I just bought and had installed a whirlpool side by side fridge the only on that would fit in my space. I waited 7.5 months to get it because I needed black , 2 days in the noise is driving me nuts it is the motor I can tell shuts off when either door opens . I locked the ice water dispenser on the door and it stopped but was that a fluke? but the others here want to use that feature. I looked into ways to sound proof the noise and will try that , like putting a rubber matt under it and sound proofing material behind it on the wall as what I have read the motor noise is in the air ( make sense who knows ) , the decibel reading , using a phone app, was 52 - 69 that was holding the phone in different places. I emailed my rep no response and now I know why they are all louder I think, I miss my 24 year old one ( except the way it was too cold inside who wants fresh frozen veggies ha ha ) why does this have to be very upsetting.

Hi! We installed the Sharp MD in May & have been very happy. We did have an maintenance issue with the automatic opening/closing. Sharp sent a technician out to correct it as soon as we reported it. The problem for our Drawer seemed to be in the way a gear was designed. The technician replaced a part & it works fine. The microwave continued to function while the door was operated manually. Our model was manufactured July 2009 (date inside near model & serial #s). I hope this helps. Good luck!

I wouldn't worry -- get what you want. You might need to find another vendor who has it. I was looking at something on Amazon today -- I can get it now elsewhere, but Amazon is saying ships in 1-2 months. Worst case -- the microwave is the one appliance that you don't have to sweat over if you have to wait. You can generally make do or use a small countertop one until you get it in. We had put a countertop model into the built-in space in our old kitchen and kept it through the remodel. If ours hadn't been here when everything else was ready, I would have slid it into the cabinet for the drawer and used it as a temp. Won't you have one somewhere for your temp kitchen?

elizabeth714 - no turntable is one of the things I love about it. Nice smooth surface that's easy to clean. If I remember correctly instead of the food turning the microwaves actually are stirred from above. sjhockeyfan - There are two buttons that I use all of the time and that is the beverage and popcorn buttons. But my husband never uses the beverage button - prefers just putting in the time. As to use, I've been using a microwave for so long it's kind of second nature to just put in the time and power for whatever I want. When I want to defrost meat I put in a time and set the power at 30%. I usually put in less time and then flip the meat I want to defrost. I don't think it's the buttons that make the drawer so convenient - it's the location below the counter - being able to look down and see my food when the drawer is open. I'm short so I was never able to see my food in our old micro above the cook-top. I would have to take the food out to look at it. One thing I did read is that you should always use the buttons to open and close the door. That I do. Apparently pulling on the handle was causing some problems. sjhockeyfan - when I talked about the timer button I was referring to setting a time - like timing 5 minutes. I guess I didn't phrase that clearly. Got my fingers crossed!