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Official U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission consumer incident report from the SaferProducts.gov public database. Use the verification links below to confirm the record on SaferProducts.gov or via the public database export.

Product

GE PDW9980N20SS

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20180306-46304-2147389479

Ownership age

About 120 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Overheating

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180306-46304-2147389479. Matched catalog product: GE PDW9980N20SS. Incident: On 27 February, 2018 at approximately 3AM, I woke to the smell of melting plastic. I identified the smell as originating from my GE Profile Dishwasher as I noticed the counter top above the washer was hot to the touch. Upon opening the door, smoke rolled out and set off my smoke alarms.

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Official report number: 20180306-46304-2147389479. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.