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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 20232 (Type 587-20)

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20120626-07FF2-2147466238

Ownership age

About 205 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120626-07FF2-2147466238. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Kenmore 20232 (Type 587-20). Source model text: 587.1550590. Incident: The control panel of our dishwasher began to smoke and smell like burning electronics while it was doing a wash. It did not trip the circuit breaker. Fortunately we were nearby and noticed the smell. We turned the breaker off ourselves.

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.

Official report number: 20120626-07FF2-2147466238. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.