GE JVM3160RFSS Use and Care Manual - Page 26

Troubleshooting Tips, Save time and money! Review the charts on the following s first and

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Before you call for service.... Troubleshooting Tips Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not need to call for service. Problem Possible Cause What To Do Oven will not start A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped. ‡5HSODFHIXVHRUUHVHWFLUFXLWEUHDNHU Power surge. ‡8QSOXJWKHPLFURZDYHRYHQWKHQSOXJ it back in. Plug not fully inserted into wall outlet ‡0DNHVXUHWKHSURQJSOXJRQWKH oven is fully inserted into wall outlet. Door not securely closed. ‡2SHQWKHGRRUDQGFORVHVHFXUHO\ Control panel lighted, yet oven will not start Door not securely closed. START/PAUSE button not pressed after entering cooking selection. ‡2SHQWKHGRRUDQGFORVHVHFXUHO\ ‡3UHVVSTART/PAUSE. Another selection entered already in oven and CANCEL/ OFF button not pressed to cancel it. ‡3UHVVCANCEL/OFF. Cooking time not entered after pressing COOK TIME ‡0DNHVXUH\RXKDYHHQWHUHGFRRNLQJ time after pressing COOK TIME. CANCEL/OFF was pressed accidentally. ‡5HVHWFRRNLQJSURJUDPDQGSUHVV START/PAUSE. CONTROL LOCKED The control has been locked. ‡3UHVVDQGKROGCANCEL/OFF for about appears on display 3 seconds to unlock the control. Floor of the oven is warm even when the oven has not been used The cooktop light is located below the oven floor. When light is on, the heat it produces may make the oven floor get warm. ‡7KLVLVQRUPDO You hear an unusual You have tried to change the low-tone beep power level when it is not allowed ‡0DQ\RIWKHRYHQ·VIHDWXUHVDUHSUHVHW and cannot be changed. Vent fan comes on automatically The vent fan automatically turns on to protect the microwave if it senses too much heat rising from the cooktop below. ‡7KLVLVQRUPDO 26

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Before you call for service
....
Troubleshooting Tips
Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not
need to call for service.
Problem
Possible Cause
What To Do
Oven will not start
A fuse in your home may be
blown or the circuit breaker
tripped.
Power surge.
it back in.
Plug not fully inserted into
wall outlet
oven is fully inserted into wall outlet.
Door not securely closed.
Control panel
lighted, yet oven will
not start
Door not securely closed.
START/PAUSE button not
pressed after entering cooking
selection.
START/PAUSE
.
Another selection entered
already in oven and CANCEL/
OFF
button not pressed to
cancel it.
CANCEL/OFF
.
Cooking time not entered
after pressing COOK TIME
time after pressing
COOK TIME
.
CANCEL/OFF was pressed
accidentally.
START/PAUSE
.
CONTROL LOCKED
appears on display
The control has been locked.
CANCEL/OFF
for about
3 seconds to unlock the control.
Floor of the oven is
warm even when
the oven has not
been used
The cooktop light is located
below the oven floor.
When
light is on, the heat it
produces may make the oven
floor get warm.
You hear an unusual
low-tone beep
You have tried to change the
power level when it is not
allowed
and cannot be changed.
Vent fan comes on
automatically
The vent fan automatically
turns on to protect the
microwave if it senses too
much heat rising from the
cooktop below.
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