--- title: "Microwaves" description: "Maytag microwaves: 235 pages and 76 code pages, and they are not spread evenly: 67 of them belong to the over-the-range machine and 9 to the countertop one." url: "https://maytagmiami.support/appliances/microwave/" date_modified: "2026-09-07" Appliance type: "Microwaves" --- # Maytag microwaves ### An over-the-range microwave is two appliances It cooks, and it is the ventilation over the range. That second job is the one that ages it: grease filters that need washing more often than anybody washes them, a damper that has to open against whatever the duct is doing, a fan motor running above a heat source, and on a recirculating installation no outside duct at all. Most of the calls we take about these are about the hood half, and most of them are cheaper than the owner expects. ### Where the honest answer is a new machine A countertop microwave that has lost its high-voltage side is rarely worth repairing, and we say so on the phone rather than after a visit. What changes the arithmetic is being built in: an over-the-range machine is fitted to a cabinet, wired, sometimes ducted, and carries the hood for the range below it. Replacing one is a morning’s work before the appliance is even unpacked, and that is what usually makes the repair the sensible side of the line. Over-the-range and countertop · no built-in in this catalog Microwave repair Over-the-range machines, which are also the hood, and countertop machines 67 code pages on over-the-range, 9 on countertop No built-in microwave under this badge An over-the-range microwave is two appliances It cooks, and it is the ventilation over the range. That second job is the one that ages it: grease filters that need washing more often than anybody washes them, a damper that has to open against whatever the duct is doing, a fan motor running above a heat source, and on a recirculating installation no outside duct at all. Most of the calls we take about these are about the hood half, and most of them are cheaper than the owner expects. Where the honest answer is a new machine A countertop microwave that has lost its high-voltage side is rarely worth repairing, and we say so on the phone rather than after a visit. What changes the arithmetic is being built in: an over-the-range machine is fitted to a cabinet, wired, sometimes ducted, and carries the hood for the range below it. Replacing one is a morning’s work before the appliance is even unpacked, and that is what usually makes the repair the sensible side of the line. ### It runs but does not heat. The one repair on this site we will sometimes talk you out of. The high-voltage side of a microwave — magnetron, diode, capacitor — is genuinely dangerous to anyone without the right equipment, and on a countertop machine the parts and the labor together are frequently more than the appliance is worth. On an over-the-range machine the arithmetic is the opposite: it is fitted, it is the hood as well, and replacing it is a carpentry job on top of an appliance one, so the repair usually wins. ### The fan runs on its own, or will not run at all. That is the hood half of the appliance rather than the microwave half. An over-the-range machine has a thermostat that starts the fan when the range beneath it gets hot — so a fan that starts by itself is often the appliance protecting itself correctly. A fan that will not run is the motor, the damper or the control, and it is worth mentioning that the grease filters above a range in daily use are the first thing to check and the cheapest. ### There is a code on the display. Photograph it. Over-the-range machines account for 67 of this make's 76 microwave code pages, and the number will usually point at the touch panel, the door interlocks or the thermostat rather than at the high-voltage side. That distinction decides whether this is a modest repair or the conversation about replacement. --- **[Read full article: Microwaves](https://maytagmiami.support/appliances/microwave/)**