--- title: "Oven error code F8" description: "Dacor oven error code F8: The lock motor turned and nothing told the control that the latch had actually moved." url: "https://dacormiami.support/error-codes/oven-classic-f8/" date_modified: "2026-09-12" Appliance type: "oven, range" --- # Oven error code F8 ### What F8 means on this make The lock motor turned and nothing told the control that the latch had actually moved. Either the mechanism is jammed, or the switch that reports its position has failed. It is a mechanical problem with an electrical symptom, and it is worth catching early: a lock that half works will eventually leave a door shut at the end of a cleaning cycle, which is the same repair done at the least convenient moment. ### Where this appears, and which table it belongs to On the appliance’s own display. Photograph it before you cut the power: a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. Then check the model, because this make changed hands in 2016 and the two generations share no code string. The same characters mean different things on a Classic ERC oven, an ER-series range and a Modernist induction cooktop, and a meaning read off the wrong table is worse than no meaning at all. ### Which machines this one applies to Classic ERC wall ovens and ranges. The same number on a different appliance of this make is a different page and often a different repair, which is why this archive is organized by appliance rather than by number. This maker documents codes on 5 of the appliance types this site publishes — coffee machine, cooktop, dishwasher, oven and range — and publishes none at all for freezer, microwave, range hood, refrigerator and wine cooler. Those appliances have symptom pages here and no code pages, which is the honest answer rather than borrowing a table from the machine next door. ### What to do about it - Note whether the door is currently locked, and whether a clean cycle had been run. - Look for anything fouling the latch path — a rack pushed too far back is a real cause. - The switch and the motor are tested separately; only one of them is usually at problem. - Have it done before the next self-clean rather than after it. ### Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is [self clean and door lock repair](/services/self-clean-and-door-lock-repair/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 363-6067](tel:+13053636067) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. Classic ERC wall ovens and ranges What this one means What F8 means on this make The lock motor turned and nothing told the control that the latch had actually moved. Either the mechanism is jammed, or the switch that reports its position has failed. It is a mechanical problem with an electrical symptom, and it is worth catching early: a lock that half works will eventually leave a door shut at the end of a cleaning cycle, which is the same repair done at the least convenient moment. Where this appears, and which table it belongs to On the appliance’s own display. Photograph it before you cut the power: a display that has been cleared has taken the evidence with it, and there is no way to ask the machine for it again. Then check the model, because this make changed hands in 2016 and the two generations share no code string. The same characters mean different things on a Classic ERC oven, an ER-series range and a Modernist induction cooktop, and a meaning read off the wrong table is worse than no meaning at all. Which machines this one applies to Classic ERC wall ovens and ranges. The same number on a different appliance of this make is a different page and often a different repair, which is why this archive is organized by appliance rather than by number. This maker documents codes on 5 of the appliance types this site publishes — coffee machine, cooktop, dishwasher, oven and range — and publishes none at all for freezer, microwave, range hood, refrigerator and wine cooler. Those appliances have symptom pages here and no code pages, which is the honest answer rather than borrowing a table from the machine next door. What to do about it Note whether the door is currently locked, and whether a clean cycle had been run. Look for anything fouling the latch path — a rack pushed too far back is a real cause. The switch and the motor are tested separately; only one of them is usually at problem. Have it done before the next self-clean rather than after it. Where this goes next The job this usually becomes is self clean and door lock repair, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. If it turns out to be nothing — and on this make a real share of these are modes, reminders and settings rather than problems — the visit ends there and you pay the diagnostic and nothing else, or call [(305) 363-6067](tel:+13053636067) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything. --- **[Read full article: Oven error code F8](https://dacormiami.support/error-codes/oven-classic-f8/)**