Product
Mr. Coffee 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker BVMC-PC14BL2
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20140214-8ED0A-2147447266
Ownership age
About 0 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Structural / mechanical failure
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140214-8ED0A-2147447266. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Mr. Coffee 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker BVMC-PC14BL2. Source model text: BVMC-SJX36GTWM. Incident: We bought a brand new Mr. Coffee maker from Wal- Mart. Model BVMC-SJX36GTWM upon initially running water through the coffee maker, the top of the handle detached from the pot. My wife snapped the handle back on. Water was spilled all over the cabinet. The following morning we tried to make coffee and the same thing happened. This presents a very dangerous situation, hot coffee can be spilled on someone, being secured at only one point the pot can shatter, sending hot coffee and glass everywhere. There is no adjustment in the band that holds the lower part of the handle to the pot.
Official report number: 20140214-8ED0A-2147447266. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.