Whirlpool WMH53520CS

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20201228-AAD7C-2147367134. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS. Source model text: WMH53520CS-5. Incident: A piece of plastic melted at the top of my microwave and dripped down. Now there's a small hole in the top

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170113-A1F03-2147408127. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS. Source model text: WMH53520CS-1. Incident: My Whirlpool microwave is turning on by itself, I had to unplug the unit for it to stop. Created a smoke smell during this process.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161118-F7192-2147410672. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS. Source model text: Wmh53520cs-0. Incident: Whirlpool microwave caught on fire. My wife used fire extingisher we had near the kitchen thank God. Fire was extingished. She checked and the circuit breaker did open up. We have opened a safety claim with the whirlpool corporation.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20211116-89A6B-2147358744. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS. Incident: While cooking food, our microwave began to make strange noises. A few minutes later, smoke was pouring out of the unit and the food was in flames. This is a Whirlpool model number WMH53520CS-5, serial number TR62911253.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20250607-66107-2147330700. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS. Incident: A hole melted in the plastic plate on the roof of the microwave dripping down a white marshmallow-y looking substance from the ceiling.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170408-8895A-2147404563. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS. Incident: Sparking occurs when using product. Source of spark can be seen when you look through the door. It is occurring by the plastic piece on the front left of the microwave. One of th epieces that holds up the metal grill.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190517-28DE3-2147380920. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS. Incident: My whirlpool over the range microwave has melted a hole on the interior rectangular plastic piece on the top of the microwave. After some research, this model was included in a recall from 2016, WMH53520CS but my serial number TR45157865 was not part of that recall. There must be something wrong with the mechanical workings of this microwave for this plastic piece to melt like it has. My fear is that if this plastic piece gets hot enough it could possibly catch fire. There is also the possibility that whatever is causing the plastic to melt is also causing additional damage that is not visible to the eye unless taken apart. I do not want to see this cause a fire because Whirlpool is making defective products. The manufactured date is Decemeber 2014.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20191223-793B0-2147375849. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Whirlpool WMH53520CS (Whirlpool WMH53520CS 2.0 cu. ft. Over-the-Range Microwave Oven with Steam Cooking). Incident: Just over one year ago, the Whirlpool microwave WMH53520CS that was purchased was part of a bundle from Spencer's Appliance in Oct 2016, caught on fire while baking a potato. The unit was deemed out of warranty, and a countertop replacement was loaned by family until a new comparable, over the range model, could be purchased. Today while looking at a comparable unit, it was discovered that this unit was recalled, but the serial on this unit TR62593566 was out of the range of recalled units. There was a significant fire, internal to the unit, and smoke and heat damage to the surrounding cabinets. The unit is still in place, as it was when the fire occured, and can be inspected for verification that the problem occurred with the unit. We feel that the unit should be replaced by Whirlpool ]and want others to know that this problem likely impacts units outside their given serial number range.