GE has issued a voluntary recall on 1.3 million dishwashers, because of a possible fire hazard. The affected models include GE, GE Adora, GE Eterna, GE Profile, and Hotpoint dishwashers, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
GE has stated that the dishwashers’ heating elements can fail, posing a fire risk. So far, there have been seven reported fires, three of which caused “extensive property damage,” reports the International Business Times. There have been no reported injuries so far.
The affected models were sold in the US between March 2006 and August 2009 and went for between $350 and $850. The machines are plastic tub dishwashers that have front controls. They were sold in black, white, bisque, stainless steel, and CleanSteel exteriors.
Inez Tenenbaum, chairwoman of the product safety commission, recommended that consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dishwashers and “disconnect the power supply to the unit.” Yahoo! News notes that the model numbers of GE dishwashers that are being recalled begin with:
“GLC4, GLD4, GLD5, GLD6, GSD61, GSD62, GSD63, GSD66, GSD67, GSD69, GLDL, PDW7, PDWF7, EDW4, EDW5, EDW6, GHD4, GHD5, GHD6, GHDA4 and GHDA6, and for Hotpoint, HLD4. Serial numbers beging with: FL, GL, HL, LL, ML, VL, ZL,AM, DM, FM, GM, HM, LM, MM, RM, SM, TM, VM, ZM, AR, DR, FR and GR.”
Consumers who are affected can contact GE, who is offering either a free in-home repair, or a GE rebate of $75 or $100 toward the purchase of a new GE dishwasher. GE has asked that consumers not return the recalled dishwashers to the store they purchased them from, as the retailers will not be taking the units back.
For a full list of the GE recalled dishwashers, and to see if your dishwasher may be included, click here.
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lol 350-850 and they'll give you 75-100 for your trouble but you have to use it on another GE. lol
how many things are being sold right now that the mfg. fully knows will be dysfunctional in the future?
They should replace the unit period.
Our last dishwasher was smoking all the time. I recently replaced it in fear of it burning down the house. I think it was a GE.
I have one of the models in question..Not going back with GE
Our GE Profile dishwasher was purchased in December, 2008. Its SN# begins with PDW8200 and it's NOT included in the recall. We have replaced TWO electronic panels on our dishwasher, and the last time, the heating element malfunctioned and overheated, causing extreme heat and smoke to fill our kitchen. We had started the dishwasher later that night and had we not still been up, the fire would have been that much worse. Plastic within the dishwasher melted in the top rack and fell onto dishes below. The silverware rack melted and the items in there fell through to the bottom, melting any plastic that was in there as it fell through the extremely hot heating element. GE wouldn't touch the problem. We had a warranty on the machine through another company, had it fixed (because GE wouldn't accept that it was an error in their machine and give us a new dishwasher)–and they almost refused to replace the melted racks and the silverware rack! and now we find out it's not even included in this recall. VERY dissatisfied with the machine and the company.
**dislike!
We have had really good luck with Whirlpool/Maytag. I recommend!
We have the same unit, next time the panel fails, let me know. It,s super easy to fix it yourself for nothing
Will do, Mike!
Over the last 40 years , I have had some good luck with GE products ; The Emerson brand name is the name you want to avoid. I had a lot of bad luck with Emerson, swore I would never buy another Emerson product.
Then about 6 years ago I went to walmart and the only VCR player they had was an Emerson.
Against my judgement went ahead and got the VCR. As soon as I used the VCR , I knew I had made a mistake.
Another piece of crap made by Emerson. A year or two later I was at the flee market and saw a stack of.
Emerson VCR players just like the one I had purchased. It appeared as if a retailer had dumped all their.
Emerson VCRs on the flee market. They should have dumped the in the trash.
It's funny you should mention ; Maytag had a recall for the exact same problem . Bing "Maytag recall"
I had a terrible experience with the Emerson VCRs. It worked two times!
Mike Kilmer – if you have a solution, please get with me. I loved this dw until yesterday, found out about the recall as I am googling for a fix. This has scared me! I also have the PDW8200.