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title: "Bosch error code e126"
description: "Bosch error code e126: the door lock is not operating correctly. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on ranges and…"
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e126/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Ranges, Wall ovens"
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# Bosch error code e126

### What this one means

The door lock is not operating correctly. It is a code the manufacturer publishes for this appliance, not one we have worked out — and it is decoded here rather than left as three characters on a display.

### What the code covers

A published cause names a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before ordering a part. This one covers:

- The lock motor
- Its cam
- The switch that reports the door is latched

### Worth doing before you call

- Cancel the self-clean function
- Wait until the oven is completely cold — several hours, not one
- Start and cancel self-clean again, which runs the lock through its full travel

### Then what

The most predictable oven repair there is, because it fails at a specific moment: the end of a cycle that took the cavity far above any cooking temperature. Do not lever at the door — the latch is a motorized cam and forcing it takes the hinges and sometimes the control with it.

This code is published for ranges and wall ovens. The [full list of codes](https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/) has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

What this code means

What this one means

The door lock is not operating correctly. It is a code the manufacturer publishes for this appliance, not one we have worked out — and it is decoded here rather than left as three characters on a display.

What the code covers

A published cause names a circuit rather than a component, which is the single most useful thing to know before ordering a part. This one covers:

The lock motor

Its cam

The switch that reports the door is latched

Worth doing before you call

Cancel the self-clean function

Wait until the oven is completely cold — several hours, not one

Start and cancel self-clean again, which runs the lock through its full travel

Then what

The most predictable oven repair there is, because it fails at a specific moment: the end of a cycle that took the cavity far above any cooking temperature. Do not lever at the door — the latch is a motorized cam and forcing it takes the hinges and sometimes the control with it.

This code is published for ranges and wall ovens. The full list of codes has the rest of them, searchable, including the labels older and newer machines use for the same conditions.

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