Product
Shark NV352 31
Category
Home & Garden
Report number
20161129-351CF-2147410281
Ownership age
About 3 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Electrical shock / short
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161129-351CF-2147410281. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Product: Shark NV352 31 (Household vacuum floor care). Incident: Repeated electric shocks between hose, handle and base of vacuum primarily when used on carpet. However, also strong shock experienced when used on linoleum floor near metal toolbox inside my home. Shocks are painful, once resulting in chest pain and heart arrhythmia which was corrected by hard coughing.
Official report number: 20161129-351CF-2147410281. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.