Thread Number: 42795
GE Recalls 62,000 Front-load Washers Citing Injury Hazard |
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Post# 629344   10/4/2012 at 09:41 (4,193 days old) by joe_in_philly (Philadelphia, PA, USA)   |   | |
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Unfortunately, I can't seem to find any pictures of washers that have suffered this fate. -Joe
(RTTNews.com) - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that General Electric Co. (GE) has voluntary recalled 62,000 GE Profile front-loading washing machines, citing an injury hazard. The CPSC noted that the washer's basket can separate during the final spin cycle, which in some instances can break the washer's top panel and pose an injury hazard to consumers. GE has received 19 reports of incidents where the washer baskets separated during the final spin cycle, including ten reports of top panel breakage. However, no injuries have been reported. The recall involves GE Profile front-load washing machines with model numbers beginning with WPDH8800, WPDH8900 and WPDH8910. All serial numbers with these models are included in the recall. The model number is located on the washer's right side near the bottom and behind the door near the door frame visible when the door is opened. The washing machines, manufactured between April 2008 and October 2010 in China, were sold in gold, red and white colors. The washers were sold at Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY), Lowe's Companies Inc. (LOW), Sears Holding Corp. (SHLD), Home Depot Inc. (HD), and other department and retail stores nationwide, from July 2008 to August 2011 for between $1,199 and $1,599. The CPSC said that consumers should stop using recalled products immediately and contact GE for a free repair. GE closed Wednesday's regular session at $22.91, up $0.12 or 0.53 percent on a volume of 32.93 million shares. |
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Post# 629399 , Reply# 1   10/4/2012 at 14:41 (4,193 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 629408 , Reply# 2   10/4/2012 at 15:15 (4,193 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Post# 629415 , Reply# 3   10/4/2012 at 16:34 (4,193 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Yes, LG was foolish enough to emulate GE's suspended tub principle, but instead of using STEEL attachment points, they used plastic!
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Post# 629416 , Reply# 4   10/4/2012 at 16:38 (4,193 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 629419 , Reply# 5   10/4/2012 at 16:46 (4,193 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Don't quote me, but Hotpoint and Candy just for two.
Please specify what user error can make baskets explode. The story I recall was defective welds. I seem to have deleted my photo of one such. Photo above is of a broken suspension. Are we talking about that, or structural failure of the basket under centrifugal force? |
Post# 629420 , Reply# 6   10/4/2012 at 16:50 (4,193 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 629427 , Reply# 7   10/4/2012 at 17:08 (4,193 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land)   |   | |
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Is this for models sold in the US or the EU?
As for the user error issue, from what I've seen and read on the LG top load machines here in the US (note: I have NOT read everything about this) it sounds like the majority time the user is washing "bulky" items on a "normal" cycle. The machine spins too fast on the "normal" cycle for "bulky" items, especially if they're only washing one item. In these instances it's a problem with the suspension breaking due to being out of balance at too high of a speed, not the tub welds failing. |
Post# 629447 , Reply# 10   10/4/2012 at 18:17 (4,193 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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how many times do we need examples of the results of China's outsourcing? Plastic attachment points - wtf!? W-T-FFFFFF?
Soon you can drive across the Bay on a Chinese made bridge..maybe they perfected the plastic hangers by now? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew... Profit at any Cost(Jack Welch), eh? |
Post# 629470 , Reply# 12   10/4/2012 at 20:11 (4,193 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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I wounder what the fix will be as it would be very expensive to replace the wash tub with a stronger one. I would not be surprised if they didn't do something like add a reinforcement under the top so when the washer flies apart it just contains the flying pieces, LOL.
This is one of the problems with importing major appliances from far away places, as the shipping costs eat them alive and they have every incentive to make then as thin and light weight as possible. You can really see this in the LG and Samsung appliances now once you get past the shiny exterior they are very thin and cheap, always ask the guy that works on them, LOL. |
Post# 629481 , Reply# 13   10/4/2012 at 20:56 (4,193 days old) by Pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Looks like it's becoming a bigger problem than we think. Even Mieles have exploded! Granted, it could very well have been user error... CLICK HERE TO GO TO Pulsator's LINK |
Post# 629490 , Reply# 15   10/4/2012 at 21:52 (4,193 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Post# 629502 , Reply# 17   10/4/2012 at 23:28 (4,193 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Unable to find a more specific description of the failure, the press releases are pastes of each other. They do show the 'lozenge' door model and one release said that was the model in question.
From the (limited) descriptions of the GE damage, the baskets are not coming unwelded as they did in Euro models. Only about half the GEs knocked the top cover loose. Basket separation literally destroys the machine like dynamite would. |
Post# 629506 , Reply# 19   10/5/2012 at 00:21 (4,193 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Another machine with the "SPIN-SPLODE" action!show your freinds!Tell your neighbors-have them watch your washers SPIN-SPLODE action-pretend its a GE jet engine on the test stand!At least the GE jet engines haven't spin- sploded --YET. |
Post# 629507 , Reply# 20   10/5/2012 at 00:31 (4,193 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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I wounder what the fix will be as it would be very expensive to replace the wash tub with a stronger one. They'll probably take the machine back and give the owner a certificate for $100 off on any new GE machine. |
Post# 629519 , Reply# 21   10/5/2012 at 03:08 (4,193 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)   |   | |
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Post# 629530 , Reply# 22   10/5/2012 at 05:13 (4,192 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 629587 , Reply# 23   10/5/2012 at 07:33 (4,192 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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How do we know what those cheap and dishonest Chinese manufacturers are putting in your toothpaste? Thank goodness you don't ingest it.
With their prior record, it seems to span across various industries, so nothing is immune, Baby formula, drywall, lead-laced painted toys and now inferior build quality on major appliances. Did Jack Welch move to CHINA? Outsourcing has stained the history of once great companies in the name of saving a buck. Sounds good at the board meeting, but in execution, it has been a disaster. They build beautiful cities in CHINA with our money, and we can't even get a rusty bridge that thousands of commuters rely on, fixed without it collapsing first. |
Post# 629588 , Reply# 24   10/5/2012 at 07:42 (4,192 days old) by tecnopolis (Ocala/Dunnellon, Florida 34481)   |   | |
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Post# 629608 , Reply# 26   10/5/2012 at 09:16 (4,192 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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Post# 629877 , Reply# 31   10/6/2012 at 19:28 (4,191 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 629925 , Reply# 32   10/6/2012 at 23:55 (4,191 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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I don't think that is true. This article says they have 9000 employees in Ohio at six facilities and are hiring more.
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Post# 629930 , Reply# 33   10/7/2012 at 00:14 (4,191 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Are rapidly negating the benefits of transfering manufacturing of many items overseas.
The local populations of China, Mexico, South America etc are waking up and demanding better wages and or working conditions. Political unstability as in newly elected leaders coming to power and nationalising various industries in whole or part also presents a risk. OTHO conditions on the ground not only in "Right To Work" states, but former strong union places such as the "Rust Belt"/Mid-West have shifted to bring labour costs down. Indeed for the most part labour unions attempts to force issues by going on strike have gone no where. Some Caterpillar workers recently had to throw in the towel and return to work from a strike out of the very real fear the company would simply pack up their plant and move house. As Obamacare takes hold and businesses either see a reduction in their employee healthcare costs, or simply shift them all together to the public (via paying employees a lump sum to go out and find their own insurance), that will bring the cost of production down, this should in theory help manufacturing. |
Post# 629946 , Reply# 34   10/7/2012 at 01:23 (4,191 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Raise expectations in third-world countries and costs go up just like they did in Detroit over time. Shippers came to want their cut of what US corps were making off 12yo slave girls in China. Corps are also discovering the potential costs of passing off shoddy goods, as in the subject of this thread.
I think most knew the 00's model was not sustainable, even those who fabricated it. They just wanted to grab and go. Many (like me) saw it coming before we had to live through it and find out the hard way. But "the vision thing" isn't a big seller in the halls of power. See "grab and go" above. |
Post# 630322 , Reply# 37   10/8/2012 at 20:31 (4,189 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.)   |   | |
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It was consolidated with their operations in Charlotte, N.C. in 1997. Now owned by Siemens.
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Post# 630363 , Reply# 38   10/9/2012 at 00:31 (4,189 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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Oh yes,Many of Westinghouses former operations now taken over by Seimens.Makes sense.there is a "Seimens" circuit breaker factory outside of Raleigh NC. |
Post# 630366 , Reply# 39   10/9/2012 at 01:21 (4,189 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Siemens bought Westinghouse apparatus division when W failed in the late 90s.
Below is a serial article from Pittsburgh Post Gazette about W's demise. CLICK HERE TO GO TO arbilab's LINK |
Post# 630462 , Reply# 40   10/9/2012 at 13:05 (4,188 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas)   |   | |
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One of the problems with newer next generation jet engines is that the fan blades in the compressors are no longer made of metal, but of carbon fiber material. Spinning at 30,000 RPM or more it has been shown they can fail. It' a problem that has yet to be totally overcome. |
Post# 630478 , Reply# 41   10/9/2012 at 14:09 (4,188 days old) by mark_wpduet (Lexington KY)   |   | |
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but - I have flown several times in my life. To Cleveland, Tulsa, San Fran, LA, Denver, Kansas City......But I refuse to fly anymore. It suddenly terrified me the thought of all of the intricate details that go into flying a plane and all the little things that could go wrong.........It's SILLY I know, but I can't get past it and I will not get on another one.
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Post# 630486 , Reply# 42   10/9/2012 at 15:00 (4,188 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 630756 , Reply# 45   10/10/2012 at 22:09 (4,187 days old) by StrongEnough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 630785 , Reply# 48   10/11/2012 at 01:49 (4,187 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea))   |   | |
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Post# 630786 , Reply# 49   10/11/2012 at 01:51 (4,187 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)   |   | |
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What we need is a new high-tech land rail system in this country! |
Post# 1099257 , Reply# 54   12/4/2020 at 10:40 (1,210 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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nothing has changed. |
Post# 1099285 , Reply# 55   12/4/2020 at 16:41 (1,210 days old) by SudsMaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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Post# 1099292 , Reply# 56   12/4/2020 at 17:32 (1,210 days old) by GELaundry4ever (Nacogdoches, TX, USA)   |   | |
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how they will stand up to tough everyday loads. If I could get my hands on one, I'd do a normal cycle with a load of colors on default settings during this time of year. I have good luck with my Kenmore elites. |
Post# 1099297 , Reply# 57   12/4/2020 at 18:19 (1,210 days old) by Geoff (Cape Coral, FL)   |   | |
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Post# 1099302 , Reply# 58   12/4/2020 at 19:38 (1,210 days old) by Sudster ()   |   | |
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Thanks Geoff, Maybe they purchased a double extended warranty--LOL |
Post# 1099307 , Reply# 59   12/4/2020 at 20:28 (1,210 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey)   |   | |
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I had to run and ask my all knowing Magic 8 Ball..... the reply:
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Not trying to kick up dust on anyone, but GELaundry4ever aka Jerome Davis kept on spamming my comments section on YouTube and kept on bugging me about making a video of my ‘63 Whirlpool Imperial dryer running on the high speed, and I explained it didn’t sound much different than the 1956 Whirlpool Imperial dryer I uploaded to YouTube last year and yet still continued bugging me about it. Sometimes he would randomly chime into conversations in the comments section on YouTube.
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