GE gas range / stove safety hazard. Do not buy a General Electric Stove.

GE gas ranges are dangerous. Knobs turn if lightly brushed against. Gas comes on without being ignited and fills the room. Serious safety hazard. Do not buy a General Electric stove. In this video the GE repair man says all the GE stoves are like this. It's the way they are designed. Our stove has been inadvertently turned on (without the gas igniting) several times for several hours. It's a bad knob design. Could easily be corrected by GE but they refuse to try. Don't buy a GE.

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[toridactyl72]

You've described the problem perfectly. Hopefully, we can get GE to do a safety recall of the knobs. 

[dreamynights]

I have a GE stove and I have this problem. There has been two times where the stove started leaking gas because the knob was the slightest off center. Simple things such as reaching over to get something or clothes pushing the knob while walking past moved the knob over. Good thing both times this happened, there was someone at home who smelled the gas. One of my knobs gets stuck and I have to pull it out to release the spring. All other knobs only require 1/2 cm safety pull which is unsafe.

[SmartandMellow]

Boy oh boy did I have this. I came home to a house filled with gas from the stove last night. My wife had turned on one of the burners while she talked on the phone. She then went out on the deck to finish her conversation. GE came out this morning and told me I needed to be more careful. I called the State Fire Marshal and filed a report with the CPSC. I emailed GE.  They said this was normal. The Kenmore range that was replaced didn't let gas come out unless there was the spark going.

[778ironman1]

hmddoc, This video is obviously of a woman (not a "guy") lightly hitting the knobs. She is not pushing the knob in before turning it and the gas is coming on. Go get your eyes and ears checked. This stove is very dangerous. Maybe gas is leaking out into your home and you have brain damage.

[hmddoc]

This video is obviously wrong. This guy is applying a large amount of force in order for the spring catch to release the knob. If the knob was so easy to move then he wouldn't have to "swing" his arm forcibly....just a mere slight touch should do the trick. I have a GE Gas Range Stove and it's wonderful. I do not have the slightest problem to what this person is describing. In order for the knob to turn, one has to push it in, and then turn counterclockwise for it to ignite.

[steveinnepa]

GE's entire concept of having to turn the burner control knobs fully counterclockwise before the ignitors come on, is completely backwards. The ignitors on most gas ranges are energized as soon as the burner knobs are turned. The ticking sound of the ignitors will alert you to the fact the knob has been turned. Even if you do not hear the ignitors sparking, the worst thing that could happen is the burner lights. On GE ranges, gas from the burners could go undetected, until Kaboom !

[steveinnepa]

I have a GE gas range which was bought in 2009 from Sears. Even slight pressure against the knobs, from brushing against the stove or from wiping off the front, will turn the knobs and allow gas to flow from the burners. There have been several times that we have smelled gas, only to find that one or more knobs were slightly turned. The spring tension which prevents the burner control knobs from being turned accidentally, is simply not adequate . These stoves are a disaster waiting to happen.