Error code
Wolf built-in oven error code: probe shorted
Wolf error code, the kind with no number: probe shorted on a built-in oven — a switching device is passing current when the control has told it to stop, on a built-in oven, where every part named here sits behind trim that is screwed into the cabinetry rather than behind a panel that slides out. What it covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you, on built-in ovens & steam ovens.
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What we can confirm
Code PROBE SHORTED, from the manufacturer's own documentation
This code has no number, because this equipment has no display to put one on. The appliance signals it instead — an alarm, a symbol or a pattern of lights — and what it means is recorded in the documentation that ships with it, for Common to several lines, E Series, E Series legacy.
The code
PROBE SHORTED
A switching device is passing current when the control has told it to stop, on a built-in oven, where every part named here sits behind trim that is screwed into the cabinetry rather than behind a panel that slides out
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What it narrows down to
Temperature probe failure
What you are probably seeing
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What it looks like from the kitchen
The symptom this code usually arrives with
A code names the subsystem; the symptom is what sent you to look at the display in the first place. That page says what it usually turns out to be, cheapest cause first.
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Obedient, and aiming at the wrong number Oven temperature wrong or uneven
An oven that heats perfectly to a temperature that is not the one you set, or that burns on one side and undercooks on the other. Almost always a measurement problem rather than a heating one.
- Everything browning too fast or too slowly
- One side or one shelf consistently darker
- Baking that changed without anything else changing
On the same generation
What else belongs to the Common to several lines
A code belongs to a generation rather than to one cabinet. These are the other codes yours can show, and the models that can show this one — a display often has more than one thing to say, and the model number decides what any of it costs to put right.
Other codes this generation can display
RTD Shorted
No Broil Element detected
Lock/Door inputs to the control board are invalid for cleaning
No published cause
DLB2 relay open
RM HIV Fuse Error
Oxidized contacts between relay board and door lock motor
RTD Circuitry error
Touch pad communication error detected by the user interface module
HIV SPI Com Err Detected by HV-Micro
HSWD active, should be inactive
RM Ambient Thermistor open
The same two digits mean different things across generations. Search the full code list
Models that can display this code
The number on the data plate decides which parts exist and how quickly they arrive. All models
In more detail
About Wolf built-in oven error code: probe shorted
What this one means
A switching device is passing current when the control has told it to stop, on a built-in oven, where every part named here sits behind trim that is screwed into the cabinetry rather than behind a panel that slides out. This is a code without a number: the panel spells it out in words rather than digits, which is how the older controls on this make report a handful of conditions. What it means comes from the manufacturer's own documentation rather than from us.
How it shows on the display
There is no number to write down here, so this is what the panel actually shows:
- PROBE SHORTED
What sets it off
An alarm is deliberately broad — it tells you the cabinet noticed something, not which part is responsible. This one comes on for:
- A relay welded closed by years of switching a heavy load
- A triac that has failed short
- The element circuit that relay or triac feeds
- Temperature probe failure
Worth doing before you call
- Note which cavity it is on a double oven — the code says upper or lower and that is half the diagnosis
- Switch the appliance off at the breaker if it is heating with nothing selected
Then what
A stuck relay is the one error in this archive that can heat with nothing asked of it, so it is a breaker-off condition rather than a wait-and-see one. The board carrying it is a replacement part.
This one appears on built-in ovens & steam ovens. The full list of codes has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.
This article is based on:
- Official manufacturer documentation
- Internal repair procedures
- Technician repair history
- Company quality standards