Broken Microwave Door | How To Fix 

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Well I am 80 years old and fixed easy things throughout my life but was leary about fixing this latch on my microwave. Until this video. Thank you very much for the simplicity of this video. I fixed it within 20 minutes.

Thanks alot for this video I fix mines I'm a woman,coming from Guyana just watch this video and fix mines...thanks man

Great video with superb instruction! I thought I was in for another big expense until I watched your presentation. An hour later my microwave oven latch was fixed. Thank you!😁👍

This saved me $200+ ! Thank you so much! I was so close to buying a new microwave but right before I did, I googled how to fix the door and this video came up first.

Fantastic!!!! Used a small 1/16” bit that worked perfectly.

Thank you so much..I saved the money and time. my microwave is Emerson Model MW7300W. it wan't stayed closed. Due to your video, I created and pierced the tiny hole in the latch I could connect the spring into the door latch..and is working good. it is awesome.

When I was in the kitchen yesterday, the microwave door randomly out of nowhere popped open, seemd like a ghost opened it or something XD lol! but then I realized the hinge thing was all loose, and now today I found this video and was able to fix it pretty quickly, thanks to this video! :D Mine also had a tiny little plastic hook to hold the spring, makes you wonder why they do not just make a sturdy hole to begin with.

Thanks so much for this. You just saved me approximately $600. I wanted to replace with the same microwave that I had and the price with installation is around that. Luckily, they still designed many of these microwaves with the same concept. Subbed!

Straightforward great tutorial. Repair completed in ten minutes. THANK YOU!

Hi Zim! I got here from your "original"(?) microwave latch video[which I also 'liked'] because the door on my folk's over-oven Frigidaire "Gallery" series MW stopped latching- Model# FGMV174KFB (for those searching in the future). I feel it necessary to tell you that I've worked in electronics/small appliance repair professionally off & on for... eh, never mind- a long time regardless; and of course personally ever since I owned something I needed that broke. In those many years there were the "official" repairs, the "make it work" fixes, and those repairs that worked best. I say this so that I hope you will feel the full, immense, gratitude I feel towards you in showing not only how to perform this simple repair; but in how people don't always HAVE to just throw new parts at a failure- sometimes the "hack" fix is as good or better than the replacement.

Thanks a million for showing us how to replace this microwave door release lever. You're the best!

Zim is the guy! He saved the day for my family! Thanks Zim, you rule!

Worked perfectly. Very helpful - Thank you!

Thanks for the video. Took less than 5 mins after watching. Was going to just toss it out. One suggestion, instead of drilling a hole I used a small zip tie to hold the top of the spring. My spring was a closed loop rather than a hook. Good stuff, thanks again.

Just fixed the latch on my Electrolux. Thanks so much for the tip!

Thank you ! I have never had this happen to me. I thought I was going to have to buy a new microwave. You saved me a lot of money ! Thanks again !

Thank you!!! You made it easy, and I understood what I was doing and why. Good teacher, Zim!

Outstanding! Thanks for the great video! I like your "Fix it so it stays fixed" approach.

Clear, simple, functional and practical. And free. You sir are badass lol. Seriously why have I never heard of you before now? Like & sub for sure, keep up the good work, us broke folks really appreciate what you are doing. And I'll absolutely click that parts link for you, least I can do since you just saved me $200+ my friend. Thank you!

The 800th like of mine who fixed the very same issue watching this video. Thank you bro :)

Thank you so much! It took a little longer than 10 minutes but that's on me. Worked like a charm

I can't thank you enough for your videos, the original and this one as my latch went yesterday and I thought that I would have to get a new combi-microwave, but then thought, let me check RU-vid! The door is fixed, the microwave is working again. All I needed was a flathead screwdriver and some pliers to prise open the ring at one end of the spring to hook on to the inside of the door. Thank you!

Thank you so so much! I appreciate this video more than you know! I thought I was going to have to spend at least $300 on a new microwave and then was able to fix it myself while my husband was at work!

Thanks man. I didn't drill a hole but still found a way to Make it work

Thanks a lot. Your video is lots helpful for me.

Thank you ! Thank you so much ! I'm no mechanic but mechanically inclined , not that one may need to be but , your video is and has been very helpful ! I repaired the microwave door latch and it works just fine ! Thanks again !

I fix my microwave because of this video,I didn't drill a hole I use a small cable tie and it works 👍,Thanks very much,i fix it in less than 5 mins

Video was super helpful and saved me a ton of money, THANKS

This worked a treat! I didn't even have a make a hole - the way mine is constructed, I could just latch the spring onto a different part of the hook arm thing. Thanks heaps!

A thousand thanks! I did it, I fixed the latch on my microwave door, and I owe it all to you. I clicked your links and liked your video and subscribed to your channel. It was a bit trickier on my 26 year old model, (wait, what?!? 😄) because I had to put the new hole inside the door frame instead of on the latch part, but your heated wire tip worked perfectly for the job. I am tickled pink! I appreciate you.

Thank you for another excellent video! Subscribed.

Great video with detail and clear instructions as you always do! Saved for future reference when my microwave break! Of course clicked like 👍

Thank you so much for this video, you just save me from buying another Hamilton Beach microwave with your video, I was able to fix the spring of my microwave door bcos it wasn't closing, God bless

Brilliant, thank you: clear, simple, concise.

Very useful video! We had the same problem, even smaller. It turned out that the spring had simply come loose. I didn't have to drill a hole. I was very worried at first because our microwave is built in. I wouldn't even be able to unhook it myself without an electrician. Thanks a lot for the explanation!

Front one RU-vid DIY to another, I didn’t even have to watch the whole video before I was able to tackle the problem. LG microwave, harder to get at the problem, but essentially the same issue. Drilled a new hole and with the help of a pair of needle nose pliers I was able to hook the small spring , and I’m back in business! Cheers brother. 😊

Another grateful commenter! Thank you Sir for sharing your knowledge here! It really was that easy.

Thank you! This fixed my problem on my Samsung over-the-range microwave! The layout is pretty much exactly the same as the GE you used in your example. I just hooked it over the metal frame portion exactly as shown in your video.

Thanks dude you just saved me $450 on a replacement microwave. Fixed it thanks to this video

Thanks a lot. Same issue and I just fixed it using your approach. Thank you very much.

Thanks a million. I am really appreciate your video. You saved us.❤

Worked perfectly. Thank you.

This video is so helpful and saves my GE microwave every 4 years. As a frequent user every day of my microwave, the plastic bottom edges of the latch hooks will wear down from friction causing the internal switches not to be pressed down far enough. The result is the internal light and blower stay on. Originally I had GE tech support come out, but all they did was recommend replacing the entire microwave! So, many thanks to you guys for creating this video!

Thank you so much!!! I just got my house a year ago and you just saved my butt!

Thank you for this video! I was super pissed when apartment maintenance came and broke the latch off the microwave door and didn't tell me even though they were there just to fill a hole literally 3 ft away from the microwave. I have a vintage Hello Kitty microwave and they are going for over $200 used online and I brought mine new so you could imagine how upset I was. I fixed it thanks to you and now I'll be keeping the microwave out of the kitchen when maintenance is doing work in the kitchen.

Thank you so much! Your help is appreciated

You save my life thank you so much you saved my life tonight it just happened tonight my door would not close as I was cooking and cleaning thank you so much God bless you

You saved my day and also my money lol! I cant thank you enough

perfect fix! thanks!

Thanks so much for this! Worked like a charm

Thank you!! My door latch had a hole in it already for me to conveniently attach the string to. Just saved me £100 or more!

Thankyou so much helps alot , saved my money ❤

Thank you a lot, this tutorial was very helpful

Man you just saved me some money. Thank you 😊

Awesome fix. Thanks

Thank you this was awesome!

Thanks.. Impressed my wife showing my Engineering skills (thanks to u) and saving time and money in the process

In my non-brand micro I was not able to release the latch. So I somehow managed to get the spring and attach it to the bottom of the latch and to the metal body to create downward tension. Thank you!

Huge help. Thank you!

Thank you! I have a slightly different model but this helped greatly! In my case the metal spring broke at the hook. I was able to bend some of it back and hook it back in. Thanks again!

Thanks you’ve made a difference.

Thank you! Was really easy to fix

Good video. Fixed in less than 3 mins

Thank you. All fixed 😁

Thank you very much!! Fixed!!

Thanks man appreciate the help Works great. 🍻

Thank you. Just fixed my LG microwave that had this issue. Thank you

Thank you so much

Thank you! Microwave door fixed with zero dollars!

Thanks a lot! I managed to repair the loose latch of my microwave oven after watching your video. Suggestion: if your oven door is almost at the edge of the piece of furniture it's resting on, place a rug on the floor. In my case, the spring fell on to the tile floor and bounced away. I only found the spring bout 24 hr later. Anyways, all's well that ends well 👍

Thanks Zim..!

Thank you !

you just saved me money and time! I was more worried how to get rid of microwave lol.

Who would they make this so flimsy in the 1st place, no? Thank you for your help!

Thanks dude.

Thank you thank you thank you!

الشرح الوحيد الذي فهمته مع اني لا اعرف لغته👍👍

Good video thank you

Cool fix

Excellent

Thankyou zim

Thanks

really love the paperclip guide for the drill-less . i learned hardware hacking from an old german guy named Konrad . my folks used to have him over once a week to fix stuff and he never let them pay him . he would fab parts and say well this will hold till you can order the real part . a lot of times it just held period and they all knew it . that changed things for me in my mind . he gave me the spirit you need to try which is ... its not gonna fix itself and you never know till you crack the chassis ( and look at it) . not to go south ...generally people act scared and they also pretend i am some sort of magician because i have fumbled my way thru a lot of hacks and built some stuff . i cant tell you how much i hate that . it really irritates me . people confuse gumtion with some sort of gift i was supposedly born with . iuts like " i dont know nothing about electronics so i am gonna give you this FILTHY ( insert appliance/toy here) and force you to take the screws out of it while i breathe down your neck , questioning and second guessing your every move super impatiently because i am too lazy to do it myself . note - if you want some one to fix something for you , clean it . i had a guy bring me a tv set with the circuit breaker tripped and it was full of roaches and critters . he has a band now with female singers and i saw them covering a black eye peas song . he got what he deserved .

U da man thx!

Thanks bro..

정말 감사합니다..

How to remove the two plastic pieces? Mine won’t come out!! So I can’t get to the spring!!

Hi, really helpful video. Question, if the cover shown at 1:22 cracks do you think it needs to be replaced?

3:20 homie just drilled right through the counter lol

Thank you - unfortunately the post hole holder broke on the top. Do you have any idea how to repair that?

I fixed the broken latch but now the door is a bit off balance and when closed sometimes the light won't go out. If I press hard & push up a bit on the door it will shut and be functional. Is there a way to stabilize the door better. It is a GE Spacemaker® Over-the-Range Microwave Oven JVM1540SM4SS

My springs attach inside the microwave door, and that’s what broke. How can that be fixed?

Dude, If I see you out, i will buy you an adult beverage! Thank you mucho!!!

Videos are very helpful what if my door is different though can you help it’s a fridgeadre

Hi Zim. How about if bottom part, that spring goes in, broken. I watched too vids they are showing all top parts broken.

my friends microwave door issue is a peice inside that microwave that let's the door open n close, somehow it broke, not the peice your showing here though, any idea on what it is called n how to fix it and a cost?? n video for it??

Hi Zim, I have an issue where pressing the door oepn button for the microwave may or may not open the door for me. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Any fix for that?

How do I clean the inside window on the microwave? Do you have a video on this?

What if the top part of the latch no longer has something to attach to? So the spring is fine, but top latch is loose.