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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

Shark S3501

Category

Home & Garden

Report number

20120907-991DC-2147463957

Ownership age

About 21 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Injury-related incident

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20120907-991DC-2147463957. Matched catalog product: Shark S3501. Source model text: Model S3501. Incident: Shark Steam Mop Model S3501 While using the product their was an explosion. Steam started to come out of the body of the product. No one was injured fortunately. But hot steam could cause serious burns.

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: 20120907-991DC-2147463957. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.