Thread Number: 64069  /  Tag: Modern Dryers
Whirlpool own Indiset, Hotpoint and Creda apparently
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Post# 866597   2/11/2016 at 04:14 (2,990 days old) by oliveoiltinfoil (England, UK)        

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According to this AOL money article on safety of tumble dryers, they say "It was unable to confirm how many of these fires were started by one of the five million Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit dryers that owner Whirlpool issued a safety alert about in November last year."

So yeah. There we go.


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Post# 866799 , Reply# 1   2/12/2016 at 11:03 (2,988 days old) by fido ()        

It seems strange to me that a 2004 dryer suddenly becomes a fire hazard in 2016! All dryers can suffer from internal fluff build up if not operated according to the instructions so all dryers are potential fire hazards.

Post# 866806 , Reply# 2   2/12/2016 at 11:34 (2,988 days old) by liamy1 (-)        
All this happened...

When Whirlpool bought out Hotpoint/Indesit (about a year ago).

Turns out, Whirlpool weren't happy with a certain manufacturing aspect of the Hottie and Indy dryers so issued this 'recall'.

Hence why there are no Whirlpool branded dryers part of this recall.


Post# 866843 , Reply# 3   2/12/2016 at 16:32 (2,988 days old) by liberator1509 (Ireland)        
Is this the end of dryers from Yate?

I wonder if Whirlpool will cease dryer production in Yate (unless of course Indesit already had). I have one of the affected dryers - an Aqualtis that I bought in 2009. I have been advised that it will take up to eight weeks before an engineer will visit, and 'to operate the dryer under supervision in the meantime'...

Post# 866867 , Reply# 4   2/12/2016 at 18:42 (2,988 days old) by liamy1 (-)        
They did..

A calculation on This Morning.

And with the amount of engineers they have..

If those engineers worked 7 days a week for all 52 weeks of the year, it will take 5 YEARS to get to all the affected dryers.

Don't know how they're going to do it to be honest.



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