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PLEFM399DC Frigidaire electric stoves and ovens

1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 14, 2013. A report isn’t a recall.

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From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 1report to CPSC
  • Feb 14, 2013the latest report was made
  • Feb 14, 2013the earliest
  • 0with the company’s comments
Brand
PLEFM399DC Frigidaire
Maker
ELECTROLUX/WHITE CONSOLIDATEDMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Electric stoves and ovensNot countertop ovensCPSC’s product type: Electric Ranges or Ovens (Excl Counter-top Ovens) (code 278), in Kitchen: Appliances

By month

1 report from March 2012 to February 2013; the most in February 2013, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
February 20131

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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Feb 14, 2013, sent to the company Feb 25, 2013, published by CPSC Mar 12, 2013

    The product, in the report: Electric range cooktop top w/double oven

    Frigidaire electric range Model PLEFM399DC had ‘stove dead’ problems and door-hinge problems early on but which seemed to subside over the last few years; I would, however, find Left Front Burner ON HIGHEST -- very scarey to wake up and find burner ON HIGHEST or come home from being out and find burner ON HIGHEST; also temperature would sometimes increase while cooking to higher temp causing boiling/burning. I was never contacted by Frigidaire of a problem (have copies of my warrenty registration I sent in) nor was I contacted by appliance store where I purchased range model so I was not aware of a problem -- thought I was losing my mind until range turned itself ON HIGHEST one Sunday and husband/I were not able to turn it off until we shut the breaker. I then had it repaired and it took weeks (Oct/Nov. 2012) for different parts and ~$450 out of my pocket, I looked up my model number on web and saw there was a problem. Feb. 2013 while cooking on burner (low for stew) and oven (350 heating pizza), I heard a loud POP and saw dark black smoke coming from behind stove and traveling up wall and smelled a bad electrical smell; I ran to shut the breaker but whatever happened had shut the breaker. I was petrified of the range. Both Frigidaire/Appliance Store not compassionate -- said range was 7 yrs. old -- denied fire hazard -- tried to reason with them for ~$450 towards another range. I have since bought another range -- not Frigidaire; too afraid to deal with the Frigidaire PLEFM399DC -- bad experience was not a squeek but a fire hazard and both were quick to tell me I was being treated wonderfully; neither bothered to tell me of a Recall issue.

    Model
    PLEFM399DC
    Serial number
    VF44525166
    Bought from
    Associated Appliance, Connecticut
    Bought
    Mar 5, 2005
    Where
    Monroe, Connecticut: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 64, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand PLEFM399DC Frigidaire, made or sold by ELECTROLUX/WHITE CONSOLIDATED
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

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Sources

Sources

  • 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.

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Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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