GE Gas Range Glow Bar Igniter (WB13X25264)

The GE Gas Range Glow Bar Igniter is the component that lights the oven burner in your gas range by heating up to a high temperature until it glows, which simultaneously ignites the gas and signals the gas valve to open. It draws electrical current to reach the temperature needed to both glow and allow gas flow, making it central to the oven's ability to heat at all.

GE gas range glow bar igniters commonly fail from age and repeated heating cycles that cause the element to weaken and crack over time. A failing igniter may still glow but draw too little current to open the gas valve fully, or it may stop working altogether, leaving the oven unable to ignite or reach the set temperature.

These symptoms can help you decide if the igniter is the source of your oven problem:

- Oven does not light or heat up at all

- Igniter glows but the burner never ignites

- Oven takes much longer than normal to preheat

- Oven temperature runs lower than the selected setting

- Igniter glows orange or dim instead of bright orange-white

- Gas smell without the burner lighting

- Oven shuts off during cooking and will not re-ignite