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Product

Kenmore 795-77314-6000

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20111005-4B4C5-2147474643

Ownership age

About 43 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111005-4B4C5-2147474643. Matched catalog product: Kenmore 795-77314-6000. Source model text: 795.77312600. Incident: Kenmore Refridgerator model number 795.77312600 lights would not turn off even when doors were closed. Lightbulbs overheated and scorched their sockets. Melted Plastic Lightbulb housing. Inside of refrigerator was very warm. We had to remove the bulbs with hotpads for fear of this causing a house fire. We were forced to throw away all of the raw meat due to possible spoilage.

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