GE PDW9280J10SS

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160104-E9446-2147425121. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: GE PDW9280J10SS. Source model text: PDW9280J. Incident: I have a GE PDW9280J dishwasher which was operating fine. Yesterday (1/3/16) the dishwasher begin to emit smoke that smelled as if something was burning. I have since had to cut power to the dishwasher and am contacting the manufacturer upon seeing the recall notice.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180806-8541C-2147386362. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: GE PDW9280J10SS. Source model text: model#PDW9280J10SS. Incident: My husband and I smelled something burning - it smelled electrical or like plastic was melting on a heating coil. The smell was getting worse and we were alarmed because we could not immediately locate its source. The smell was the most intense in the kitchen and we realized it had to be the dishwasher that was running. We turned off the dishwasher, opened the door, turned off the power to the dishwasher at the fuse box, and my husband unscrewed the dishwasher door panel. We were shocked that the black metal housing of the motherboard was melting! We are very relieved we were not sleeping at the time and that our house did not burn down!

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120909-8FE51-2147463918. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: GE PDW9280J10SS. Incident: GE Model PDW9280J10SS dishwasher heating element caught on fire during the night while family slept.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130304-32C4B-2147458222. Matched catalog product: GE PDW9280J10SS. Incident: Dishwasher was set for a normal wash. I eventually noticed the acrid smell of burning electronics. The door was extremely hot - difficult to open due to the high temperature and the smoke coming from the row of controls at the top. I pressed RESET/OFF, but when I closed the door, smoke resumed pouring from the top of the door. I needed to shut off the main power breaker to stop the thing.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20210419-C1B5B-3218708. Severity: Injury, Level of care not known. Product: General Electric PDW9280J10SS (Dishwasher). Incident: The consumer indicates that he turned his dishwasher on and approximately twenty minutes later smelled smoke in his home. When the consumer checked the dishwasher, he noticed that it was the source of the smoke so he looked down a small slot located on the door latch and saw flames. The consumer immediately got a fire extinguisher and was able to fit it through the slot, extinguishing the fire completely. The consumer then switched off the circuit breaker. The consumer notes that he burned his right index finger when he touched the On/ Off switch; all of the plastic around the switch melted but the unit inside as well as his dishes were not damaged since the fire was limited to the inside of the door. The consumer contacted the Manufacturer and explained the situation [REDACTED]; the representative he spoke to asked him to call back to schedule an inspection as their system was down but let him know that they would either repair the unit or give him a discount towards the purchase of a new one should his unit not be repairable. The consumer states that the unit was used once daily; the consumer notes that all the homes in his neighborhood have the same dishwasher but he is unsure if his incident as isolated. The consumer does not plan on keeping his dishwasher for at least the next thirty days.