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Kitchen Appliance

GE gmhbces

1 source-linked failure report. Most reported: Fire / ignition. Typical failure around 1.7 yr.

Reliability signal — · Insufficient data · data confidence Very Low

1 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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1 confirmed failure report · Insufficient data · Data confidence: Very Low

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Most common issue
Fire / ignition
Typical first failure
1.7 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 / ignition1 · 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

20

Failure reports

1

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Fire / ignition

Refrigerators (276)

20 months

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

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180819-D9595-2147386070. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Product: GE gmhbces (side by side refridgerator). Incident: I bought all new GE appliances which were installed Dec. 30,2016 from home depot.Last night the ice seemed watery. I was cooking dinner and checked both sides and they were not cold enough. I started looking for the thermostat to see what it said. I just filled it with a months food. As I was reaching in the freezer to pull out food, I burned my fingers. I pulled back removed the food and it was red hot with a flame and hot coils! I have a picture of it red hot and my burnt finger tips I unplugged the fridge . Luckily I came home before it caught the house on fire. My husband is permanently disabled with limited mobility and he was in the room on the other side of the wall where the fire would have spread! I have a cooler filled with meat but the rest and the fridge are a total loss. I am forced to type this with one hand. As A realtor this is aweful . I do consider us lucky the whole house didn't catch on fire. Please contact me tomorrow (monday0 [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED]

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Months until failure

20 months

Repair cost

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Repaired

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Manufacturer warranty

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Support helpful

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Would recommend

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AI extraction confidence

88%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

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