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Kitchen Appliance

Frigidaire FGMV175QFA

2 source-linked failure reports. Most reported: Fire / ignition. Typical failure around 2.8 yr.

Reliability signal — · Insufficient data · data confidence Very Low

2 confirmed failure reports

Reliability summary

What is likely to go wrong, when it happens, and how expensive it can be — from source-linked failure reports. Counts are reports in our database, not a population failure rate.

Reliability signal

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2 confirmed failure reports · Insufficient data · Data confidence: Very Low

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Most common issue
Fire / ignition
Typical first failure
2.8 yr
Median of confirmed reports with timing
Median repair cost
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Highest reported repair
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What breaks?

Failure types

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  • Fire / ignition2 · 100%

When does it break?

Failure timing

Months after purchase, using reports that included timing.

What does it cost?

Reported repair costs

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Median months to failure

33

Failure reports

2

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Fire / ignition

Microwave Ovens (264)

62 months

Government / agencyIndexed Oct 22, 2026Source-linkedVerify source — SaferProducts.gov incident

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190723-6E3C3-2147379739. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FGMV175QFA. Incident: The plastic piece that holds the metal rack up in microwave was sparking and lit on fire and melted while microwaving chicken nuggets for 90 seconds.

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Months until failure

62 months

Repair cost

Not stated

Repaired

Not stated

Manufacturer warranty

Not stated

Extended warranty

Not stated

Support helpful

Not stated

Would recommend

Not stated

AI extraction confidence

92%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

Discussion

Fire / ignition

Microwave Ovens (264)

4 months

Government / agencyIndexed Oct 16, 2026Source-linkedVerify source — SaferProducts.gov incident

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200115-7231D-2147375405. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Product: Frigidaire FGMV175QFA (Microwave Oven). Incident: Dear Madams & Sirs from the Safer Products Commission, Below you will find an email that I sent today to Frigidaire's customer support service, with a summary of my experience with one of their products. ----------------------------------------------- Hello, This email serves as notice for Frigidaire that I will be passing my experience with your appliance and your customer services to KY�s State Attorney General, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Better Business Bureau. A copy of this email will be sent to those parties, along with my recorded calls with your customer service. On December 2nd 2019, I reached out to Frigidaire to report a fire hazard with one of your Microwave units : Frigidaire Gallery Model # FGMV175QFA Serial # KG64111695 Earlier that day, my wife had loaded a bag of popcorn in the microwave, and after a few seconds, sparks started flying inside, and small yet violent fire started raging inside the microwave. Thank goodness we were standing right there, and we were able to put the fire out. I explained the situation to your customer service rep and they assured me that they�d have a �specialist� take a look. I made my request very clear, that my primary concern was NOT to have this unit repaired or replaced, my main concern was to have Frigidaire show interest in the safety of their products by conducting an investigation and identifying the root cause. Frigidaire proceeded to send an appliance repair person with the order to �Sand and paint the unit�. I explained to the technician that that�s not what I was trying to achieve and I refused t

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Months until failure

4 months

Repair cost

Not stated

Repaired

Not stated

Manufacturer warranty

Not stated

Extended warranty

Not stated

Support helpful

Not stated

Would recommend

Not stated

AI extraction confidence

88%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

Discussion

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