How To Repair A Panasonic Microwave Door Latch

This is one way to fix a broken bracket on the door part of a panasonic button action microwave.

How to repair a panasonic microwave door latch. I started looking for a new brown 70 s colour microwave then at repairs and finally spare parts. We have an array of panasonic microwave door latch parts affordably priced and ready to ship the same day you order them. Since the door hook is made of plastic it can break due to regular wear. The door hook engages with the door latch to keep the door closed during operation.

If the door hook is broken it won t relea. When i close the door sometimes it seems it doesn t latch properly although the door is closed shut and the latch does seem to be correctly engaged and so the microwave won t start because it thinks the door isn t closed properly. My panasonic microwave oven model nn sd698s had a door latch stop engaging after a few years. I felt there was a good possibility that the bottom one would bend out over time and watched a fix where another guy cut a popsicle stick to size to wedge in and prevent the bottom flexing.

I found the microwave door latch still flexed too much as there are two locking latches that go into the latch assembly. I used a cable tie but you can use anything with the correct. The latch mechanism is screwed to an unsupported sheet metal bracket and over many open close cycles fatigue prevents the bracket from providing enough lateral pressure to engage. The door latch on my very old panasonic microwave suddenly made a loud click noise and the door wouldn t close any more everything else worked except the door and the start button.

And you use your trusted microwave for that. It turns out this is a common failure for panasonics. Hi i have a panasonic microwave model nnsn676s that has the following problem. But you can t get hot coffee or popped corn if you have a microwave door latch problem.