SaferProducts incident

Failure type

Fire / ignition

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190519-197E2-2147380876. Severity: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional. Product: Polaris Razor S900 60" # Z18VBA87B2 (2018 Polaris Razor S900 60" WITH [REDACTED] SERIES OR MODEL # Z18VBA87B2 [REDACTED] ENGINE MODEL # 1205650). Incident: I have a 2018 Polaris Razor S900 with very low hours. 91.5 hours to be exact. I started the unit one evening and drove from my shop to my home for dinner.. The total distance is approximately 400ft. I pulled in garage like normal... I always take the key out..The key was in my pocket. I ate dinner (roughly 45 minutes).. I went back in the garage to return to shop.. When I entered the garage I smelled a strange smell but brushed it off... I sat in side by side, attempted to start it, nothing, no starter turning, no audible noise from fuel pump like normal and no headlights either.. I assumed dead battery. I removed drivers seat (battery location) once I removed the seat, I was hit in the face with the pungent smell of wires, electronic heat damaged or plastic burning. It was the same smell as the one I smelled upon entering the garage just way more intense.. Upon the removal of my seat I noticed immediately the fuse box cover having a burn or bump in the plastic.. When I pulled the lid off, the fuse box was full of smoke and literally on fire ... in the center of the box.. I immediately looked for something to extinguish the fire with .,. I found a [REDACTED] bottled water and poured it on the fuse box to extinguish the fire. the damage had been done.. I looked it over trying to come to a conclusion to what happened. In my opinion with the amount of damage the unit has. It simply had a circuit issue and caught on fire instead of blowing the fuses.. The fuses were all 10 amp red fuses. , the fire obviously had started before I reached the unit .. its simply too much damage to