Hi There,

We have a Panasonic Microwave that we purchased 4 years ago but NEVER used it until recently because we were doing renos and had to have it vented.


We finally installed it about a year ago and ONLY used the light on the
bottom as it still had not been vented through the attic. About 6 months later the light blew... so I replaced the bulb. Well... that didn't help as it wouldn't turn off so i just removed the bulb.


Then about 5 weeks ago we had it vented and started to use it for heating things up. It was working GREAT!! Three days ago I put a cup of coffee in to re-heat and closed the door. I then pushed 1,3,0 seconds and went to push start and it DIED!!! Never even started.


I phoned around and they said to replace the 18 amp fuse. Once I located one (which was difficult) I popped it in and everything seemed to work just find again over the next day...

We used it about 3 or four times for only a couple of minutes each time and then it died again (no power at all even the
display)! After about 5 minutes... the power came on again. So we tried heating something again... then it worked for just over a minute and near the end of heating 1 1/2 mins it just died. The power returned a short time later and we haven't used it. I noticed after about an hour, even while not using it... once again there was no power!

Not sure if it is related but a couple of weeks ago the door was accidentally slammed quite hard?


I have been told many things like inverter, the door switch, or a problem with a high voltage section?

What is most concerning is we paid such a high price for this microwave and because we never installed it right away... It is not covered by
warranty. Sadly we only used it for 5 weeks and "IF" we have to take it down off the wall about the stove we have to break all the time to get it out. :o)


Please help with any suggestions. I want to have someone come it to look at it but don't want to get the run around.

PLEASE HELP...Any suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!

Guy