SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120411-272F8-2147468514. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: GE The model # is -JGBS60DEK6WW.. Source model text: JGB281SER3SS. Incident: I own a GE Model # JGB281SER3SS gas stove. Around September 2011 I noticed that a couple of times the gas was turned on at the burner with no flame and I had not been cooking, I thought it was just a fluke but in February 2012 the whole downstairs of the house smelled like gas. The burner was on and must have been on for a while with no flame. My son was empting the garbage sometime in March and backed up into the stove which turned the gas on but no flame so we have since determined that simply bumping into the stove knobs or brushing against the knobs can turn the burners on but does not stop at the area for it to electronically ignite the flame, so gas escapes into the house. This has happened so often that I am afraid to use this stove. I find this very dangerous, what if someone would bump into the stove right before bed? It could build up enough gas to either asphyxiate us or cause an explosion. I have also experience a strong gas smell every time I turn a burner on or use the oven. I find this highly unacceptable and I want this fixed before it does cause a deadly accident.