I also contacted ge public relations asking how frequently this happened since a google search for glass oven door shattered produced quite a few personal experiences and news reports.
Oven door glass shattered during self clean.
Bosch oven door glass shattered during self clean.
There was no particular rhyme or reason as to when or how oven doors exploded in the cases we heard of from members.
Jules lynn of berks county posted a photo on reporter nydia han s facebook page this month stating her whirlpool oven door shattered during the first self clean mode.
Never run the self cleaning feature on your oven.
In a small bowl combine one half cup or a full cup of baking soda with just enough water to form a thick shaving cream like paste.
The consumer product safety.
It could be either the inner or outer glass panels that shattered.
If the oven door remains a little foggy or stays streaked spray on some glass or all purpose cleaner and wipe off.
More than two months later i am still in an ongoing process of trying to get it fixed.
My oven door glass shattered during self cleaning on november 12.
Alternatively you can mix one part vinegar white vinegar or more ideally cleaning vinegar to one part water in a spray bottle.
As luck would have it yesterday i ran the self clean cycle for the first time and about 1 2 hour into it the middle pane of glass on the oven door there are 3 of them shattered.
Extreme amounts of heat can not only damage the internal components of your oven but they can also cause the glass to break on the internal portion of your oven.
Bosch customer service rep sent a bosch approved technician to assess the problem and bosch agree to pay for the repair.
The first three photos show what i found after i heard the glass break.
Sometimes it happened when the oven was on or running a pyrolytic self cleaning cycle.
I ran a self clean cycle on my under 1 year old capital connoisserurian 36 range this morning and with about an hour to go the oven glass shattered.
Spread the paste evenly over the oven glass adding a bit more.
Spray the mixture on the door.
Other times the oven was cool and not in use.
Metal can scratch the glass causing breakage.