Whirlpool Range Bake/Broil Igniter (WP7432P136-60)

The Whirlpool Range Bake/Broil Igniter is the component responsible for lighting the gas burner in your oven's bake and broil compartments, allowing the range to reach and hold the temperatures needed for cooking. When you start a bake or broil cycle, the igniter draws current until it gets hot enough to open the gas valve and ignite the burner, completing the heating cycle.

The Whirlpool Range Bake/Broil Igniter commonly fails due to gradual weakening over time, as repeated heating and cooling cycles cause the igniter element to crack or lose its ability to draw enough current to open the gas valve. Exposure to grease, moisture, or physical damage can also shorten its lifespan and cause unreliable or failed ignition.

These symptoms can help you decide if a faulty igniter matches your problem:

- Oven does not heat up when a bake or broil cycle is started

- Igniter glows but the burner never lights

- Oven takes much longer than usual to reach the set temperature

- Smell of gas without the burner igniting

- Oven burner lights occasionally but cuts out during the cycle

- Visible cracks or damage on the igniter element

- Broil function works but bake does not, or vice versa