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GE Recalls 92,000 Ovens Over Fire Risk

Company offers affected customers rebates, free repairs

By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 5, 2007 8:01 PM CST
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(Newser) – GE recalled 92,000 microwave ovens today because the appliances pose a fire hazard, the government said. The ovens, sold at department and appliance stores between January 2000 and December 2003, were sold as GE, GE Profile, and Kenmore products. The company reported no injuries stemming from oven use, but said there were more than 30 cases of property damage, Reuters reports.

While the microwave poses a risk, the traditional oven that sits below it is safe to use, the feds say. GE and Sears offered consumers a raft of options, including free repair or a $600 rebate on a new GE Profile unit. GE assured investors the mishap wouldn’t affect its bottom line, but added, “The cost of the recall is immaterial.”

Banners hang on a Sears store in downtown Chicago in this April 4, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)
Banners hang on a Sears store in downtown Chicago in this April 4, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, file)   (Associated Press)
General Electric provided this photo of a model of a combination wall and microwave oven that was recalled after at least 35 incidents of fire that damaged property, the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. (AP Photo/General Electric)
General Electric provided this photo of a model of a combination wall and microwave oven that was recalled after at least 35 incidents of fire that damaged property, the company and the Consumer Product...   (Associated Press)
Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)
Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)   (Associated Press)
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