--- title: "Oven not heating" description: "Viking oven not heating — an oven that sets a temperature and stays cold, or heats on one mode and not another." url: "https://vikingmiami.support/symptoms/oven-not-heating/" date_modified: "2026-08-21" --- # Oven not heating Symptom # Viking oven not heating An oven that sets a temperature and stays cold, or heats on one mode and not another. On this make the message is usually in words rather than in numbers, and RTD ERROR names the sensor outright. - **From $95** diagnostic, credited to the repair - **59** cities and neighborhoods covered - **OEM** parts available on order - **In writing** the price, before anything is opened ## Book a diagnostic visit Your model number and a line about what it is doing is enough to get started. Your details stay private. No spam, ever. Five ordinary causes ## What this usually turns out to be Cheapest and commonest first, which is also the order we check them in. They sit hundreds of dollars apart, and only the unit settles which one is yours. - The RTD, which is the oven sensor With no believable temperature the control will not heat at all. This make publishes it in plain words — RTD ERROR — and it is one of the more affordable repairs here. [ Oven element & sensor repair from $195 ](https://vikingmiami.support/services/oven-element-and-sensor-repair/) ### The RTD, which is the oven sensor With no believable temperature the control will not heat at all. This make publishes it in plain words — RTD ERROR — and it is one of the more affordable repairs here. - An element open It heats on one mode and not another, because bake, broil and convection use different elements. [ Oven element & sensor repair from $195 ](https://vikingmiami.support/services/oven-element-and-sensor-repair/) ### An element open It heats on one mode and not another, because bake, broil and convection use different elements. - A relay that will not close The element is sound and nothing is switching it. That is a control repair rather than an element one. [ Control board replacement from $345 ](https://vikingmiami.support/services/control-board-replacement/) ### A relay that will not close The element is sound and nothing is switching it. That is a control repair rather than an element one. - A thermal cutout that has opened Something got hot enough to trip it, and asking why is how the same call is avoided twice. [ Oven element & sensor repair from $195 ](https://vikingmiami.support/services/oven-element-and-sensor-repair/) ### A thermal cutout that has opened Something got hot enough to trip it, and asking why is how the same call is avoided twice. - On a gas range, the oven igniter It glows long after it has stopped getting hot enough to open the gas valve, which is why an oven of that age lights sometimes and not others. [ Sealed burner & igniter repair from $165 ](https://vikingmiami.support/services/sealed-burner-and-igniter-repair/) ### On a gas range, the oven igniter It glows long after it has stopped getting hot enough to open the gas valve, which is why an oven of that age lights sometimes and not others. In five minutes ## Before you call anybody None of it needs tools, and all of it makes the visit shorter. - 01 Which modes work Bake, broil, convection. Different elements, and the answer halves the diagnosis. ### Which modes work Bake, broil, convection. Different elements, and the answer halves the diagnosis. - 02 Photograph the message before clearing it Cutting power loses it. On this make it is a word rather than a code, and the word is the part. ### Photograph the message before clearing it Cutting power loses it. On this make it is a word rather than a code, and the word is the part. - 03 Listen for the cooling fan It should be audible above the door while the oven heats. Silence points somewhere quite different from a dead element. ### Listen for the cooling fan It should be audible above the door while the oven heats. Silence points somewhere quite different from a dead element. - 04 Check the breaker properly Off and fully back on. A double-pole breaker can drop one leg and still look set, which leaves a happy display and a cold oven. ### Check the breaker properly Off and fully back on. A double-pole breaker can drop one leg and still look set, which leaves a happy display and a cold oven. How it shows up ## What people describe when they call - “Sets a temperature and stays cold” - “Broils but will not bake” - “A message in words on the display” Two shortcuts ## Narrow it down before anybody arrives A description of the behaviour leaves a few possible causes. A code names the subsystem, and the model number says which parts to bring. Either one shortens the visit; both together usually settle it. If the display is showing something - [ RTD ERROR Oven sensor ](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-rtd-error-wall-oven/) Photograph it before it clears — codes do not wait. [ Search the full code list ](https://vikingmiami.support/error-codes/) If there is no code at all The data plate is inside the cabinet, upper left wall or behind the grille. [ All models ](https://vikingmiami.support/models/) In more detail ## About Viking oven not heating ### The fastest diagnosis is the code Try each mode before you call: bake, broil and convection use different elements, and an oven that broils has already ruled out most of what could be wrong. On a double oven, note which cavity — they share a control and a supply and nothing else. ### An oven that says it in English Most makes report a number and leave you to look it up. This one puts RTD ERROR, PROBE ERROR, LATCH ERROR, KEYBOARD ERROR and MODEL ERROR on the display in words, each naming the part. It is the most direct diagnostic vocabulary in this catalog and it is worth taking at face value. ### Sensor or element They fail differently and the behavior says which. A sensor reading open leaves the control with no temperature to work from, so it will not heat at all. An element that has failed open lets the oven warm slowly, or from one direction only. Both are ordinary repairs and both are cheaper than the board people assume it must be. This article is based on: - Official manufacturer documentation - Internal repair procedures - Technician repair history - Company quality standards Before you book ## Questions about viking oven not heating Then the broil element and the control are both fine and the bake element or its relay is not. That is genuinely good news: it is one of the cheaper repairs on this appliance. That is the oven’s own temperature sensor, open or shorted. It is a specific part, it is not expensive, and it turns up most often just after a self-clean. They share a control and a supply but not their elements or sensors, so this is normally a single contained repair and the other cavity keeps working. 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