Microwave Oven Repair Guide

Maintain a clean kitchen.

The importance of maintaining a clean kitchen

Having and maintaining a clean kitchen is not a microwave-specific maintenance tip. However, insects and bugs do like to reside inside microwave ovens. For an insect, a warm power board is an ideal home. The cleaner your kitchen is, and the cleaner your microwave is, the less likely it is that insects will find their way into your microwave. See below for a link to cleaning your microwave oven.

How to clean a microwave oven.

CAUTION: Your microwave oven is capable of giving you a serious electrical shock, even when it is unplugged. We strongly suggest you seek the assistance of an appliance repair technician when conducting any microwave oven repair.

FREE appliance repair advice from the pros!

Start button not working
Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:25:32 GMT
Post By: nbuckets2002
My start button on my microwave stopped working. It was working fine one day and graduatlly just got worse and worked when it wanted to. Now it doesnt work at all. All of the other buttons work but...

Spacemaker Fan Won't Stop After Power Surge
Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:46:23 GMT
Post By: vortex24
A lightning storm blew the braker on the powerpole outside our home. After being replaced by the power company and power being turned back on the microwave was running. It is coming from the top of...

Maytag Microwave not heating
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:30:32 GMT
Post By: stribley
Power is fine as evidenced by the clock and inside light working. Enter cook time then press start ... not heating, no turning base, and no fan. Clock continues to count down. You can also hear a...

Bulbs in Microwave are corroded
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:24:45 GMT
Post By: firewoman
I have attempted to remove the burnt out light bulbs from my microwave oven and when I tried to turn them to remove them, they basically shattered and the silver end of the light bulb is stuck in the...

Installing charcoal filter on GE Spacemkr
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:36:16 GMT
Post By: hipfan
I purchased the correct charcoal filter from PartSelect.com for my JVM 1870 GE Profile Spacemaker XL1800 microwave. The handy user manual from GE shows the old style vent set-up for installing the...

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