The microwave drawer is the one worth explaining first, because it fails unlike anything else in the kitchen. An OMD opens downward out of a cabinetry run instead of swinging a door outward, and it will not run at all until its interlocks are satisfied that the drawer has closed completely — so a drawer that has become stiff, slow or noisy is the early warning, and the microwave electronics behind it are usually still perfectly healthy. The Professional version carries a heavier stainless front than the Contemporary one, which works the same mechanism harder over the years.
An over-the-range CMOH or MOH is really two appliances in one housing, and the half that gets forgotten is the extraction. Grease filters above a busy cooktop are designed to be pulled out and washed; left too long they stop extracting properly and eventually let grease past into the unit itself, which is a far worse job than washing a filter would have been. The lamp lighting the cooktop underneath runs on its own circuit, so a dead bulb there says nothing about the microwave. The compact MO and CMO units stack into a cabinetry column instead, and on the convection-equipped CMO the two cooking systems fail separately — a unit that still browns but no longer heats quickly has a microwave-side problem, which narrows the diagnosis considerably. Whichever format you have, a microwave that arcs or sparks inside the cavity should be taken out of use and inspected before it is run again.
Common Microwave Problems
Microwave runs but food isn't heating
Door or drawer won't latch shut, or won't release
Display shows a problem or won't respond
Turntable won't rotate
Unusual arcing or sparking inside the cavity
Unit won't power on at all
Popular Fisher & Paykel Microwave Models
Fisher & Paykel OMD24SDB1
Model # OMD24SDB1
Fisher & Paykel OMD24SPX1
Model # OMD24SPX1
Fisher & Paykel MO-24SS-3Y
Model # MO-24SS-3Y
Fisher & Paykel CMO-24SS-3Y
Model # CMO-24SS-3Y
Fisher & Paykel CMOH-30SS-3T
Model # CMOH-30SS-3T
Fisher & Paykel MOH30SB1
Model # MOH30SB1
Why Trust Us With Your Fisher & Paykel Microwave
- Model Confirmed Before the Visit. A photo of the rating label on your microwave lets us confirm the exact Fisher & Paykel model and bring the likely parts on the first trip.
- Measured, Not Guessed. Each suspect part in your microwave is tested with a meter or a measured reading before it goes on the estimate.
- Fair Advice on Older Units. When an older microwave would cost close to its replacement to repair, we tell you plainly and let you decide.
- Covered After We Leave. Labor on your microwave repair carries our 30-day workmanship warranty, written on the invoice.