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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

LG WT5101HV

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20160323-AF94F-2147420736

Ownership age

About 76 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20160323-AF94F-2147420736. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG WT5101HV. Incident: I was washing clothes on a normal cycle in my LG top load washer and the washer exploded during what I believe to be the spin cycle. The top flew off and the back of the machine all came apart and it put holes in the wall in our laundry room as well as denting the dryer next to it.

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Official report number: 20160323-AF94F-2147420736. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.