Well this weekend I was sewing and the bulb by my needle went out so I pushed it back in thinking maybe it was just loose ...... To my surprise as soon as I touched it the lite came back on so that made me happy since I bought the machine on 6/4/12 ......I sewed for about 10 more minutes and turned off my machine I did notice as I'm thinking about it they the heat off the bulbs was more intense than usual..I didn't think anything more of this and went to bed..... I went I sew last night turned my machine on and went to cut some binding strips my back was turned towards my machine and there was just a weird smell that kept on getting worse at first I thought it was my new iron.... When I went to check it out and in the corner of my eye I seen smoke coming from my new machine ..... It caught the wires and the bulb on fire. I unplugged the machine and took a wet washcloth and put out the little flames.....Thank u all for ur concern....it could have been a lot worse than is was.... I am going to get the same model for my replacement.... I really love my machine I do have the worst luck with machines I hope I just got a lemon... My machine is such a new model there are no real review yet....