Panasonic NN-T964SF 2-1/5-Cubic-Foot 1250-Watt Microwave

Less than 2 years old it will run for a three seconds and die
the repair was going to cost 150 plus

I will just buy another one instead...

Edited June 2007: Ours failed as well! Same problem, where it stops after
three seconds and makes a burning/ozone smell. We called Panasonic and
they were less than helpful. I would no longer recommend this oven.


Old review follows:

We purchased this microwave to replace a 12-year-old GE
microwave. We wanted a microwave oven with a large capacity
and relatively simple controls.

This oven is quite large. It has a turntable big enough for
a 9x13 baking dish. (I prefer to have no turntable, but they
don't seem to make those anymore, so it is necessary to get one
of these huge microwaves in order to fit a long dish.)

The oven is very powerful compared to others I have used. Be
careful, for instance, with microwave popcorn - it is done
surprisingly quickly. A "chik patty" cooks in about a minute,
as opposed to close to two minutes in our old microwave...Read more

This microwave died at about three months in my possession. The authorized service dealer which I finally found in my yellow pages (not able to find this dealer from Panasonic) finally fixed it after about two months. I've now operated it for five months and it's died again. Still under warranty, I plan to take it back for further servicing. It'll probably go out again based on it's track record but with my luck this will be when it's out of warranty. Beware of this micro.