Product
LG WT4801CW
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20141007-34B6C-2147440302
Ownership age
About 26 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Structural / mechanical failure
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20141007-34B6C-2147440302. Severity: Unspecified. Matched catalog product: LG WT4801CW. Incident: The entire top of my washer has shattered but I have no idea why. Nothing was set on it, nothing dropped, and it was fine when I left, but broken when I returned. It's completely evenly distributed shatter, so no evidence of something smashing or falling on it.
Official report number: 20141007-34B6C-2147440302. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.