20 Most Recent Maytag Appliances Over-the-Range Microwave Oven - Page 8 Questions & Answers

Hi,
Here is a tip that will help you to figure out what is wrong with your Microwave Oven....

Microwave Oven Basic Troubleshooting Tips
http://www.fixya.com/support/r5508031-microwave_oven_basic_troubleshooting

heatman101

Try unplugging it for a few minutes. If that fails, read the owners manual for instructions on how to unlock.

When this happens, it is due to grease or food particles stuck somewhere in the cavity of the oven or stuck on or behind the waveguide cover.

Keep the inside of the cooking cavity clean and if necessary, dry it out after use.


We're happy to help you with free advice and we'd appreciate your thoughtful rating of our answer.

Quite often this is a failed electrolytic capacitor on the control circuit board.

We regularly repair these control units for customers nationwide by mail for $39.95 postpaid with a one-year guarantee.

At our Web site, we have a video available showing how to remove a typical over the range control panel assembly in under 5 minutes.

Feel free to contact me directly (and please remind me of your full model number) for more information & help.

We're happy to help you with free advice and we'd appreciate your thoughtful rating of our answer.

William E. Miller
[email protected]
http://www.microwavedisplay.com

A faulty Magnatron ( engine)

There is no separate fuse here. If there is no heat the magnatron has stopped working. re[pairs are almost not worth the effort due to cost of the unit and the labour. Easier to visit a pawn shop ands gewt a goood second hand recehecked on with a warranty for about $50-100 ( a fraction of the repair cost)


Please rate my help++++Thanks for using FIXYA

Every over the range microwave has a vent on it that should be venting that steam. I don't know of anything you could put under there that would solve your problem as that is where then vents are and they would be blocked. It sounds to me as though your steam is not being vented properly, and this could also happen if the steam is being vented back into the room instead of outside as many OTR microwaves allow you to do. Its a little bit of work to vent it outside but I myself did that with my microwave and have never had a steam accumulation problem.

DISCLAIMER as in all Microwaves, there is a possibility of DEATH if you are familiar with troubleshooting of a Microwave and it is NOT ADVISABLE to trying to diagnose and repair this product by yourself. Now, that being said. Majority of the time on Maytag (which is built for Maytag by Samsung) the Magnetron will pre-maturely fail. There is always the possibility of a open fuse going to the primary side neutral of the High Voltage Transformer. Also the relay on the control PCB has to close as well for the High Voltage Transformer to operate. Unless you are extremely familiar with Electricity and Electronic troubleshooting, you can get in over your head extremely fast and small mistakes can lead to injury or death.

CHECK THE EXTRACTION VENTS FOR OBSTRUCTION IN THE CAVITY AND EXTERNALY

It could be that the fan button is sticking or a contact has welded itself closed therefore its getting power all the time.

MY MMV5207BA/BC starts running for no reason. We have to raise the door by the handle to get it to stop running. Is there any solution for this problem?

unplug and take apart and more than likely something is hitting the blade or it has slid down the shaft and is hitting the motor or the cover if u pull the blade off and plug in and it dont make the noise then the blade is hitting something if the motor is still making a noise then the motor needs replacing

sounds like you have mixed up your wiring. Refer to the schematic which is stuck to the internal casing of the machine [good luck]

90 percent certain to be the magnetron

That would be my guess t possibly has shorted out.

Dave

It may be bad electrolytic capacitors on the control board, but I would need your model number

We regularly repair such control units for customers nationwide by mail for $39.95 postpaid in about a week or two with a one-year guarantee.

Feel free to contact me directly (and please remind me of your full model number from the tag on the unit) for more information & help.

We're happy to help you with free advice and we'd appreciate your thoughtful rating of our answer.

William E. Miller, AS-EET
[email protected]
http://www.microwavedisplay.com

I solved the problem by calling the store direct.

It may have shipping damage, such as a loose or broken connection or heating element.

But if it's brand new, it's under warranty, and they will fix it free.

You can find your nearest Maytag-authorized servicer here.

We're happy to help you with free advice and we'd appreciate your thoughtful rating of our answer.

inside the control panel up at the top you wll find the fuse . remove grill and one screw to panel and open remove fuse and replace with same 15 amp type fuse . . i think this will solve problem . ****

No they are factory sealed and what you are seeing is the glue from the factory. Return the item for warranty.

Sounds like the magnetron has failed. There are some high voltage circuits that feed the magnetron and you can potentially get hurt if you don't know what you are doing. Would recommend you have it serviced by a professional if you want it fixed, otherwise look for a new one since the cost of repair can come close to the price of a new microwave oven.