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Thread Number: 44044
It finally happened! LG Recall |
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Post# 647381 12/18/2012 at 12:55 (4,140 days old) by logixx  (Germany) |
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LG Recalls Top-Loading Washing Machines Due to Risk of Injury.
LG has received at least 343 reports of washing machines vibrating excessively, of which at least 187 involved minor property damage. One minor injury has been reported. CLICK HERE TO GO TO logixx's LINK | ||
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Post# 647384 , Reply# 1 12/18/2012 at 13:04 (4,140 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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"...a new caution label to be placed on the washing machine."
Wonder what it's going to say? "Caution: Washer may explode." I'm also curious as to the in-home repair. Are they going to replace some of those plastic parts holding the suspension system up with metal? Last but not least, I'm also curious to have CR test the new HE Frigidaire top-loader. It seems to be the only non-traditional top-loader with a traditional, not suspended, suspension system. | ||
| Post# 647389 , Reply# 2 12/18/2012 at 13:32 (4,140 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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Took them long enough, but I have a feeling that this so-called warning label is only to help cover them. | ||
| Post# 647437 , Reply# 3 12/18/2012 at 16:23 (4,139 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Hah!  | ||
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Post# 647452 , Reply# 4 12/18/2012 at 17:00 (4,139 days old) by logixx (Germany) |
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New suspension? | ||
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Post# 647525 , Reply# 5 12/18/2012 at 21:54 (4,139 days old) by whirlykenmore78 (Prior Lake MN (GMT-0500 CDT.)) |
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Malcolm | ||
| Post# 647527 , Reply# 6 12/18/2012 at 21:59 (4,139 days old) by DirectDriveDave () | ||
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Right on, Nick! | ||
| Post# 647556 , Reply# 7 12/19/2012 at 00:50 (4,139 days old) by gr81nknox () | ||
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I'll 3rd that! It's a shame that if you spend more and buy the KM Elite you get the LG stuff whereas their plain Kenmore models are still Whirlpool. I've noticed alot of the Kenmore side by side refrigerators are LG made now as well. | ||
| Post# 647572 , Reply# 8 12/19/2012 at 03:02 (4,139 days old) by qualin (Canada) | ||
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Jeepers, this only took how long? There are a few videos out there on youtube now.. Maybe a politician was victimized by one of these machines? Who knows.. All I know is that having one of these at a wash-in would be a blast. Uhm.. No pun intended... | ||
| Post# 648661 , Reply# 10 12/23/2012 at 20:03 (4,134 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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Sears Service | ||
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Post# 648742 , Reply# 12 12/24/2012 at 04:46 (4,134 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Some of us are old enough to remember when Sears ruled the arena of department stores. They sold only Kenmore appliances. There were "catalog stores" in many, many tiny towns (like the one I grew up in). There would be a few appliances on the floor, along with tires and vacuums. You would place orders on anything from the catalog and they'd be delivered to the store, at which point you could haul items away yourself or have them delivered and installed by Sears technicians. And Sears had their own charge cards, which were easier to get than a Visa or Mastercard.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
An eight-day wait for a refrigerator repair is ridiculous! What are you supposed to do, live out of cooler? This is why I'm blessed to have a couple of local mom-and-pop appliance stores that do their own repairs. They can usually get to your house on the day you call, and parts arrive within a day or two. | ||
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Post# 648823 , Reply# 13 12/24/2012 at 14:11 (4,134 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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To Be Fair
If one understands correctly there is a shortage of qualified appliance techs in many areas of the United States. Just as with some forms of computer driven machinists the job is not as easy as persons often think and does require a certain skill set. Added to this the customer relations part of things as one is going into person's homes.
MieleUSA tells us that they have a very hard time finding qualified persons to apply for and become techs. It just isn't the sort of job many young or even older Americans want to go into. Besides the education and skills required there is the manual labour aspect which can become quite dirty. Cannot imagine what those techs find in some persons homes, especially lurking in or behind large appliances. | ||
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Post# 648851 , Reply# 14 12/24/2012 at 17:36 (4,133 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK) |
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especially lurking in or behind large appliances. 
and on some as well !!
Having been in a few homes where the washing machine is next to the cooker it seems no one pulls them out anymore so when you go to pull it out to repair it you have to grapple with grease/grime the like a young man should not have to see in his lifetime. They were horrendous... Oh and add to that the lady of the house swooning into your arms because you fixed her washer and before you know it they are offering payment terms beyond your wildest dreams :)) Austin Ps its nice that now I am put out to grass and can smile to myself about all these little things that pop into my now empty head lol | ||
| Post# 648897 , Reply# 15 12/24/2012 at 22:50 (4,133 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada) | ||
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