This is now a very old safety notice. The following notice was published in the national press regarding : AEG Electrolux Zanussi & Electrolux DISHWASHERS.
“Our quality control programme has identified that a purchased connector component presents a potential risk of fire in some series of Electrolux, AEG-Electrolux and Zanussi-Electrolux dishwashers. No product bought before June 2006 is affected
The Model (Mod), PNC and Serial Number (S.N.) of the dishwasher are printed on the rating plate on the right side of the dishwasher door.
The location of the rating plate is also shown in the user guide that came with the appliance. If the model number matches one in the table below and falls into the given serial number range then the dishwasher is an affected model.”
Only the following serial numbers are affected: 62400001 to 72399999 (*except AEG-Electrolux model F50765, serial numbers affected are 62400001 to 62799999 and 64100001 to 7079999 and 71700001 to 72399999)
If you are the owner of an affected model you must stop using your dishwasher and switch off the appliance.
This safety notice does not affect any other Electrolux, AEG-Electrolux or Zanussi-Electrolux appliance. Remember this is from 2008 so it’s unlikely many – if any – of these models are still running but it’s definitely still possible!
| Brand | Model | PNC |
| Electolux | ESF46010 | 911616240 |
| ESF46010S | 911616241 | |
| ESF66010 | 911916312 | |
| ESF66010S | 911916313 | |
| AEG-Electrolux | F440801D | 911925623 |
| F440801M | 911925601 | |
| F440801VV | 911925624 | |
| F50765* | 911916296 | |
| F50870 | 911916618 | |
| F50870M | 911916619 | |
| F54750 | 911615221 | |
| Zanussi-Electroluxux | ZDF601 | 911916269 |
| ZDF601K | 911916270 | |
| ZDF601M | 911916281 | |
| ZDF601S | 911916271 |
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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.
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!!!
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.
My AEG Favorit has just caught fire. I have just seen from your very informative website here that this model was recalled in March 2008 (I bought it in October 2007). Luckily I was standing right next to it when I heard popping and hissing and streams of smoke coming from the top of the front panel,. I unplugged it….. We usually put it on at night. My son sleeps directly above it. Had I not been there my house could have burnt down. I dread to think of the consequences. What I want to know is WHY did Electrolux not contact every person who bought these? I bought mine from a local Electrical store, my address is printed on the top of the receipt and the model number is on the receipt. Someone could have been killed. This is shocking and unforgivable.
Hello Amanda. As far as I know manufacturers only contact people who sent their guarantee registration forms in or registered online, which is why I recommend always registering a new appliance. Other than that they just issue the safety notices and hope people will see them.
We have the Zanussi-Electrolux zdf601s and we have experienced the exact same problem this evening with a bad burning smell and smoke suddenly coming from the front of the machine. The machine would have been bought in 2007 but I wanted to highlight that our serial number is – 73040128, just slightly higher than those mentioned above.
My dishwasher branded John Lewis but apparently made by Electrolux just made a fizzing noise then started belching black smoke. I disconnected the power and the damage is contained within the control panel at the top of the door. It is some months out of warranty and JL say it’s my problem to get it fixed. Had I not been standing next to it waiting for the last 8 minutes of the wash cycle to finish the whole house could have burned down. The black smoke was horrid and my eyes and throat are burning JL just washed their hands because it is out of warranty.
Is it a JLDWW1201 dishwasher?
John Lewis are usually pretty good with consumer rights, can’t think of anyone better, but out of guarantee has nothing to do with it. Of course lots of faults develop out of the guarantee and we need to pay to have them fixed but if the fault is an inherent fault, a design fault, or a fault which has developed because the product wasn’t durable enough (depends on specific circumstances such as purchase cost and usage) then under the sale of goods act we may be entitled to a free repair or replacement from the retailer.
Read my articles here –
Out of guarantee doesn’t always mean you should pay | Is the sale of goods act too hard on retailers?
hi everyone, yes our AEG dishwasher caught fire 09/10/2014 at 3.30 in the morning.
luckily my wife heard what seemed like aearthquake/rumble so woke up.
it was then the sounds of cracking when she said something is not right so i went to investigate down sairs when i found our kitchen alight , flames and smoke from the dishwasher had caught the kitchen bench alight and smoke was halfway down the room, i got everyone out of the house and was instructed to wait for the fire brigaide but they were 15 mins away so manged to get buckets of water and get it out.
our house and family were saved but how could this faulty product still be out there and we as homeowners not informed of the risks to our families and property.
i am lucky i have an amazing insurance company NZI that along with our loss adjuster (peter macintyre) who are helping us get our house back in order, this will take 2 months due to the damage.
AEG need to be held reponsible before someone gets killed.
mark stoneman
Hello Mark, thanks for sharing your story. That’s stuff of nightmares and sounds like you were very lucky. Can I ask was it on at the time? And is it definitely one of the models affected by this safety notice?