DISHWASHER FIRES

DISHWASHER FIRES

Hotpoint are not the only company that have problems with dishwashers, this link

http://goo.gl/maps/OHOqB

shows a map of some of the dishwasher fires that the Fire Service have attended so far this year! that I am aware of.

HOTPOINT RECALL DISHWASHER DUE TO FIRE RISK

HOTPOINT RECALL DISHWASHER DUE TO FIRE RISK

Hopefully more and more people are becoming aware that Hotpoint are recalling some of their affected dishwashers that have the potential to KILL, however although Hotpoint admit they are a risk they are telling customers to carry on using these risky machines as it will be okay until they get round to sending an engineer out to fix the potential fire hazard. YES that is the truth look here

 http://www.hotpointservice.co.uk/dishwasher-faqs/

The whole way that Hotpoint are able to control the way they handle this recall is in my view disgraceful the ESC (Electrical Safety Council) has this to say on their website:

The Electrical Safety Council recommends that anyone who discovers they have an electrical item that has been recalled should stop using it until it has been checked by the manufacturer.

You can read the full article here 

http://www.esc.org.uk/public/guides-and-advice/product-recalls/recall/recall/hotpoint-dishwashers/

As I stated in my opening line Hotpoint are recalling some of their affected Dishwashers, I say this because I am aware of several incidents that have occurred on machines that are not on the recall list, HOW DO THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT!!!

Above is a module from a DWF70s this was posted on-line back in December 2011 spot the similarity to my previous posts. 

HOTPOINT FDW20 FDW60 FDW65A RECALL DETAILS

IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTICE

Hotpoint FDW20/FDW60/FDW65A dishwashers

Hotpoint are aware of a small number of cases of dishwashers where an electrical component has failed. This may lead to overheating and in rare cases a potential fire hazard. Our absolute priority is to locate and modify every dishwasher that is affected.
If you own a Hotpoint FDW20/ FDW60/ FDW65A dishwasher manufactured between June 2006 and March 2007, with the affected serial numbers (as per the box below) and sold in the UK:

VIEW ORIGINAL LINK HERE:  http://www.hotpointservice.co.uk/fdw/

HOTPOINT RECALL FDW20 FDW60 FDW65A DISHWASHER DUE TO FIRE RISK

HOTPOINT RECALL FDW20 FDW60 FDW65A DISHWASHER DUE TO FIRE RISK

How have Hotpoint Indesit been able to get away with withholding from the public the fact that they have planted at least 71,000 fire hazards in peoples houses and known about this for at least 6 months before making it public!!! Indeed over that 6 months they only contacted 10% surely 6 months ago they knew that they could only reach that many, I will not publish my thoughts on how they have handled this yet, but I do hope the telephone conversation I had with them a month ago when I told them they are admitting a problem to a few people but not reaching the mass (scandalous) I told them they must make it public.

I will state this now I believe that there are many more machines other than the recalled ones that pose a problem I am aware of several other machines that are out of the recall parameter indeed 2 of them are totally different models one being the DWF70 the reason I believe this: Why try their own campaign? so they could handle a trickle of repairs! Why only recall three models?  Because they can only handle these at the moment! These are my opinions only time will tell if I am right, but I hope that no life is lost before the full extent of this problem is known by all of the owners, not just the manufacturers...