Microwave Oven Fan Runs When Door Is Open

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Microwave oven fan runs when door is open. It stops if i interrupt a timed cycle and works when cycle is. My microwave recently started running on its own once the door is open. Fan stays on when door is open door switches test good we recently started having an issue with our 6 year old ge microwave model jnm1951sr1ss where the fan stays on when the door is opened. The turntable didn t continue to turn.

It s an intermittent problem but in the last day or so the fan stays on almost every time the door is opened turntable doesn t turn. Today it just stopped working i e. I m not sure if it is actually emitting microwaves when the door is open but the microwave lights on it makes noise as if it were microwaving and the plate starts moving. My ge profile microwave oven.

306 questions view all. If you do not find the solution then you can replace. Repair and disassembly guides for ge microwave ovens. Fan runs when door is opened.

It s about 8 years old. Yes they were cooking their hands in a big open air microwave oven. When i took the cake out after the timer went off the microwave fan kept running with the door open. This oven was often only about 100 watts or even less one 10th or one 15th of your standard oven.

Microwave was used for 12 minutes to bake a cake. The unit heats and the turntable turns when i use it. Have recycled the answered by a verified appliance technician. There is no light fan running or microwave but when you open the door the turntable slowly turns and stops when you shut the door.

Have a faulty door it will need to be tested and replaced there are no microwaves coming from the machine when the door is open and it is running.