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Kitchen Appliance

Ninja CE251

3 source-linked failure reports. Most reported: Overheating. Typical failure around 9.5 mo.

Reliability signal — · Insufficient data · data confidence Very Low

3 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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3 confirmed failure reports · Insufficient data · Data confidence: Very Low

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Most common issue
Overheating
Typical first failure
9.5 mo
Median of confirmed reports with timing
Median repair cost
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What breaks?

Failure types

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  • Overheating1 · 33.3%
  • Electric Coffee Makers or Teapots (217)1 · 33.3%
  • Fire / ignition1 · 33.3%

When does it break?

Failure timing

Months after purchase, using reports that included timing.

What does it cost?

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Median months to failure

9.5

Failure reports

3

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Overheating

Electric Coffee Makers or Teapots (217)

13 months

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

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20241229-F0842-2147334286. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Ninja CE251. Incident: A Ninja Coffeemaker started billowing smoke and beeping, I ran into the kitchen and yanked the plug. It continued to smoke and I had to carry it outside, the entire machine was red hot and I am lucky the house didnt burn down.

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Months until failure

13 months

Repair cost

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Repaired

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Manufacturer warranty

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Extended warranty

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Support helpful

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Would recommend

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AI extraction confidence

92%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

Discussion

Electric Coffee Makers or Teapots (217)

Electric Coffee Makers or Teapots (217)

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

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20221210-CD7E8-2147352117. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Ninja CE251. Incident: I heard a constant beeping in the kitchen and then smelled burning wires or plastic as I walked in. My coffeemaker was smoking and wouldn't turn off so I unplugged it and got it outside. I haven't found my receipt yet but I'm guessing it's out of warranty anyway but just wanted to get it on record and maybe help someone else. So far the Ninja folks have yet to respond but it's model CE251, approximtely 2 years old but I'll find my receipt eventully. SN Q29Q692AZ1F4

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Months until failure

Not stated

Repair cost

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Repaired

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Manufacturer warranty

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Extended warranty

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Support helpful

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Would recommend

Not stated

AI extraction confidence

92%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

Discussion

Fire / ignition

Electric Coffee Makers or Teapots (217)

6 months

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

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220531-5B4C1-2147355914. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Ninja CE251 (Ninja CE251 Programmable Brewer, with 12-cup Glass Carafe, Black and Stainless Steel Finish). Incident: Ninja Model CE251 drip coffee maker overheated approx. 45 minutes after brewing; boiled 8+ cups of coffee in glass carafe at time, melted plastic enclosure, significant smoke and smell, unit beeping softly (apparently a thermal alarm of some sort). Unplugged and moved unit outside in time to prevent fire/flames. Owner: [REDACTED], male, age 49 Affected product: Ninja (American Ninja) Model #CE251 69, Serial # R06Q692AA0Z7, 12-cup drip coffeemaker Other information: Received as a gift from my wife at Christmas. Used daily for 5 months before incident. Unit is clean, in perfect condition, used in same location for entire life. Unit is plugged into a GFCI-protected outlet that did not trip during the incident. Sequence of Events: - Set for delayed brew at 5AM, water filled to 8-cup line - Coffee brew cycle completed normally at ~5:15am, "STAY WARM" light lit - Poured 1 large mug (2 cups) at 5:15, replaced carafe - at 5:50AM heard beeping, went over to check unit. - unit making cracking sound), approx. 6 cups of remaining coffee inside carafe was boiling. Removed carafe, saw smoke coming from plastic near rear of burner. Unplugged unit and immediately took it outside, fearing imminent fire. House smelled of strong acrid smoke. No injuries, however the coffeemaker appeared very close to bursting into flames. Had I not been in the same room at the time, I fear things could have been much worse. Note there are at least 7 similar reports of smoke from other owners of the same coffeemaker on [REDACTED] I am amending the subject report, as requested, with the information needed for i

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Months until failure

6 months

Repair cost

Not stated

Repaired

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Manufacturer warranty

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Extended warranty

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Support helpful

Not stated

Would recommend

Not stated

AI extraction confidence

88%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

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