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Product

HP HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC. The product number is G4X63UA#A

Category

Electronics

Report number

20150326-BED40-2147434197

Ownership age

About 17 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150326-BED40-2147434197. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: HP HP Pavilion 17 Notebook PC. The product number is G4X63UA#A. Source model text: hp office jet 6600. Incident: I have an HP office jet 6600 printer . it is less than 2 years old. the printer malfunctioned, error about printer head alignment. I called HP, while working on the phone with an HP rep try ingot fix it via un plugging and removing cartridges it went on fire. smoke coming out of it! I looked inside and there is a puddle of ink on the right where the smoke is doing from. This could have been a major catastrophe if I was sleeping or not home. house fire death resulting. this product needs to be removed from the market.

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Official report number: 20150326-BED40-2147434197. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.