Ge Microwave Door Glass Shattered

The microwave industry uses heat strengthened glass for glass doors.

Ge microwave door glass shattered. Some of these micro fissures are created when the glass is tempered while others are created when something small bumps against the glass in the oven like a pan diamond ring or metal spoon. Would like to replace it if i can determine the part number from the parts diagram. There are a number of ways a glass oven door can shatter but most of them have to do with tiny cracks that develop from something hitting the glass. I also contacted ge public relations asking how frequently this happened since a google search for glass oven door shattered produced quite a few personal experiences and news reports.

In the rare case the glass does break it is designed to break into small pieces. If you are a class member who has never experienced spontaneous glass breakage or shattering of the covered microwave oven door and you no longer own a covered microwave as of the date of the entry of an order and final judgment your benefit will be a certificate entitling you to a 5 rebate on the purchase of a new ge microwave oven good. The following is an example of complaints posted online by consumers after the glass on their oven doors shattered sic throughout. The door works fine but today the glass is shattered completely.

My roommate decided to tape the broken parts. Microwave oven door glass breakage. My faith in the brand was shaken when my oven s glass door shattered after three years of light use. I have ge profile performance jeb1095sb 001 sn fz958481s microwave oven.

Unfortunately i have to be the one that sits next to it due the lack of space in the room. I have a double electric wall oven that is less than 1 year old. The microwave my roommate got is pretty old. This is a heat treatment process the glass is put through that allows it to withstand a certain amount of impact.

The glass on the outside door of the microwave is cracked on the bottom and bits of it are missing on the corners. Ge warns consumers about inadvertent damage to glass oven doors including the potential for broken or shattered glass in its use and care guide a statement from general electric said. Ge agreed to a no cost repair which i described in a 2012 column. But a recent case showed.