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Nov 28 '07
Pros: Nice looking
Cons: Death trap
Summary: I was cooking spaghetti last night when my cooktop exploded. Luckily, I had just walked across the kitchen for a glass of milk. Shards of glass covered the floor. The worst part has been GE's response. Once they found out nobody was injured, they ... read more
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Mar 15 '11
Pros: Attractive 5-burner cooktop
Cons: Potential serious injury from exploding glass.Reports indicate GE doesn't accept responsibilty for design fault.
Summary: I was using GE Cooktop, Model JGP636WED2WW, to boil water in a pot when the glass top suddenly burst ("exploded" would be a good description) sending shards of glass flying in all directions. I was standing near the cooktop and fortunately only
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Jan 17 '11
Pros: Only the look of the cooktop.
Cons: Very Dangerous
Extremely hard to clean the glasstop
Glasstop chipped within 7 months of ownership
Summary: I too experienced an exploding couter top, and it wasen't funny. I had the installer come in and check to see if a leak had caused it and he did not find one. He commented on the fact that the glass shattered and left glass slivers all over
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Dec 06 '10
Pros: clean lines
Cons: a time bomb waiting to explode
Summary: I'm with everyone else. We purchased a new home where the builder installed the GE cooktop. Have had no real issues with it until it completely exploded last night. Just like everyone else here on this site the thing shattered into a
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Mar 17 '10
Pros: Looks nice...works well.
Cons: Glass explodes for absolutely no reason.
Summary: Bought this in 2002 and never had any issues until last night. I was cooking on the stove and all of a sudden I heard this loud POP. I looked over and the entire glass cooktop was shattered. Glass went flying everywhere. Thank God
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Dec 16 '09
Pros: very attractive looking unit.
Cons: Contacted GE customer service they claimed no one has ever contacted them about this problem.
Summary: The cooktop worked fine until this past Saturday when the caterer went to use one burner they heard a pop, that they thought was water hitting hot oil, then the cooktop exploded and then imploded. We bought this house new 9 years ago and
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Jan 12 '08
Pros: Does most things we need from a cooktop.
Cons: Major safety hazard. Burners are not continuous.
Summary: I was cooking dinner, and I had luckily ventured into the next room when our cooktop exploded into a million pieces. There was glass all over the kitchen. I need to contact GE, but I'm not very optimistic given what I've read so far. This cooktop came
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Mar 11 '07
Pros: Looks pretty.
Cons: Can kill you at any moment.
Summary: I heard my wife scream and ran to the kitchen to find glass all over the place. She was boiling water on the stove, using only one burner on high, when for no reason the glass cooktop exploded. It looked as if a glass grenade went off in the kitchen.
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Oct 19 '06
Pros: Worked fine before the glass shattered
Cons: Safety hazard.
Summary: I have owned the Kenmore model of this cooktop for about 6 years. The glass shattered into thousands of pieces for no reason. Glass was everywhere all over the countertop and kitchen floor. It is a huge safety hazard. I have filed a report with the
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Jul 12 '05
Pros: decent cooking before it exploded.
Cons: glass exploded everywhere, customer service was the worst experience of my life!!!!!!!
Summary: We bought our home used so the cook top was 1 1/2 year old. I was cooking breakfast on it with a house full of people and my baby niece in the kitchen when the cook top exploded. I contacted customer service and they told me "Well since no one got
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Apr 23 '05
Pros: Five burners with well spaced BTUs
Cons: Glass shattered for no apparent reason. Major safety hazard.
Summary: This cooktop was installed by the builder of our new house two years ago. This morning, during routine cooking, the glass cooktop shattered into tiny glass pieces, some of which flew as much as a few feet away. Fortunately, no one was injured, but this
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Apr 20 '05
Pros: Fashionable Cooktop, suits an updated decor
Cons: Presents extremely serious safety issues
Summary: The cooktop was part of the modernized kitchen in our recently purchased house. I was quite satisfied with it until yesterday, when it exploded into thousands and thousands of pieces. I was boiling soup and from the next room I heard a terrific
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Dec 23 '04
Pros: Nice looking stove. I like the five burners.
Cons: Concerned about the safety issues regarding glass top.
Summary: This stovetop came with the 2 1/2 year old house that we recently bought. The glass was very easy to keep clean and it's a nice looking unit. A week ago as I was boiling potatoes the glass top exploded, shooting glass across my kitchen. I'm thankful
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Aug 24 '04
Pros: Can be difficult to clean, but if you are patient, it does clean eventually.
Cons: Do not purchase this product, it's a safety hazard; glasstop can explode.
Summary: We purchased this glass range top as part of an appliance "package" when we bought our home four years ago. We use it everyday, and although difficult to clean, a lot of elbow grease gets the job done. Last Saturday, I was cooking dinner on two of
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Dec 29 '03
Pros: 5 burners with well spaced BTU ranges, relatively inexpensive for me
Cons: Black glass is difficult to keep clean
Summary: I purchased this as part of a new house. The builder allowed this choice as one of many upgrades. After a little research, this seemed like the best value (based on other options available). Mine was installed with a telescoping downdraft in an island
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