Comments on: Safety Notice: Electrolux, AEG and Zanussi Dishwashers – potential risk of fire

By: Washerhelp

Washerhelp — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 10:12:51 +0000

Hello Sue: If the engineer said the appliance wasn’t affected by the safety notice it could simply be that an unrelated fault has now occurred. Regrettably, appliances do catch fire for various reasons, not always due to a specific design fault – Fire risks in appliances

However, I couldn’t rule out the possibility of the engineer having made a mistake (although I feel it’s unlikely) or even the possibility that there is another design flaw but if the plug socket was burned black it could even be that something went wrong inside the plug or wall socket. Please let us know what happens.

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 14:59:41 +0000

I purchased a John Lewis dishwasher in 2007. In 2008 I received a safety recall letter re the possibility of the electrical connection overheating and catching fire. A engineer called and said my machine was perfectly ok.

Now in 2011 my dishwasher blew up!! Luckily I was at home when the dishwasher was on. I heard a loud bang and when I ran in the kitchen there was smoke coming from the back of the dishwasher and the plug socket was burnt black. I am now waiting for John Lewis to come back to me to see if they will replace the dishwasher rather than fix it under my extended warantee as I no longer feel it is safe to use if it is repaired. It was a frightening experience and I am only grateful we were at home at the time. It could have been even worse, we could have been asleep when this happend!!!

By: Washerhelp

Washerhelp — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:11:20 +0000

WMUser: Yes I think there are more serious faults with white goods appliances than ever before. Washing machines exploding, fridges exploding, appliance catching fire – it’s totally ridiculous.

By: alejandro

alejandro — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:40:49 +0000

here I am again. after checked the situation and fight with Electrolux – AEG Spain I could investigate by my own and the problem is that the manufacturers are using less copper for the electricity cables, switchers are not enough valid for resist electricity and connexions and plastics have bad quality: all to cut expenses but not realizing that the user are suffering the risks

By: WMUser

WMUser — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:35:57 +0000

Is it me or are there more and more cases of faulty appliances with very dangerous faults? Fires, broken glass doors on washing machines and so on! Why does this happen so often now? Are the parts or appliances made in China or if not, just made very poorly to be sold at stupidly low prices that consumers demand?

Having read pages like this one, I would NEVER leave a dishwasher, washing machine or TV switched on when I’m away from home for any length of time or asleep. The multi-plugs to the TV, DVD player etc. get switched off at the wall when not in use. Take no chances!