LG LFX21960ST

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140720-800AD-2147442721. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Source model text: LFX21960**. Incident: On July 16, 2014, my LG refrigerator, model LFX21960**, purchased on Sept. 14, 2006 had failed to turn off the lights even though the doors were closed. This melted the inside top of refrigerator lining and the plastic light covering. Due to the heat of the bulbs which were still incredibly hot, he internal temperature was much warmer than it should have been.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120301-22C8A-2147469714. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Source model text: LG LFX21960ST. Incident: Smelled burning plastic inside refrigerator. Noticed that light bulbs were burning plastic light fixture. Tested door switches, but lights would not turn off. While attempting to remove both extremely hot bulbs, one of the bulbs exploded . After removing bulbs, removed metal plate holding light sockets and plastic was melted. Cannot believe there has not been a recall for faulty switches. Definite fire hazard.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140101-C08E3-2147448611. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Incident: My fridge developed an bad bitter smell and items were no longer cold, especially on the top shelf. I found that the interior light was not shutting off even when door closed and the bulbs had melted some of the plastic surround and spoiled some of the food. Internet search show this is not an uncommon failure of this fridge. Even pressing the buttons on the doors that shut off the light manually has no effect.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111113-60693-2147473391. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Source model text: LG-LFX21960ST. Incident: My wife and I purchased a bought a top-of-the-line LG refrigerator--model No. LG-LFX21960ST refrigerator. We came home a couple weeks ago and discovered the interior light was on again. It was on so long that the inside of the refrigerator was HOT. The plastic light fixture actually melted. The area above the light fixture (the liner) began to melt and form drips. The liner also cracked. This makes this refrigerator run almost constantly, not very energy efficient. At first we blamed the kids for leaving the doors partially open. They insisted it they were closing the doors so I decided to do research and found this is a major issue with the LG Refrigerators. It has caused homes to catch fire!

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20141017-0BEC5-2147439974. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Incident: LG LFX21960st refrigerator. Smell of burning from refrigerator. Interior lights not switching off when door is closed resulting in discoloration of light fitting, food spoiling and heat/cool/heat cycle. Potential fire hazard in home

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111027-799E5-2147473879. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG LFX21960ST. Incident: My LG Refrigerator Model # LFX21960ST partially caught fire.After smelling and seeing smoke coming from my refrigerator, I was socked to see the upper lighting fixture had melted. I researched on the internet for potential occurrences to others . The search resulted in hundreds of occurrences.An investigation needs to be preformed.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20191228-9124E-2147375734. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: LG LFX21960ST (LG counter depth bottom freezer, french door refrigerator). Incident: My LG refrigerators light did not turn off when the refrigerator door was closed. The light is supposed to turn off when the doors close or after being on for 7 minutes so not to overheat. My daughter discovered the problem when opening the refrigerator and there was a bad burning smell. It has melted much of the plastic cover to a point that I could not remove the cover in order to remove the light bulbs. There is NO switch to turn off the light. We unplugged it, and had to pry the pieces off, which was very difficult without being burnt or cut because it was extremely hot. But not wanting to loose all of our food, we didn't have a lot of time. Some of the food containers had also begun to melt and much food was ruined. What really concerns me is that if it hadn't been noticed, it would be a fire hazard. It had even begun to melt the top of the refrigerator. There should be a safety switch that turns off the lights when overheated - or it should operate as stated that it turns off after 7 minutes. There is also no way to turn it off manually. Had this happened a week earlier when we were out of town, I am afraid it would have caused a fire.