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The door of my Kitchen Aid Microwave YKCMS1555RSS wouldn't open because the plastic prods that push open the latch had worn down. The oven was otherwise functional. I inserted some plastic knobs to extend the prods and that did the trick. When I reassembled the oven, the timer and keypad work and the internal light comes on, but no microwave action, turntable rotation or fan.

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  • tellstar Jul 02, 2008

    Could you help me to understand a little better? The heads are only passing through the three holes in the control unit and pushing the sub assembly lever (7) to open the oven. Are you saying that they are now too long and that the oven thinks it's open?

  • tellstar Jul 02, 2008

    The problem I had was that the door open button (#2) made contact with the door open lever (#7) but the three prods had worn down to the point that they no longer pushed the door open lever enough to release the latches. The lever face is not worn at all. The oven was still operational but I couldn't open the door.

    I inserted three tiny rubber knobs, one in each prod (they're hollow shafts) to extend the shafts about 1/4" so the door open lever would function. I had to remove cables from three sockets, which I photographed prior to disassembly so there would beno doubt about how they were to be reassembled. When I reassembled the microwave, I had no turntable, fans or microwave activity, although the control panel worked fully.

    I will remove the rubber knobs, to see if the microwave works again without them.

  • tellstar Jul 02, 2008

    I removed the buttons and you were correct. They pushed the latch about 1/32nd of an inch too far and it registered the door as open. I had to order a new latch from 1,000 miles away but trimmed the rubber knobs in the meantime.


    Thank you!

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The door latch heads (prods) are not making proper contact with the door switches, so it will not work right.

The latch heads need to be replaced.

You can order parts for this Canadian model here.

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    William Miller Jul 02, 2008


    Sorry, but I misunderstood what you were saying before, so please disregard my first message.

    I would say that you are correct when you now say "they are now too long and that the oven thinks it's open".

    It looks like you need ref # 2, the door open button.

    But when there's a hard failure, it's usually ref # 7, the door open lever. Is the lever face worn?

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