What Flashing Time, Clock, 12:00, Power Loss or Enter Time Means
Wall Oven and Combination Wall Oven: KitchenAid publishes this group of displays together and explains them in one sentence: when power is first supplied to the oven, after a power interruption or failure, the Time, or 12:00, or POWER LOSS will be displayed. Nothing has failed. The oven has lost the time of day because it lost power, and it is telling you so in whichever of those forms your model uses. The published steps are equally simple - press CANCEL to clear the display, then set the time of day.
Common Causes of Flashing Time, Clock, 12:00, Power Loss or Enter Time
- A household power interruption or outage
- The circuit breaker feeding the oven tripped or switched off
- Power restored to a newly installed or recently reconnected appliance
🔧 One Safe Check You Can Try
Press CANCEL to clear the display, then set the time of day the way your model's controls require. That is the whole of it. If the oven had a cycle running or a timer set when the power went, those are gone too, so anything left in the cavity should be checked rather than assumed cooked. If the display keeps returning to a flashing clock without any power interruption you are aware of, that is a different question and worth looking into on the supply side rather than at the oven.
⚠ Why You Shouldn't Go Further Than That
- Nothing is failing here, so a service visit to set a clock is a visit spent on something the owner's manual covers in a paragraph.
- A cycle that was running when power went will not have completed, so food left in the cavity needs checking rather than trusting.
- A clock that keeps resetting with no outage you noticed points at the supply or the breaker, and that is an electrician's question rather than an appliance one.
Opening a panel to inspect or repair something yourself doesn't automatically cancel your manufacturer's warranty — but it can risk accidental damage, and some manufacturers do have specific service conditions. Check your product's warranty terms, or ask us, before deciding.