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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

Kenmore 795-77314-6000

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20110627-95878-2147477788

Ownership age

About 25 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20110627-95878-2147477788. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Kenmore 795-77314-6000. Source model text: 795.77562600. Incident: The interior light on Model 795.77562600 Kenmore Elite (LG) fails to go off when the door closes. The light creates so much heat it melts the interior plastic light housing. If left for an extended period of time it could cause a fire. Numerous complaints can be found on the internet describing the same issue noted above.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.
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Official report number: 20110627-95878-2147477788. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.