I guess they've gone downhill....

I have a Sharp Carousel II (not built-in) from 1987 that's still fine,
hasn't needed repairs.

On May 13, 10:01 pm, Ablang <ron... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
The only reason Sharp isn't listed here is because they fail
so radically by computer failure, catching on fire, etc. etc.
that no-one has the piece of crap things fixed due to the cost
of getting "hopefully" one more year out of a dead dog.

They ALWAYS fail shortly after warranty.

Not true, mine failed WAY before the warranty was up! <G

Actually, mine was an assembly problem. The flex circuit contact pad
underneath the 4 little jellybean-sized exterior buttons was
misaligned, causing the pressing of the Start button to be a very hit-
or-miss proposition. Flex circuit pad replaced and correctly aligned
under warranty.

I'm still waiting for the infamous post-warranty-display-failure.

The problem with Sharp warranty service is that it's difficult to find
a repair shop that will fix them under warranty. Out of the 5 or 6
warranty service providers listed on the Sharp website for the Phoenix
area, I only found 1 that would do microwave warranty service.
Comments from the other shops indicated that they had big problems
getting paid by Sharp for warranty work.

Jerry <jerry_maple at (no spam) hotmail.com> writes:

On May 13, 10:01 pm, Ablang <ron... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
The only reason Sharp isn't listed here is because they fail
so radically by computer failure, catching on fire, etc. etc.
that no-one has the piece of crap things fixed due to the cost
of getting "hopefully" one more year out of a dead dog.

They ALWAYS fail shortly after warranty.
Not true, mine failed WAY before the warranty was up! <G

Actually, mine was an assembly problem. The flex circuit contact pad
underneath the 4 little jellybean-sized exterior buttons was
misaligned, causing the pressing of the Start button to be a very hit-
or-miss proposition. Flex circuit pad replaced and correctly aligned
under warranty.

I'm still waiting for the infamous post-warranty-display-failure.

The problem with Sharp warranty service is that it's difficult to find
a repair shop that will fix them under warranty. Out of the 5 or 6
warranty service providers listed on the Sharp website for the Phoenix
area, I only found 1 that would do microwave warranty service.
Comments from the other shops indicated that they had big problems
getting paid by Sharp for warranty work.

I guess they've gone downhill....

I have a Sharp Carousel II (not built-in) from 1987 that's still fine,
hasn't needed repairs.

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Jerry <jerry_maple at (no spam) hotmail.com> writes:

On May 13, 10:01 pm, Ablang <ron... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
The only reason Sharp isn't listed here is because they fail
so radically by computer failure, catching on fire, etc. etc.
that no-one has the piece of crap things fixed due to the cost
of getting "hopefully" one more year out of a dead dog.

They ALWAYS fail shortly after warranty.

Not true, mine failed WAY before the warranty was up! <G

Actually, mine was an assembly problem. The flex circuit contact pad
underneath the 4 little jellybean-sized exterior buttons was
misaligned, causing the pressing of the Start button to be a very
hit- or-miss proposition. Flex circuit pad replaced and correctly
aligned under warranty.

I'm still waiting for the infamous post-warranty-display-failure.

The problem with Sharp warranty service is that it's difficult to
find a repair shop that will fix them under warranty. Out of the 5 or
6 warranty service providers listed on the Sharp website for the
Phoenix area, I only found 1 that would do microwave warranty
service. Comments from the other shops indicated that they had big
problems getting paid by Sharp for warranty work.

I guess they've gone downhill....

I have a Sharp Carousel II (not built-in) from 1987 that's still fine,
hasn't needed repairs.

The only reason Sharp isn't listed here is because they fail
so radically by computer failure, catching on fire, etc. etc.
that no-one has the piece of crap things fixed due to the cost
of getting "hopefully" one more year out of a dead dog.

They ALWAYS fail shortly after warranty.

-----Original Message-----

Look what they say about it.

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/kitchen-appliances/micr...

The graph shows the percentage of the following brands of over-the-
range (OTR) microwave ovens bought between 2003 through 2007 that have
ever been repaired or had a serious problem. Differences of less than
3 points are not meaningful. KitchenAid has been the most-repair prone
brand. While we lacked enough data for all years to include Sharp in
the chart, we have sufficient data to conclude that it has been a
repair-prone brand. Models within a brand may vary, and changes in
design or manufacture may affect reliability. Still, choosing a brand
with a good repair history can improve your odds of getting a reliable
model.