Troubleshooting Tips.
Things That Are Normal With Your Microwave Oven
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PROBLEM
OVEN WILL NOT
COME ON
CONTROL PANEL
LIGHTED, YET OVEN
WILL NOT START
"Err"
APPEARS ON
DISPLAY
"LOCKED" APPEARS
ON DISPLAY
FOOD AMOUNT TOO
LARGE FOR SENSOR
REHEAT
Steam or vapor escaping from around
the door.
Light reflection around door or outer case.
Dimming oven light and change in
the blower sound at power levels other
than high.
Dull thumping sound while oven is operating.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
• A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped.
Replace fuse or reset circuit breaker.
• Unplug your microwave oven, then plug it back in.
• Make sure 3-prong plug on oven is fully inserted into wall receptacle.
• Door not securely closed.
• Start/Pause must be pressed after entering cooking selection.
• Another selection entered already in oven and Cancel/Off not
pressed to cancel it.
• Make sure you have entered cooking time after pressing Cook Time.
• Cancel/Off was pressed accidentally. Reset cooking program and
press Start/Pause.
• Make sure you entered food weight after pressing Defrost Weight.
• Oven was paused accidentally. Press Start/Pause to restart the
cooking program.
• During a Sensor Cooking program, the door was opened or
Start/Pause was pressed before steam could be detected.
SENSOR ERROR will scroll until Cancel/Off is pressed.
for more time.
• The control panel has been locked. (When the control panel is
locked, an "L" will be displayed.) Press and hold Cancel/Off for
about 3 seconds to unlock the control panel.
• Sensor Reheat is for single servings of recommended foods. Use
Cook Time for large amounts of food.
Cook Time to heat
TV/radio interference might be noticed while
using the microwave. Similar to
the interference caused by other small
appliances, it does not indicate a problem with
the microwave. Plug the microwave into a
different electrical circuit, move the radio or TV
as far away from the microwave as possible,
or check the position and signal of the TV/radio
antenna.