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Product

Kenmore 20232 (Type 587-20)

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20130716-F61A3-1341175

Ownership age

About 108 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20130716-F61A3-1341175. Matched catalog product: Kenmore 20232 (Type 587-20). Source model text: 587.15072201. Incident: The consumer stated that dishwasher was in use and she believed that the cycle was completed before retiring to bed. She was awakened a few hours later to the smell of smoke, in her investigations she noticed that smoke was emitting from above the control panel and there was a red glow of light illuminating from the behind the control panel. The breaker was used to switch the power off.

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Official report number: 20130716-F61A3-1341175. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.