Product
Whirlpool NU40t62-403
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20181114-31560-2147384445
Ownership age
About 74 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Overheating
Incident narrative
SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20181114-31560-2147384445. Matched catalog product: Whirlpool NU40t62-403. Source model text: #NU50T 121-403. Incident: The Hot Water Heater sound like a blow torch lately. Finally it quit working melted the wire on the Thermopile assembly. Looks like the burner assembly got to HOT.
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Official report number: 20181114-31560-2147384445. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.