Product
GE Profile PSS26MSWCSS
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20180529-165F6-1764907
Ownership age
About 85 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20180529-165F6-1764907. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: GE Profile PSS26MSWCSS (Refrigerator). Incident: Consumer is reporting that the refrigerator electrical wiring at the rear of the refrigerator had a fire that melted the electrical harness which caused the unit to halt from cooling. He stated that he had contacted a repair person and when he came out he notified him of the incident and that he had not seen this before. Consumer stated that he contacted the fire Marshall and they informed him that they would like to inspect the incident. 5/27 A fire personnel came out and examine the damages. Consumer stated that there was a recall on the motherboard about a design flaw. The manufacturer was contacted and he was advised to send pictures of the incident . He was informed that the despite that there was an incident the unit worked because the fire was contained.
Official report number: 20180529-165F6-1764907. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.