Door is locked when starting or using the oven.
Kitchenaid stove locked. This is a safety feature because of the high heat the oven produces when it is self cleaning. The lock on a kitchenaid oven engages when it is operating in the self clean cycle. Press cancel off key to start a latch reset wait 20 30 seconds and open door. Allow the oven to cool approximately 30 90 minutes move the latch arm to the left to unlock the door.
Turn the power off at the circuit breaker or fuse box for one minute then turn the power back on. The approximate year of it is 2002. I have a kitchen aid electric stove top that when i place my finger over the lock unlock light it won t unlock. If power to the oven fails during this operation the oven will remain in the locked position and disengaging the lock can be quite difficult.
If control lock is activated when power to the cooktop is off the cooktop is locked out and the surface cooking areas cannot be turned on by the cooktop touch controls. Locking the range ensures that the oven door cannot be opened and that the buttons are unresponsive to user input when pressed. Kitchenaid ovens have an oven door that locks. Kitchenaid ovens with a self cleaning feature have a locking mechanism that activates when the oven reaches a certain temperature during the self cleaning cycle.
If control lock is activated when power to the cooktop is on all keypads are locked out except for the power and on off keypads.