SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170722-6D540-2147398772. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Energizer Energizer Industrial. Source model text: [REDACTED]. Incident: Two months ago, our daughter received a toy ([REDACTED]) as a birthday gift. It requires 4 AA batteries in a compartment under the seat. This morning it wasn't working so my husband went to change the batteries. He used Energizer AA batteries (alkaline), brand new, stored in the package, and inserted them correctly into the toy. Within seconds of putting in the batteries, he smelled burning plastic and smoke started coming out of the battery compartment (we are unsure if it was coming from the battery itself or the terminal on the toy). He immediately popped the batteries back out and the smoke stopped. We removed the batteries from the toy and took everything out to the yard for safety. The fact that had my husband not smelled the burning plastic, our 1 year old was seconds away from sitting right on top of a toy that was about to catch fire is terrifying. Luckily he did notice and was able to stop the fire before it caused any damage or injury (ie there are no burn marks or damage to the plastic).