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GE recalls 181,000 washing machines
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Post# 440797   6/10/2010 at 12:33 (5,039 days old) by joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)        

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Post# 440810 , Reply# 1   6/10/2010 at 15:00 (5,039 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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Yes. i believe the manufacturer's brand name is "Little Darling"

Post# 440897 , Reply# 2   6/10/2010 at 23:19 (5,039 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
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"Little Swan" Wuxi, China. Little Swan is the largest washing machine manufacturer in China and now a subsidiary of Midea Co., Guangdong, China.

Typical Midea product made for a myriad of brands, this is familiar to most of us...



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Post# 440905 , Reply# 3   6/10/2010 at 23:57 (5,039 days old) by vintagesearch ()        

i hate to be stereotypical but.... this is why we will NOT buy another GE product where the hell is quality control???? instead of the government worrying about energy consumption why dont they worry about the safety of the product? *yawn* GE

Post# 440933 , Reply# 4   6/11/2010 at 06:56 (5,039 days old) by davek ()        
Why so few?

They made it for 3 years and only sold less than 200,000?

Post# 440939 , Reply# 5   6/11/2010 at 08:19 (5,039 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
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Perhaps these are just the machines that were sold through Home Depot.

Post# 440957 , Reply# 6   6/11/2010 at 09:44 (5,039 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Thank you Joe for posting this. My sister might have this machine so I sent her the link. Heaven only knows when her part of Florida will receive the news.

I hate buying things made in China. The only way this nation's jobs situation is ever going to improve is when we resume making IN THIS COUNTRY what people buy in this country. Sorry for the rant, but corporations are being run to maximize profits for the benefit of shareholders with no thought for keeping money and jobs here and it is just not right. It's not sustainable in the long run either, but who is looking ahead anymore?


Post# 440968 , Reply# 7   6/11/2010 at 10:37 (5,039 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
QUALITY CONTROL

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Quality control is at an all time high in the appliance industry. Warranty calls are at an all time low, we barely do any warranty work any more. There are less than 1/4 the number of appliance technicians working that we had in the 1970s even though the population has increased by 100 million and people have far more major appliances per person than ever. A safety recall is not so much a quality problem as a design problem, these are few and far between as less than than 1/2 of 1 % of major appliances ever face a safety recall.

Post# 440974 , Reply# 8   6/11/2010 at 10:57 (5,039 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
QUALITY CONTROL

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Quality control is at an all time high in the appliance industry. Warranty calls are at an all time low, we barely do any warranty work any more. There are less than 1/4 the number of appliance technicians working that we had in the 1970s even though the population has increased by 100 million and people have far more major appliances per person than ever. A safety recall is not so much a quality problem as a design problem, these are few and far between as less than than 1/2 of 1 % of major appliances ever face a safety recall.

Post# 441077 , Reply# 9   6/11/2010 at 19:54 (5,038 days old) by mtn1584 (USA)        
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC "GREEN DOT"

GENERAL ELECTRIC now known as "GE" used to spray a green dot on the back of every General Electric Filter-Flo washer as a sign of Quality Control....I am sorry those days are long gone...what a disgrace! I REALLY WISH THAT SPEED QUEEN / ALLIANCE WOULD START TO ALSO MANUFACTURE AN ENTIRE LINE OF MAJOR APPLIANCES.
Mike


Post# 441087 , Reply# 10   6/11/2010 at 21:06 (5,038 days old) by lightedcontrols ()        
....and here's another link

another article on the recall.

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Post# 441091 , Reply# 11   6/11/2010 at 22:43 (5,038 days old) by mayguy (Minnesota)        

Yes, those washers are made in China.

Post# 441117 , Reply# 12   6/12/2010 at 01:11 (5,038 days old) by danmantn (Tennessee)        

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Well even my beloved Speed Queen is full of parts from China (switches) and Mexico (motor)...they are only assembled in the USA.

Post# 441140 , Reply# 13   6/12/2010 at 08:15 (5,038 days old) by jaxsunst ()        

Is there (besides Speed Queen) an American made Washer and Dryer anymore?

Post# 441150 , Reply# 14   6/12/2010 at 09:59 (5,038 days old) by surgilator_68 (Maryland)        

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I know Whirlpool still makes the top loaders in Clyde, Oh. The dryers are made in Marion, Ohio, dishwashers in Findlay, Oh, and some of the refrigerators are made in the US while some are made in Mex.

Post# 441151 , Reply# 15   6/12/2010 at 10:00 (5,038 days old) by jaxsunst ()        

That's good to know, where are Whirlpools front loaders made?

Post# 441172 , Reply# 16   6/12/2010 at 12:45 (5,037 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)        

Aren't these machines that are being recalled the "Adoras" or something like that? Weren't they GE's first major push into the FL market from a few years ago?

Post# 441206 , Reply# 17   6/12/2010 at 17:21 (5,037 days old) by surgilator_68 (Maryland)        
WPL Front loaders

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Germany and Mexico.

Post# 441210 , Reply# 18   6/12/2010 at 17:37 (5,037 days old) by aaronfitzy (Pennsylvania)        
Ohhh...

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When I seen GE and China in the same sentence, I thought maybe they recalled them because the cabinets were painted with cadmium! Yes, I'm terrible.....

Aaron



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