Product
Bosch SHU43C07UC
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20171030-5735B-2147396349
Ownership age
About 175 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20171030-5735B-2147396349. Severity: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received. Matched catalog product: Bosch SHU43C07UC. Source model text: shu43c07uc/14. Incident: Running dishwasher at 8:30 am on 10/23/2017. Electrical fire started in wiring on the lower right side of the washer door. Destroyed dishwasher, burned kitchen cabinets and cracked granite counter from the excessive heat. This was a Bosch shu43c07uc/14 model that was purchased in 2003. Was also subject to a fire hazard recall in 2009. We had the washer supposedly fixed relative to the recall at that time but the unit went up in flames on 10/23/2017.
Official report number: 20171030-5735B-2147396349. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.