Microwave oven repair Microwave oven repair - Talk of The Villages Florida

Microwave oven repair

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 03-20-2014, 06:00 PM
kstusse kstusse is offline
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 18
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default Microwave oven repair

Need to have my microwave oven repaired. Any recommendations for a reputable appliance repair service. I just want to know what the problem is. It's working but making a strange sound. Thank you for suggestions that I should just buy a new one but my real question is can anyone refer a particular company that does repairs.Thanks!

Last edited by kstusse; 03-21-2014 at 09:06 AM.
  #2  
Old 03-20-2014, 06:25 PM
triton18 triton18 is offline
Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MO
Posts: 43
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

The price of a service call compare to a new microwave buy a new one get a warranty with your new microwave.
  #3  
Old 03-20-2014, 06:29 PM
OldManTime OldManTime is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 676
Thanks: 0
Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by kstusse View Post
Need to have my microwave oven repaired. Any recommendations? Thanks!
Buy a new one, they are so cheap. Now if you have a built in, you need an installer.

Mine stopped working, opened up the case, and there was a small buss fuse blown, $1.00 fixed it.
  #4  
Old 03-20-2014, 06:33 PM
triton18 triton18 is offline
Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MO
Posts: 43
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Smile

The price of a service call compare to a new microwave I would buy a new one and get a warranty with your new microwave.This is just my personal option.
  #5  
Old 03-20-2014, 08:40 PM
kstusse kstusse is offline
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 18
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

The microwave oven is working but it's making a strange sound. This is the best I can describe it: I put a paper plate in there and it kind of sounded like when you put aluminum foil in it, only without the sparks. So, I took the paper plate out and turned the microwave on and it made the same sound.
  #6  
Old 03-20-2014, 09:26 PM
Bonanza's Avatar
Bonanza Bonanza is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,392
Thanks: 30
Thanked 320 Times in 157 Posts
Default

Many of the above posts are correct. In our previous home we had a GE microwave and the touch pad died. Believe it or not, we ended up getting a new Whirlpool for less than the new part for the GE.

Yup -- go out and get a new one.
__________________
A Promise Made is a Debt Unpaid
~~ Robert W. Service ~~
  #7  
Old 03-21-2014, 06:33 AM
philnpat's Avatar
philnpat philnpat is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Clifton Park, NY and soon to be Duval
Posts: 812
Thanks: 95
Thanked 17 Times in 6 Posts
Default

There's a new Whirlpool microwave listed on TOTV in "items for sale"
  #8  
Old 03-21-2014, 08:59 AM
Carla B Carla B is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,807
Thanks: 53
Thanked 725 Times in 389 Posts
Default

Beck's Appliance Repair fixed ours. Our over-the-counter microwave wasn't available in the proper size any longer. Their number is 352-245-3598.
  #9  
Old 03-21-2014, 09:11 AM
kstusse kstusse is offline
Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 18
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Carla B View Post
Beck's Appliance Repair fixed ours. Our over-the-counter microwave wasn't available in the proper size any longer. Their number is 352-245-3598.
Thank you for referral. I take it you think it's better to pay service charge rather than a free service call?
  #10  
Old 03-21-2014, 10:11 AM
redwitch's Avatar
redwitch redwitch is offline
Sage
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 9,094
Thanks: 3
Thanked 80 Times in 37 Posts
Send a message via Yahoo to redwitch
Default

If you're under warranty, call the company to get it repaired. Otherwise, I agree with those who said just get a new one. However, if you want to get it repaired, Beck's has a very good reputation.
__________________
Army/embassy brat - traveled too much to mention
Moved here from SF Bay Area (East Bay)

"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
  #11  
Old 03-22-2014, 01:15 PM
raynan's Avatar
raynan raynan is offline
Platinum member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Jacaranda Island, Village of Pennecamp
Posts: 1,814
Thanks: 321
Thanked 289 Times in 124 Posts
Default

If you have a GE get a GE and you can probably use the same sleeve and save the cost of installation. Same with other brands, buy the same brand.
Closed Thread


You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 08:15 AM.