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Dishwasher5 min read
GE vs Maytag dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
A comparison of degree rather than kind: GE and Maytag dishwasher reports name the same three components, with the heating element at 33% of 433 GE filings against 23% of 228 Maytag ones and the control board at 17% against 25%. CPSC SaferProducts shares.
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Microwave5 min read
GE vs Samsung microwaves: an incident-report comparison
Every row of this comparison sits inside the noise band: the control board is named in 8% of the 418 GE microwave filings and 9% of the 167 Samsung ones, and no other component differs by more than a point. CPSC SaferProducts shares, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher5 min read
GE vs Whirlpool dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
Each of these records has one dominant subject and they are different subjects: the control board takes 49% of the 137 Whirlpool dishwasher filings, the heating element 33% of the 433 GE ones. CPSC SaferProducts shares of reports, never failure rates.
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Dishwasher5 min read
Kenmore vs KitchenAid dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
Two records with the same subject: the control board takes 53% of the 461 Kenmore dishwasher filings and 62% of the 360 KitchenAid ones, and the only other gap of any size is wiring at 7% against 15%. CPSC SaferProducts shares, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher5 min read
Kenmore vs LG dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
These two dishwasher records agree on first place and disagree about everything after it: the control board leads both at 53% of 461 Kenmore filings and 30% of 47 LG ones, while wiring takes 28% of LG's record against 7%. CPSC SaferProducts shares.
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Dishwasher5 min read
Kenmore vs Maytag dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
The heating element takes 23% of the 228 Maytag dishwasher filings and 6% of the 461 Kenmore ones, while the control board takes 53% of Kenmore's record against 25% of Maytag's. One record answers a question; the other offers a shortlist.
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Dishwasher5 min read
Kenmore vs Whirlpool dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
Two dishwasher records with the same subject and nearly the same weight: the control board takes 53% of the 461 Kenmore filings and 49% of the 137 Whirlpool ones, and no other component differs by more than 3 points. CPSC SaferProducts shares, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher5 min read
KitchenAid vs LG dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
Measured by the distance between first and second place, these records could not differ more: KitchenAid's control board takes 62% of 360 filings against wiring's 15%, while LG's top two sit at 30% and 28% of 47. CPSC SaferProducts shares, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher5 min read
KitchenAid vs Maytag dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
Two records that disagree by 37 points on the control board and 19 on the heating element agree almost exactly on a third substantial row: wiring or the power cord, at 15% of 360 KitchenAid filings against 13% of 228 Maytag ones.
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Dishwasher5 min read
KitchenAid vs Whirlpool dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
Both records lead with the control board — 62% of 360 KitchenAid filings, 49% of 137 Whirlpool ones — and differ on what comes second: wiring at 15% for KitchenAid, the heating element at 9% for Whirlpool. CPSC SaferProducts shares, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher4 min read
LG vs Maytag dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
Neither of these records concentrates: LG's 47 dishwasher filings split across the board at 30%, wiring at 28% and the motor at 15%, while Maytag's 228 split across the board at 25%, the heating element at 23% and wiring at 13%.
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Microwave4 min read
LG vs Samsung microwaves: an incident-report comparison
The shortest table in this comparison set: only two components appear in both microwave records, the control board at 6% of 70 LG filings against 9% of 167 Samsung ones, and wiring at 1% against 3%. CPSC SaferProducts shares, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher4 min read
LG vs Whirlpool dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
The same component is prominent in both records and dominant in only one: the control board takes 49% of the 137 Whirlpool dishwasher filings and 30% of LG's 47, where wiring at 28% sits almost level with it. CPSC SaferProducts shares.
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Dishwasher5 min read
Maytag vs Whirlpool dishwashers: an incident-report comparison
No component is unique to either record — the difference is entirely one of weight. The control board takes 49% of the 137 Whirlpool dishwasher filings against 25% of Maytag's 228, while the heating element takes 23% against 9%.
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Oven5 min read
Bosch vs GE ovens: an incident-report comparison
Bosch and GE ovens set against their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 78 Bosch filings against 960 GE ones. The control board leads both columns, at 9% of the Bosch reports and 6% of the GE ones, but three component categories present in GE's record are missing from Bosch's entirely.
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Oven4 min read
Bosch vs LG ovens: an incident-report comparison
Bosch and LG ovens compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 78 Bosch filings against 719 LG ones. Every compared row leans the same way, but three of the four gaps are worth two Bosch reports or fewer, and LG's column is unusually flat below its 5% control board.
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Oven5 min read
Bosch vs Samsung ovens: an incident-report comparison
Bosch and Samsung ovens set against their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 78 Bosch filings against 661 Samsung ones. Samsung's control board row takes 13% of its record, four points above Bosch's; below that single row the two columns track each other within a point.
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Oven5 min read
Bosch vs Whirlpool ovens: an incident-report comparison
Bosch and Whirlpool ovens compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 78 Bosch filings against 635 Whirlpool ones. Three of the four compared rows show no measured difference at all, and the fourth rests on a handful of Bosch reports.
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Refrigerator8 min read
Frigidaire vs Kenmore refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Kenmore refrigerators compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports — 273 Frigidaire filings, 2011-2026, against 373 Kenmore ones, 2011-2025. The ice maker takes 28% of the Frigidaire record and 9% of the Kenmore one, while the control board runs 6 points the other way.
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Refrigerator7 min read
Frigidaire vs KitchenAid refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and KitchenAid refrigerators set against their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 273 Frigidaire filings against 46 KitchenAid ones. The compressor takes 28% of the small KitchenAid record and 10% of the Frigidaire one, but the entire KitchenAid column rests on 35 reports.
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Refrigerator7 min read
Frigidaire vs LG refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and LG refrigerators compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 273 Frigidaire filings against 192 LG ones. The two records agree on the compressor within a point and part company on the ice maker by 15 and the control board by 6.
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Refrigerator6 min read
Frigidaire vs Maytag refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Maytag refrigerators compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 273 Frigidaire filings against 76 Maytag ones. The same two components lead both records, but Maytag's split them almost evenly at 25% and 24% while Frigidaire's is carried by one.
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Refrigerator7 min read
Frigidaire vs Samsung refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Samsung refrigerators set against their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 273 Frigidaire filings against 1,556 Samsung ones. The ice maker takes 46% of the Samsung record against 28% of the Frigidaire one, and the compressor runs 6 points the other way.
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Refrigerator7 min read
Frigidaire vs Whirlpool refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Whirlpool refrigerators compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 273 Frigidaire filings against 170 Whirlpool ones. The two records rank their components identically; Whirlpool's top three simply hold more of its record, 106 filings of 170 against 118 of 273.
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Refrigerator7 min read
GE vs Kenmore refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
GE and Kenmore refrigerators compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports — 265 GE filings, 2011-2026, against 373 Kenmore ones, 2011-2025. The GE record is one large ice maker row and a flat tail; the Kenmore record has three components carrying real weight.
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Oven6 min read
GE vs KitchenAid ovens: an incident-report comparison
GE and KitchenAid ovens compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 960 GE filings against 405 KitchenAid ones. Every gap on the page is exactly 2 points: the control board leans KitchenAid, and the whole heat path leans GE.
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Refrigerator7 min read
GE vs KitchenAid refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
GE and KitchenAid refrigerators set against their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 265 GE filings against 46 KitchenAid ones. The widest gap on the page, 26 points on the compressor, rests on eighteen reports in total.
2026-08-27Read More →
Oven5 min read
GE vs LG ovens: an incident-report comparison
GE and LG ovens compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 960 GE filings against 719 LG ones. The igniter is the only row that clearly separates them, at 5% against 1%, and an igniter is a gas-oven part.
2026-08-27Read More →
Refrigerator6 min read
GE vs LG refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
GE and LG refrigerators compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 265 GE filings against 192 LG ones. Both records are led by the ice maker, but LG's names the water valve and the compressor as well, while GE's puts almost everything in a single row.
2026-08-27Read More →
Refrigerator6 min read
GE vs Maytag refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
GE and Maytag refrigerators compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 265 GE filings against 76 Maytag ones. The ice maker lands on exactly the same share in both records, 24%, while the compressor is 23 points apart.
2026-08-27Read More →
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