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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

Kidde Smoke Alarm model P4010DCS-W and p4010DCSCO-W

Category

Smart Home Device

Report number

20140325-0FD4C-1393900

Ownership age

About 9 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20140325-0FD4C-1393900. Matched catalog product: Kidde Smoke Alarm model P4010DCS-W and p4010DCSCO-W. Source model text: L9040. Incident: The consumer smelled a plastic burning odor and started searching the house to see where it was coming from. He realized it was coming from the smoke detector. The consumer took the smoke detector down from the wall. The detector was very hot to the touch. The consumer opened the smoke detector�s cover. The inside part of the cover was melting. The consumer took the battery out. The battery inside the smoke detector was a manufacturer's brand battery but it did not match the recommended battery specified in the smoke detector�s label. The consumer said that the manufacturer's information recommends a specific model of battery, but the one in the smoke detector had a different model.

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Official report number: 20140325-0FD4C-1393900. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.