General Electric electric heating pads
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Mar 13, 2018. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Mar 13, 2018the latest report was made
- Mar 13, 2018the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- General Electric
- Maker
- Walmart Stores Inc.Makers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Electric heating padsCPSC’s product type: Electric Heating Pads (code 110), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Bedroom, Bedding & Bath
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| March 2018 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Mar 13, 2018, sent to the company May 2, 2018, published by CPSC May 16, 2018
The product, in the report: heating pac
Caller retrieved the heating pad from her deceased mother about 7 years ago.
The morning of 3/12/18 she was using the heating pad while sitting on the couch. She got up to use the restroom and left the heating pad turned on. When she returned from the restroom she noticed that the heating pad had caught fire. There were two small fires on the heating pad that she quickly put out. It burned a hole into her couch the size of a pencil eraser.
The heating pad was plugged into an extension cord that also had her TV and lamp connected to it. The inside of the pad was slightly warped due to being folded and sitting in cold storage prior to retrieving it 7 years ago. Caller thinks that this product presented a fire hazard.
Contacted GE who informed her that they no longer make heating pads and they were sold to Walmart. She then contacted Walmart who she says have been of no assistance to her.
The caller is unsure of a model number or manufacturer date, but she saw the following on the product: (UND.lap.NC.INST) (6 amps 125 volts).
She does not know where the product was purchased from.
No Injuries
- Bought
- Jul 1, 2010, about then
- Where
- Jacksonville, Florida: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand General Electric, made or sold by Walmart Stores Inc.
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.