How to Troubleshoot & Replace Frigidaire AP7212939 / 5304534663 Ignitor

Replaced the oven igniter. 

I watched a YouTube video about the repair and followed the directions. 

We've had this issue before, our stove is about 12 years old. The bake ignitor starts to take longer to light, and there is an unpleasant odor until it gets going. Creepy. The replacement was pretty easy, remove the bottom floor of the oven, pull out the bottom drawer, and replace the igniter. It maybe a 20-minute job. My husband does it but I could probably take care of it in a pinch. The replacement part was correct and arrived on time. We had a fresh ignitor for Thanksgiving! 

Replaced the bake ignitor. 

I initially took the bottom pieces of the oven out to reveal the tube that emits the gas and the igniter. When I attempt to bake, I can watch the igniter light up and glow, but the gas never starts to flow. Not knowing any better, I assumed that meant the gas valve mechanism was faulty. But after researching a bit more, it became apparent that what I was experiencing was a safety feature for a faulty igniter. There is a safety mechanism that does not allow the gas to flow if the igniter is not pulling enough current. Although the igniter visually is glowing, it's not drawing the proper current, which means that it's potentially not hot enough to ignite the gas if it's flowing. So despite the fact that the igniter glows, it is actually faulty. After replacing the igniter, the oven bake mechanism began working properly. It was a pretty easy repair. The hardest part was figuring out how to access the connector for the igniter. I unnecessarily pulled the oven away from the wall. In my case, the connector is accessed by pulling out the storage drawer underneath the oven. 

I ordered the part from AppliancePartsPros.com and received the part quickly. The first installation did not go as planned as when I went to insert the ignitor in the oven, the ignitor broke. I then ordered another ignitor and it came within two days. This time I took extra special care when installing the ignitor. Once it was installed, I connected the electricity and started the oven. The burner quickly heated up and the oven started. 

I fixed it by replacing the bake ignitor. CAUTION: the bake ignitor is very very fragile - I accidentally broke the one I ordered but Wendy in customer service sent me a new one under the warranty. The video for my model number wasn't exactly correct - the bake ignitor connector was accessed by removing the warming drawer at the bottom of the oven; it was not accessible from the back of the oven. This took a while to figure out, but once I did was a very easy repair. Another interesting note: I measured the resistance of the broken bake ignitor and it was 220 Ohms. I measured the resistance of the new bake ignitor and it was 73 Ohms. 

Nice. Working great now. I was a little surprised that the ignitor was not packaged. Just wrapped in bubble wrap. However it seems fine, so no worries. Customer service was very helpful over the phone. Keep up the good work. 

My son took the back off the stove, disconnected the old one and put the new one on. All in less than 30 minutes. 

Found the replacement igniter on the website; replaced the igniter and now it works!