Sharp Microwave Reviews

I had this $800 microwave for three weeks when it caught fire while not in use. I had been away for the weekend and had only returned home for a few hours when we heard a loud pop and lots of smoke started pouring out of the unit! Sharp scheduled an in-home service call, which ended up being a take the unit away call and left me without a microwave for weeks on end. They still haven't decided if they are going to repair the disgusting smelling burned plastic unit or give me a new one. Stay way form this unit if you value the safety of your family!

Sharp Microwave r-309yv - I bought this microwave to replace one of another brand that burned up. Now I have this one for about two months and it seems the same thing is happening again. It stops running. At first I thought it was the outlet, so I checked that by plugging a lamp and the lamp worked. So I plugged in the microwave and it starts working again. A few weeks later, it stopped again. This time when I moved it to check the plug, I noticed that the bottom right hand side was very hot on the bottom. It stayed hot on the bottom for some time, even though it was unplugged. It has to be shorting out and burning bit by bit. At least I caught this before it smoked up my kitchen like the last one I had. If your microwave stops running, check the right hand side on the bottom. It should not be hot there.

We purchased this microwave in August of 2012. On two separate occasions while heating food, there was a small pop and flame occurred. Once the door was opened, it stopped and there was no damage to the interior or the panel.

Sharp Carousel microwave was caught on fire. My 10-year-old son was popping popcorn and walked away. My wife then walked in to find the interior of the microwave aflame. The right interior side was burning. There were no problems or warning signs of issues prior to this.

10/12/2012. Sharp Carousel Microwave caught fire while heating a cup of water. Popcorn was made the night before. In the morning, went to heat a cup of water and the thing just started buzzing and sparking. It’s less than a year old.

Health hazard: I have a Sharp R320B microwave that went bonkers. It was running on a 2-step cooking setting (meaning, 2 timed cooking at different power levels). On the last sequence, the microwave stopped for a few seconds/minutes then continued in cycles. Then it stopped. When I opened the door, the microwave turned on. I quickly closed the door and tested other settings (such as running at set minutes on full power). Same problem of gremlin microwave turning on with the door open, about which the Sharp's own manual warns that it exposes the user to harmful energy. Also, I unplugged microwave for a while on thought it might reset the microwave. After plugging it back into the outlet, I opened the door to test again and the microwave immediately turned on with the door open.

I had the Sharp Carousel microwave oven less than one year and I used it one day to pop popcorn. There were loud noises in the oven and looked like fire but I thought maybe it was just the popcorn, so I tried the oven once more to heat some food. I could hear very loud noises and what looked like fire on the right inside of the microwave. I'm just wondering if there is a recall; if not, there should be.

After the first year, the inside of my Sharp Carousel microwave started rusting and the paint flaking. Each use would cause flakes of paint to loosen and fall onto the food. Since I couldn't find out if the paint was lead based and since the kids weren't always conscientious about covering their food, I had to retire the microwave from use. I eventually purchased another brand of microwave, but discovered how difficult it is to find out if the Chinese manufacturer is using lead based paint.

Sharp Microwave Oven Model# R530E had for 3 years and now when you open the door the microwave 'starts'. It starts without time and also after the time session is completed. Unplugging worked at first to re-set, but no longer works. If we were not already older, we would be concerned for DIY Birthcontrol.... sorry, Idaho humor but funny.

On September 9,2010 my Sharp Carousel that I bought from QVC in 2007 caught on fire. The turn table had quit turning about a month earlier. I was popping popcorn and happened to be in the kitchen when it made a really loud pop. I thought the bag of popcorn exploded so I opened the door and it was on fire. It scared me to death. The noise was so loud when it popped. The inside was melted and black. I am disabled and don't have money to go out and buy a nice microwave to replace the one that caught on fire. I have gone to websites where others have had the same problem I have with the same type microwave. There should be a recall on these microwaves before someone's house burns down.

I was heating a cheese bagal and smoke started rooling out. I could not turn it off and took hold od it brought it out unplugged it. I turned all fans on and noticed I was having trouble breathing bad. I am on oxygen 24/7 this happened tonight...I don't know what to do. I know I will throw out the sharp microwave oven..I bought it atsears a few years back.

Sharp Carousel, Model 209K, caught on fire while baking a potato. The whole room filled with smoke. I reported the problem to Sharp.USA. The unit was 6 months old. I don't know who, but someone needs to check this Model out.