Product
KitchenAid KITCHENAID KUDS30IXSS4
Category
Kitchen Appliance
Report number
20190425-B7CE1-2147381376
Ownership age
About 91 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)
Failure type
Fire / ignition
Incident narrative
Saferproducts.gov consumer incident report 20190425-B7CE1-2147381376. Severity: incident, no injury. Product: kitchenaid kitchenaid KUDS30IXSS4 (kitchenaid dishwasher KUDS30IXSS4). Incident: kitchenaid dishwasher Model KUDS30IXSS4 serial no. F13512050 intense burning smell fumes filled our condo. Located fumes were coming from inside the dishwasher. I reset the breaker and turned the dishwasher on and it immediately tripped the breaker again which only serves the dishwasher. I unplugged the dishwasher and the breaker has not tripped again. This Model dishwasher has been recalled for a fire safety hazard however the serial number Range is from FY9 to FY053 2009-2010. We purchased our dishwasher September 25, 2011. Clearly the fire hazard safety issue was not resolved. I am going to be contacting the company directly as well as the information on the recall states the end date for filing a claim as well as not including the serial number of our dishwasher. Only contact information is a phone number 1-877-559-2515.
Official report number: 20190425-B7CE1-2147381376. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.