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Product

Kenmore 20232 (Type 587-20)

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20111111-736B3-2147473430

Ownership age

Not stated

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20111111-736B3-2147473430. Matched catalog product: Kenmore 20232 (Type 587-20). Source model text: 587.15072201. Incident: On November 9, 2011 a Kenmore undercounter dishwasher manufactured by Frigidaire, while not set to operate, commenced smoking, with fumes emerging from the front of the machine. Fortunately, the two tenants, watching television in the adjoining living room, smelled the smoke and one of them switched off the circuit breaker, thereby avoiding a fire in their residence.

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Official report number: 20111111-736B3-2147473430. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.