SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161223-5BE56-2147408977. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Maytag MGR8700DE0 (Maytag gas stove manufactured by Whirlpool). Incident: I purchased a Maytag gas stove from Sears applicable center in Pearland, TX. Sears professionally installed the stove. Within 2 months the clear coat on the top of the stove began to come off the paint. We contacted Sears who agreed to replace the top. Within 2 months the clear coat again began bubbling and coming off the stove, within few months the black paint began to come off in spots. We were told that the 1 year warranty was up. We are not sure if the stove is safe to operate with flames and peeling paint. The next issue is the stove has knobs located in the front of the stove, when the oven or burners are used, the knobs get hot and a child could get burned. We have only used this stove to cook in a single family household. We have used the self cleaning oven 1 time. We have never used abrasives to clean the stove as directed. This stove is not safe to use around our grandchildren or disabled people nor is it safe to operate for possible fire hazard. This stove should be recalled as a hazard.