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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

LG WT5101HV

Category

Kitchen Appliance

Report number

20190523-84A27-1875246

Ownership age

About 85 months to failure (from purchase date when reported)

Failure type

Explosion / rupture

Incident narrative

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20190523-84A27-1875246. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG WT5101HV. Incident: Submitter says that she heard a loud explosion. When she went to investigate she noticed that her washer machine seemed to explode and water was everywhere. Caller was washing her bed sheets. Caller says that if she was close to the product when it exploded she could have been injured.

This is a consumer incident report published on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by people outside of CPSC. It is not automatically an official recall or manufacturer admission.
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Official report number: 20190523-84A27-1875246. Search that ID on SaferProducts.gov or match it in the CPSC public database export to verify this record.