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Product

Mr. Coffee 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker BVMC-PC14BL2

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20161127-382BE-2147410362

Ownership age

About 11 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161127-382BE-2147410362. Matched catalog product: Mr. Coffee 14-Cup Programmable Coffee Maker BVMC-PC14BL2. Source model text: Mr. Coffee Tea Cafe Iced Tea Maker, Black, BVMC-TM33. Incident: This unit developed a defect. It worked fine for about 9 months. Now the heating element in the unit does not shut off when the water reservoir empties allowing the heating unit to continue to run. Started to smell burning plastic smell. Likely a fire would have occurred had I not unplugged the unit.

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Official report number: 20161127-382BE-2147410362. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.