… and to make your joy complete, GE has discontinued this two-year old model! Can you say, “Uhh, guys, we better stop production on this pig-dog before we get our bee-hinds sued into oblivion.” Uh-huh, that’s what I thought you said. Anyway, this topic in the Samurai Appliance Repair Forums ’splains what [...]

GE strikes again! This time, they’re recalling a quarter of a million wall ovens sold under the GE, GE Profile, Monogram and Kenmore labels.
The problem is caused by the extreme heat used in the self-clean cycle escaping if the wall oven door is removed and incorrectly re-attached by the installer or the [...]

More trouble with cheesy electronics in appliances. This time, it’s the Whirlpool-built (includes KitchenAid) built-in combination microwave ovens.
In this particular inconvenience, error code “door” appears in the display and the microwave oven shuts down in mid-cycle. When restarted, the microwave will shut down immediately again and show the “door” error code.
The [...]

The best-kept secrets in microwave oven troubleshooting revealed! Now, for the first time ever on the internet, Samurai Appliance Repair Man, your partner in appliance repair, reveals what they don’t want you know about diagnosing and repairing your dysfunctional microwave. It’s all ratcheer in this user-friendly, quick and easy microwave oven troubleshooting flowchart. [...]

Almost all major home appliances built today have at least one electronic control board inside of them. Because they are so ubiquitous in the world of major appliances, electronic circuit board analysis is a crucial skill for successfully repairing appliances.
Most grasshoppers are not skilled in the ancient and mystical ways of analyzing [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Built-in Combination Wall and Microwave Ovens
Units: About 92,000
Manufacturer: GE Consumer & Industrial, of Louisville, Ky.
Hazard: The [...]

What’s the use of having a turntable if it no longer turns? This thread from the Samurai School of Appliantology will help you get the turn back in your table.

Certain models of Whirlpool microwave ovens have a problem with their thermal fuse that causes them to overheat. Whirlpool has a service bulletin out on this problem. Details here.

What’s the real scoop behind those Panasonic Inverter Microwave ovens? The Iceman gives us his engineering analysis, check it out.

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I thought the cat in the microwave was an animation of some type, is there a link to the original version available? There is a bet of a case of beer riding on this. Thanks
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Microwave Oven Diagnostic & Repair Guide

Problem

Possible Causes

It’s completely dead.

Check the circuit breaker and make sure you have 120v at the outlet, Hoss.
Fuse blown in the control panel. Sounds easy and it is if you know how to take the thing apart without getting your gluteus flabbeous shocked off by the capacitor in there [...]

Working on a your microwave oven? Stop banging your head on the wall! .
Use this microwave oven repair manual from Sharp and whup-up on that bad boy!

To learn more about your microwave oven, or to order parts, click here.

Working on your microwave oven? Check out the online microwave repair manual first and you just might find out how to fix it. If not, there’s more detailed help in these two fine references below. If you’re working on an American-made microwave (e.g., Whirlpool, Maytag, etc.) then get the Repair-Master microwave oven [...]

If your Whirlpool Microwave Combination Built-In oven is giving you the error code “door” in the display and you can’t restart the unit, then the door-monitoring portion of the microcomputer board is fried. The only cure is to replace the microcomputer board. Whirlpool just started making more of these boards in July 2002 [...]