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title: "Bosch error code Panel lock on"
description: "Bosch error code Panel lock on: the panel lock is on. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on cooktops &"
url: "https://boschmiami.support/error-codes/error-code-panel-lock-on/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Cooktops & rangetops, Ranges"
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# Bosch error code Panel lock on

### What this one means

The panel lock is on. 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:

- **A lock symbol, or a panel that beeps and refuses** — 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:

- A lock set deliberately, or triggered by a spill or a pan

### What to try yourself

- Hold the clean lock or child lock key for four seconds to unlock
- Hold it again for four seconds to put the lock back on

### Then what

It engages by accident constantly — a wet cloth dragged across the glass, a boil-over, something set down on the key. Four seconds and a dry panel resolve more of these calls than any part on this site.

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 panel lock is on. 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:

A lock symbol, or a panel that beeps and refuses — 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:

A lock set deliberately, or triggered by a spill or a pan

What to try yourself

Hold the clean lock or child lock key for four seconds to unlock

Hold it again for four seconds to put the lock back on

Then what

It engages by accident constantly — a wet cloth dragged across the glass, a boil-over, something set down on the key. Four seconds and a dry panel resolve more of these calls than any part on this site.

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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