Inverter microwave ovens
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Oct 19, 2012. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Oct 19, 2012the latest report was made
- Oct 19, 2012the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Inverter
- Maker
- Panasonic Corporation of North AmericaMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Microwave ovensCPSC’s product type: Microwave Ovens (code 264), in Kitchen: Appliances
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| October 2012 | 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 Oct 19, 2012, sent to the company Oct 31, 2012, published by CPSC Nov 15, 2012
The product, in the report: Panasonic Inverter Model No. NN-SN651B (black) Microwave Oven Household Use Only
I placed a frozen cinnamon raisin English muffin on a small, clear glass plate and put both in the microwave. I shut the door and programmed 3 minutes on power level 6 and pressed START. I walked into another room approx. 20 feet away. After one minute, my smoke alarm sounded and I turned towards the kitchen to see white smoke filling the ceiling down to about 18”. I ran to the microwave and saw flashing lights inside and the smoke pushing out of the unit. I pressed STOP and evacuated my pets. I opened the house windows and doors and put on my exhaust fan for my stove. Then I opened the microwave and found the plate broken into 3 major pieces and some shards. The English muffin was smoking as well as the plate; however only the very edges of the muffin (approx. 1/2 cm) was singed. There were large brown dots on the plate and on the microwave tray about two inches in diameter. With oven mitts on, I took the microwave tray outside to cool down. For the next 10 minutes, the smoke billowed from several windows of my house. There was a yellow film on the interior of the unit and all around the door. For several days, now the unit and my house has smelled of smoke.
I phoned Panasonic, and spoke with [REDACTED] who gave me a case # [REDACTED] She told me someone else would call me back. An hour later, [REDACTED] from Panasonic called, clarified some details, and said he’s going to label it as a food fire. I told him that on power level 6 for less than 2 minutes for a frozen bread product with raisins should not have had this kind of incident. He said he was not going to do anything else about it.
- Model
- Inverter Model No. NN-SN651B (black)
- UPC
- 885170045118
- Serial number
- 6B42160300
- Bought from
- Best Buy, Illinois
- Bought
- Jul 24, 2012
- Where
- Crystal Lake, Illinois: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 46, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Inverter, made or sold by Panasonic Corporation of North America
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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