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title: "Range error code F16"
description: "LG range error code F16: Related to the thermistor codes but reported separately by LG, and in practice it behaves the same way: the oven will not run a…"
url: "https://lgmiami.support/error-codes/oven-sensor-issue/"
date_modified: "2026-09-05"
Appliance type: "Ranges, Wall ovens"
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# Range error code F16

### What F16 means on this make

Related to the thermistor codes but reported separately by LG, and in practice it behaves the same way: the oven will not run a cycle it cannot measure. It is worth checking one thing before booking, because it is free — a sensor probe that has been knocked out of its clip and is touching the cavity wall reads the wall rather than the air, and produces exactly this.

### Where this appears, and why not to clear it

On the appliance’s own display. LG reports errors two ways: machines with a digital display show a code, and the laundry machines without one blink their indicator lights instead. Both are published by the maker and both are on this site. Photograph what the panel shows before cutting the power. On a refrigerator you can also force the last code back onto the display by holding Freezer Temperature and Express Frz together for three seconds — LG documents that, and it is the one thing that makes a first visit more useful. A code that has been reset is information a technician no longer has.

### What to do about it

- Look at the probe on the back wall of the cavity. It should stand clear, not touch metal.
- Press CLEAR/OFF and try again.
- Cut the breaker for thirty seconds.
- Book it if it returns.

### Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is [diagnostic visit](/services/diagnostic-visit/), 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) 419-0291](tel:+13054190291) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.

What this one means

What F16 means on this make

Related to the thermistor codes but reported separately by LG, and in practice it behaves the same way: the oven will not run a cycle it cannot measure. It is worth checking one thing before booking, because it is free — a sensor probe that has been knocked out of its clip and is touching the cavity wall reads the wall rather than the air, and produces exactly this.

Where this appears, and why not to clear it

On the appliance’s own display. LG reports errors two ways: machines with a digital display show a code, and the laundry machines without one blink their indicator lights instead. Both are published by the maker and both are on this site. Photograph what the panel shows before cutting the power. On a refrigerator you can also force the last code back onto the display by holding Freezer Temperature and Express Frz together for three seconds — LG documents that, and it is the one thing that makes a first visit more useful. A code that has been reset is information a technician no longer has.

What to do about it

Look at the probe on the back wall of the cavity. It should stand clear, not touch metal.

Press CLEAR/OFF and try again.

Cut the breaker for thirty seconds.

Book it if it returns.

Where this goes next

The job this usually becomes is diagnostic visit, 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) 419-0291](tel:+13054190291) and describe what the panel is doing before booking anything.

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