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Product

Sears Sears Kenmore Elite Washer Model #11031633611

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20121008-55FDA-2147463030

Ownership age

About 59 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20121008-55FDA-2147463030. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Sears Sears Kenmore Elite Washer Model #11031633611. Source model text: 665-1701. Incident: We had set our dishwasher to run on a delay and gone to bed. My husband was unable to sleep and happened to be up. The dishwasher was running when there was a large flash of white light from the top right side of the front panel of the dishwasher, after which it began to pour black smoke. He was able to stop the dishwasher, and then opened windows to clear the smoke and burnt plastic smell.

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.
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Official report number: 20121008-55FDA-2147463030. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.