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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 796.40272900

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20120327-817F8-2147468929

Ownership age

About 7 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120327-817F8-2147468929. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Kenmore 796.40272900. Incident: Smoke with a horrible chemical/plastic like smell was pouring out around the seal of the front door of my front loader washing machine (Kenmore 796) filling the entire first floor of my house with smoke. I immediately shut the machine off.

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Official report number: 20120327-817F8-2147468929. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.