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title: "Bosch gas ignition error code F2"
description: "Bosch error code F2: the electronics have overheated and the automatic ignition has stopped working with them."
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-f2-gas-ignition/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Cooktops & rangetops, Ranges"
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# Bosch gas ignition error code F2

### What this one means

The electronics have overheated and the automatic ignition has stopped working with them. 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.

### The other ways your machine may say it

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of this appliance:

- **F2, F4 or F5 with the automatic ignition not working** — how a model with no digital display says it. On that machine, the lights are the code

### 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 ignition electronics
- Heat reaching them from the burners above

### What to try yourself

- Turn all burners off, or use the lowest setting, until the electronics cool
- Check whether the burners have been running high for a long stretch

### Then what

The gas version of the overheat protection: the appliance keeps the gas usable and gives up the automatic ignition first. A cooktop that does this regularly is telling you something about its ventilation.

This code is published for cooktops & rangetops and ranges. 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.

Cooktops & rangetops

What this code means

What this one means

The electronics have overheated and the automatic ignition has stopped working with them. 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.

The other ways your machine may say it

The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of this appliance:

F2, F4 or F5 with the automatic ignition not working — how a model with no digital display says it. On that machine, the lights are the code

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 ignition electronics

Heat reaching them from the burners above

What to try yourself

Turn all burners off, or use the lowest setting, until the electronics cool

Check whether the burners have been running high for a long stretch

Then what

The gas version of the overheat protection: the appliance keeps the gas usable and gives up the automatic ignition first. A cooktop that does this regularly is telling you something about its ventilation.

This code is published for cooktops & rangetops and ranges. 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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