Touch screen fading in & out, unit works fine

you require a new timer unit to be installed

HELLO.

The code on the screen indicate electric panel fault resulting from the touchpad malfunction.

The touch pad on your microwave oven acts as the brain of the appliance. It not only contains the buttons that you use to enter cooking settings and times, but also controls the function of the entire microwave. If the touch pad malfunctions or breaks completely, the microwave will cease to function. In this instance, the broken touch pad must be removed and a new touch pad must be installed, to restore functionality to the microwave.

1 Unplug the microwave from the wall outlet.
2 Remove the two screws, located on the front or top of the grill at the top of the microwave.
3 Pull the grill off of the microwave.
4 Remove the mounting screw from the top of the control panel.
5 Lift the control panel up and out to loosen. Look behind the control panel to ensure there are no metal tabs securing the control panel in place. If there are metal tabs, gently rotate the control panel to free the tabs.
6 Transfer the wires from the old control panel to the new control panel one at a time to ensure that the wires are properly installed.
7 Install the new control panel into the microwave and secure using the mounting screw that was removed.
8 Replace the grill from the top of the microwave and secure it using the screws that were removed.
9 Plug the microwave back into the wall outlet.
Thanks.

This is a common problem, and they're often intermittent.

You'll need a new touch screen.

You can get complete details on all these 2070-series microwaves on my page here:
http://www.microwavecontrol.com/jvm2070.htm

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You can get that repaired for $39.95 in most cases (details here) or order a control / display unit here.
You can also download the owner's manual from the page at the second link.

I had GE look at the problem today (my microwave is less than a year old and under warranty). He replaced the cam louver and that seems to have fixed the problem. This is a small motor accessible by removing three screws and the active vent door. The whole visit was less than 15 minutes.<!-- from fixya rte -->

These ovens are nightmares when they fail out of warranty...

The touch screen assembly is not meant to be be taken apart for repairs, only replaced. And the assembly runs about $455 (just part cost!), depending on your full model number suffix.

Add to that the $79 to visit the home, plus $75-90 to actually do the work, plus whatever parts markup, and you'd be better off replacing the microwave.

If you insist on the same model, you might try eBay. They appear there often.

Good luck.

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5kv fuse is probably blown..this is connected to the magnatron and is probably a white casing with wires coming out of it-spade connections..fuse is inside this..prob cost about 5-6 pounds on ebay

Same thing happened to us. We just came back from Sears, where we bought another. Just for giggles, my wife suggested unplugging the old one and plugging it back in again. It works now. New one's going back to the store.

This is a problem with the control panel assembly, which we commonly repair for $32.50. Feel free to e-mail me at _ for more information or visit _ for full details.