Hotpoint and Indesit washing machine recall DEC 2019

[andyr12345]

Whirlpool has issued a recall notice on some of its models of washing machines due to a potential safety concern.

It affects certain models of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines made between October 2014 and 2018 and it is feared more than 11,000 machines in UK & Ireland may be impacted.

A flaw with the door-locking system may lead them to overheat and potentially catch fire.

Whirpool launched an urgent recall of certain models of tumble dryers over fire safety fears in July of this year.

If you think your washing machine might be affected, you can check by calling 0800 316 1442 or by visiting https://washingmachinerecall.whirlpool.co.uk

Here is a full list of the models involved in the Whirlpool recall of fire-risk Hotpoint and Indesit branded washing machines.

The models are listed by their commercial code, followed by the brand name.

FML 742P UK Hotpoint
WMAOD 743G UK Hotpoint
WMAOD 743P UK Hotpoint
WMAQB 721P UK.M Hotpoint
WMAQC 641P UK.M Hotpoint
WMAQC 741G UK Hotpoint
WMAQC 741P UK Hotpoint
WMAQC 741P UK.M Hotpoint
WMAQF 621G UK Hotpoint
WMAQF 621P UK Hotpoint
WMAQF 641 P UK.M Hotpoint
WMAQF 721G UK Hotpoint
WMAQF 721P UK.M Hotpoint
WMAQL 621G UK Hotpoint
WMBF 742G UK Hotpoint
WMBF 742K UK Hotpoint
WMBF 742P UK Hotpoint
WMBF 742P UK.M Hotpoint
WMBF 763P UK Hotpoint
WMEF 722 BC UK Hotpoint
WMEF 742 P UK Hotpoint
WMEUF 722P UK Hotpoint
WMEUF 743G UK Hotpoint
WMEUF 743P UK Hotpoint
WMFG 741P UK Hotpoint
WMFG 741P UK.M Hotpoint
WMFUG 742 P UK.M Hotpoint
WMFUG 742G UK Hotpoint
WMFUG 742P UK Hotpoint
WMFUG 842P UK.M Hotpoint
WMJLF 842P UK Hotpoint
WMJLL 742P UK Hotpoint
WMSAQG 621P UK Hotpoint
WMXTF 742G UK Hotpoint
WMXTF 742K UK Hotpoint
WMXTF 742P UK Hotpoint
WMXTF 742P UK.M Hotpoint
WMXTF 842P UK.M Hotpoint
WMYL 7151PS UK Hotpoint
XWA 81252X K UK Indesit
XWA 81252X W UK Indesit
XWD 71452X K UK Indesit

[Whitegoodshelp]

Thanks Andy. It's an absolute disgrace. How hard could it possibly be to make a door interlock of sufficient quality that it does not overheat? I get angry when I hear spokespeople for these manufacturers say that customer safety is their prime concern. If that was the case then appliances in our homes would rarely catch fire. Instead there are thousands of fires every year caused by them. It is an utter disgrace. Going back as long ago as the 1980s I remember Hotpoint door interlock wiring was always overheating. The wires to the door interlock became so overheated that they baked rock solid for at least 2 inches back and had to be cut away and rewired. Sometimes they would melt so badly that the live and neutral would fuse together and short out the washing machine.

I defy anybody to prove me wrong that the only possible cause of these parts overheating is poor quality. And I also defy anybody to prove me wrong that the only reason we have poor quality parts is because the people who are making them do not have customer safety as their primary concern. If I am wrong in the last point, then the only alternative explanation is pure incompetence or lack of quality control.

[Andy D]

In my experience at the time it wasn`t the actual door locks at fault it was the wire terminals going to it. The connector was not butch enough to take the current and so the wires over heated where their teminal block plugged into the interlock which gives the impression it was the door locks (the interlock) being at fault when it was infact it was the connector block. You could also say that many more models NOT listed this also occured and was a problem.

[Whitegoodshelp]

Hi Andy. I always thought it was the connections inside the door interlock that weren’t good enough, causing excessive heat that heated everything up right back to 2 inches of the cable.
 

It could be the connectors, though they didn’t have the same problem with connectors on the heating element drawing nearly 13 amps. And of course if it was the connector, it’s still down to poor quality. The fact that it happened in the 1980s and still happened 30 years later is a disgrace. 

[Andy D]

Very true. The connector block to the doorlock. My dodgy memory truimphs again! Was the actual tags inside the 3 inline block - the tags surface area was not large enough for the current causing the wires and block to frizzle. The heater wire terminals were actually different.

Anyway that was all years ago now.

[Whitegoodshelp]

Hi Andy. I think so, but hoover had the exact same fault on their soft-wave and new-wave washing machines. They had the same overheating at the door lock with the wires connecting to it baking and burning as far back as 2 or 3 inches. Sometimes the insulation on the wires melted completely exposing the charred copper wires. 
 

On the Hoover door lock though, the wires were connected to the door lock using exactly the same 13 amp tags that were on every other wire (including the heating element). That’s why I reasoned that the heat was generated inside the metal switch of the door lock that they were connected to. The hoover door lock in question was actually just a very small micro switch.