I have a Kenmore electric range model#790.90112011 that I've had for less than a year. The power went out this morning and when I pushed the clock button to reset it, the whole board fell through the center of the cowling. The plastic ears that fasten the control board to the cowling have broken off. I believe the part number for the board is 316455420. The question is, I wonder if I spend 120.00 plus, is this thing going to break again, or did they reinforce it. I never use the oven much, and I think I may be wasting my money buying another board. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I called Sears, but they said it's out of warranty. Thanks again.....Joe:confused:

The same thing just now happened to my Kenmore. We are a senior couple, only cook occasionally, and are fanatically gentle with our appliances, but it only lasted two years. There is plenty of strength in the metal bracket, but they managed to design it where all the stress from touching the screen goes directly to those four flimsy, brittle plastic screw tabs. The strength in the brackets themselves is completely useless. I bet they paid the guy who engineered that a bonus for all the new display units they would sell. Kenmore: NEVER AGAIN! And I'll duct tape the thing in place before I'll pay a hundred and something dollars for a whole new display unit.

I had the same issue with the plastic ears breaking from panel being pushed through. I was able to repair by making an L bracket out of a small piece of sheet metal about 1.5” long by 3/4” width, bend into an L then drill holes to align with where the plastic ear bracket was. I first smoothed out the area with a small saw to cut the broken plastic piece, then drill holes into sheet metal L bracket, then drill a small hole into the plastic housing for your L bracket to screw into to. That’s it! Repair worked great and is stronger than the original, cost about $3 in screws and small piece of sheet metal from hardware store (cut to your size using smetal snips and bend with needle nose pliers).

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Had the same problem of the control panel pushing through when pressing the clock button. Tried using glue but didn't hold. Ended up placing a washer under each screw where it broke from the panel. Worked like a charm.