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GE JES1145SH1SS

2 source-linked failure reports. Most reported: Fire / ignition. Typical failure around 4.6 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
4.6 yr
Median of confirmed reports with timing
Median repair cost
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Highest reported repair
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What breaks?

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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

55.5

Failure reports

2

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Fire / ignition

Microwave Ovens (264)

60 months

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

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20250110-6BD80-2147333998. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: GE JES1145SH1SS. Incident: GE Household Microwave Oven Model JES1145SH1SS would not turn off. Overheated to the point that there was smoke and so hot could not touch. Electricity to unit failed even before the plug could be pulled to prevent a fire.

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Months until failure

60 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)

51 months

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

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240920-D18DE-4915624. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: GE JES1145SH1SS (Microwave oven). Incident: Taken from info center I am writing to you because we have always trusted GE and have bought all GE Appliances for many years, including refrigerators, air conditioners and microwave ovens. In 2020, we purchased a GE Microwave oven, (Model JES1145SH1SS, Serial number FR265276A, 950 watts, 1.1 cubic feet) from PC Richards. It worked well for almost 4 years. I realize that the warranty is only for one year, but we wanted to write to you because this microwave has a safety issue. Last week, it went on fire and almost burned our kitchen. Smoke and fire came out of the Microwave and we could have gotten hurt. Luckily, we unplugged it and got the fire under control and we had to throw it out. I did take pictures of the inside burned microwave due to the fire. Is there anything you can do to make sure that this microwave does not go on fire and hurt other people, and compensate us, as now we had to purchase a new microwave oven? We bought another GE Microwave, as we typically like the company's products, but we would like to make sure we do everything we can to prevent anyone else from having this happen to them, and we unfortunately, did have to pay out of pocket to replace the combusted microwave. I'm enclosing some of the pictures from the fire inside this product. Thank you for your attention to this matter. (10/11/2024) Please Be Advised, we have notified the President of GE Appliances about this incident. His office called me and they were very concerned about why this microwave went on fire. We paid $92.00 for a new microwave. GE reimbursed us in the amoung of $60.00 (Parti

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Months until failure

51 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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