of an electronic sensor, and when that thermostat drifts, the repair recalibrates it or fits a matching replacement. - [Upper East Side](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/upper-east-side/) - [Upper West Side](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/upper-west-side/) - [Tribeca](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/tribeca/) - [SoHo](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/soho/) - [Greenwich Village](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/greenwich-village/) - [Battery Park City](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/battery-park-city/) - [Brooklyn Heights](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/brooklyn-heights/) - [Park Slope](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/park-slope/) - [DUMBO](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/dumbo/) - [Forest Hills](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/forest-hills/) - [Great Neck](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/great-neck/) - [Southampton](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/southampton/) - [Scarsdale](https://rangerepair.center/locations/new-york/scarsdale/) [Houston](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/) TX · 36 areas A Houston dual-fuel range bakes on an electronic sensor, and when one setting seems off, the probe and the control are both checked against a separate thermometer before either is replaced. - [River Oaks](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/river-oaks/) - [Memorial](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/memorial/) - [Tanglewood](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/tanglewood/) - [Greater Heights](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/greater-heights/) - [Kingwood](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/kingwood/) - [Bellaire](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/bellaire/) - [Bunker Hill Village](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/bunker-hill-village/) - [Piney Point Village](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/piney-point-village/) - [Hunters Creek Village](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/hunters-creek-village/) - [Sugar Land](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/sugar-land/) - [Cinco Ranch](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/cinco-ranch/) - [The Woodlands](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/the-woodlands/) - [West University](https://rangerepair.center/locations/houston/west-university/) [Chicago](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/) IL · 50 areas Chicagoland bakers who lean on the range oven through the holidays spot a drifting temperature quickly, and the visit compares a full preheat against an independent probe before deciding between the sensor and the thermostat. - [Lincoln Park](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lincoln-park/) - [Near North Side](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/near-north-side/) - [West Loop / Near West Side](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/west-loop-near-west-side/) - [Wilmette](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/wilmette/) - [Winnetka](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/winnetka/) - [Glencoe](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/glencoe/) - [River Forest](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/river-forest/) - [Oak Park](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/oak-park/) - [Hinsdale](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/hinsdale/) - [Lake Forest](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lake-forest/) - [Highland Park](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/highland-park/) - [Gold Coast](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/gold-coast/) - [Lakeview](https://rangerepair.center/locations/chicagoland/lakeview/) [Los Angeles](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/) CA · 95 areas A Los Angeles pro-style range may run two ovens side by side, each with its own sensor, and the repair tests both, since a large and a small cavity that disagree with their settings rarely share one cause. - [Beverly Hills](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/beverly-hills/) - [Bel Air](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/bel-air/) - [Holmby Hills](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/holmby-hills/) - [Brentwood](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/brentwood/) - [Pacific Palisades](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/pacific-palisades/) - [Santa Monica](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/santa-monica/) - [Hancock Park](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/hancock-park/) - [Studio City](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/studio-city/) - [Calabasas](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/calabasas/) - [Manhattan Beach](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/manhattan-beach/) - [Palos Verdes Estates](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/palos-verdes-estates/) - [Pasadena](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/pasadena/) - [San Marino](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/san-marino/) - [Malibu](https://rangerepair.center/locations/los-angeles/malibu/) [San Diego](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/) CA · 31 areas Where a San Diego range sits within reach of ocean air, the sensor's harness can corrode where it passes through the oven's back wall, and a reading that jumps around may be cured by repairing that connection rather than replacing the control. - [La Jolla](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/la-jolla/) - [Carmel Valley](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/carmel-valley/) - [Point Loma](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/point-loma/) - [Del Mar](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/del-mar/) - [Rancho Santa Fe](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/rancho-santa-fe/) - [Coronado](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/coronado/) - [Encinitas](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/encinitas/) - [Solana Beach](https://rangerepair.center/locations/san-diego/solana-beach/) [San Francisco Bay Area](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/) CA · 74 areas Bay Area cooks who moved to an induction range often notice the oven's habits too, and a temperature check there compares bake and convection readings with an independent probe, since a range can hold one mode accurately and miss in another. - [Pacific Heights](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/pacific-heights/) - [Presidio Heights](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/presidio-heights/) - [Russian Hill](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/russian-hill/) - [Noe Valley](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/noe-valley/) - [Sea Cliff](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/sea-cliff/) - [Hillsborough](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/hillsborough/) - [Atherton](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/atherton/) - [Woodside](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/woodside/) - [Palo Alto](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/palo-alto/) - [Los Altos Hills](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/los-altos-hills/) - [Tiburon](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/tiburon/) - [Piedmont](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/piedmont/) - [Marina](https://rangerepair.center/locations/bay-area/marina/) For the heart of your home. ## Questions about the range oven temperature sensor and thermostat repair. ### How do I know my range oven temperature is really wrong? Use an oven thermometer on the middle rack and read it several times over twenty minutes after preheat. Every oven swings above and below its setting while it cycles, so a single reading proves little; the average is what matters. ### Can I adjust the oven temperature myself? Many electronic controls have an offset setting in the menu or the manual, and many dial thermostats have a small adjusting screw. A small offset is fine. If the oven is far off, or the error keeps changing, the sensor or the thermostat needs testing. ### Why does my oven show a sensor code after self-clean? Self-clean heats the oven far beyond baking temperatures, and a sensor or its connector that was already aging often fails during or just after the cycle. The sensor is measured and replaced if its reading is out of range. --- **[Read on the site: Range Oven Temperature Sensor and Thermostat Repair](https://rangerepair.center/services/temperature-sensor-and-thermostat-repair/)** **[Book a visit with RangeRepair.center](https://rangerepair.center/schedule/)**