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title: "Thermador oven error code E106"
description: "Thermador oven error code E106: thermador error code E106: the self-clean latch has not reached its locked position, so the clean cycle cannot start — E106…"
url: "https://thermadormiami.support/error-codes/error-code-e106-oven/"
date_modified: "2026-08-18"
Appliance type: "Wall ovens & steam ovens"
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# Thermador oven error code E106

Error code

# Thermador oven error code E106

Thermador error code E106: the self-clean latch has not reached its locked position, so the clean cycle cannot start — E106 for the upper cavity, E206 for the lower one. What the code covers, what to check first, and what it does not tell you — on wall ovens & steam ovens.

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What we can confirm

## Code E106, from the manufacturer’s own documentation

A code is only meaningful together with the generation showing it — the same two digits mean different things across generations.

The code

E106

The self-clean latch has not reached its locked position, so the clean cycle cannot start — E106 for the upper cavity, E206 for the lower one

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What it narrows down to

Latch will not lock

What you are probably seeing

[Oven door locked shut](https://thermadormiami.support/symptoms/oven-door-locked/)

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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.

- Oven door locked shut
					A self-clean cycle that has finished and a door that will not open. The latch releases on temperature rather than on a timer, and forcing a professional door turns a small repair into a large one.

														Door locked after a clean cycle

														Self-clean that will not start at all

														A latch code in the hundreds

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				What it usually means

			](https://thermadormiami.support/symptoms/oven-door-locked/)
A self-clean cycle that has finished and a door that will not open. The latch releases on temperature rather than on a timer, and forcing a professional door turns a small repair into a large one.

- Door locked after a clean cycle
- Self-clean that will not start at all
- A latch code in the hundreds
In more detail

## About Thermador oven error code E106

### What this one means

The self-clean latch has not reached its locked position, so the clean cycle cannot start — E106 for the upper cavity, E206 for the lower one. 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 two labels are the two cavities of a double or triple oven, not two ages of machine — E1xx is the upper cavity and E2xx the lower, and the number tells you which one to look at:

- **E106, E206**
- **Three LEDs on the panel blinking out the digits 1, 0 and 6** — 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 latch motor and its microswitches
- The linkage, which can be stiff on an oven that is never self-cleaned
- The harness to the control module

### Worth doing before you call

- Check nothing is caught in the door seal along the top edge, which is where the latch travels

### Then what

The oven still bakes with this one; it is the clean cycle that will not start. The latch assembly comes out from the top of the cavity, so it is a visit rather than a clean-and-retry.

This code is published for wall ovens & steam ovens. The [full list of codes](https://thermadormiami.support/error-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

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