Fan comes on hwne open door

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posted by Excarkun on Nov 04, 2007

fan or its actually running when you open door after its ran. Not all the time but most the time, just started doing it today..what to do?

Comment posted on Nov 05, 2007

Now its later in day it just doesn't run well or wont run at all. We had the magnetron replaced by GE earlier this summer.
Could it be the door?
A switch thats not working right when door opens or closes?
Never seen a microwave run while door open or its fan run.

Comment posted on Nov 06, 2007

well now the only time runs and not fan or heater at all come on when trying to run it...grrrrr

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Posted by Guest on Jul 24, 2008

Fan runs when door is open

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posted on Nov 05, 2007

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This is usually caused by either a bad door switch, a loose door switch mount, or a problem on the control panel.

Even though a door switch clicks, it may still be bad inside.

Door switches are most often damaged by opening the door while it's cooking (instead of pressing Stop / Clear first) or food
/ grease debris in the switch.

If you or a friend decide to look into it, we have critical information on safety, disassembly and door switches at our site, linked here on Fixya: http://tinyurl.com/yzjozk

You can find helpful exploded view diagrams and order parts by entering your full model number here: http://tinyurl.com/gv383

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