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Samsung Washing Machines Recalled For Risk of 'Impact Injuries' (usatoday.com)
The Galaxy Note7 smartphone is not the only Samsung product consumers need to worry about. On Friday, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of 2.8 million top-loading washing machines because of a risk of "impact injuries." From a report on USA Today: According to CPSC, the top of the washing machine could unexpectedly detach during use. Samsung received 733 reports of "excessive vibration" or the top detaching from the chassis of the machine. Nine injuries have been reported, including a broken jaw. The machines were sold at multiple retailers including Best Buy, The Home Depot, Lowe's and Sears from March 2011 to November 2016.
when Samsung starts selling battery-powered washing machines...
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It's got a lot more battery than a Roomba, because it's got a lot more suction...
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Even I'm noticing the downward slide in submission quality. And I tend to notice fuck all.
I do not want your cheap brainburning drugs. They are useless for work. And I am a working man today.
People have bought 2.8 million top-loading washing machines from 2011 to 2016?
I was just talking to a repairman last week about how he refuses to repair Samsung appliances. They are so bad that they were breaking before his repair warranty expired, causing him to do free repairs for folks. The clients incorrectly assume it was something he had done, even though it was a different part... fix the water pump, the motherboard fails, etc. It caused him to LOSE money on any repairs. So now he just refuses to work on any Samsungs. The other warning sign for him... all the replacement parts are all new part numbers... almost none of the original parts are listed. They crank them out fast with flaws and then try to fix them after the fact. Just plain horrible engineering!
Samsung like GE, LG, Sony... Sell a lot of products across many different sectors.
Linking the unit that makes Washing Machines with the group that makes the Note 7. Is quite unlikely that there is any crossover of skills and probably the culture is different too.
Engineers who do electronics and phones designs are not the same that do washing machine designs.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
You are washing it wrong.
Samsung in Korean means "The Customer must die"
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I would love an explaination on how you get a broken jaw from a excessively vibrating washing machine. I am not sure what the person was attempting to do but they were doing it wrong.
Just what we need bad battery's on wheels.
The bigger problem is MOLD. The door seal on these things is a breeding ground for MOLD. I have a Samsung washer and this thing is a bacterial petri dish for mold. When I replace this POS, it will be with a top-loader.
Do not sit in washing machine. This machine is for washing clothes, not people.
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This is several months old news, but they keep dragging it out as an addendum to the Samsung phone debacle.
Flying lids? Exploding batteries? I can see it. TSA will ban Samsung washing machines from all flights going into the USA :)
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Meanwhile, our top loading Whirlpool washing machine from the 1980's (with mechanical buttons and dial) is still working just fine. The new washers don't clean well and break down after a few years--planned obsolescence. All in the name of saving energy and money. How much money do you save when you have to replace a expensive washing machine every 5 years?
so it's all Samsung. in Asia, commonly the conglomerates sorta-kinda hide the vertical parts makers in chaebol, set up to do the dirty work at less pay and prestige. over here, we call them "franchises."
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
there are minimal fasteners because time is money. generally a couple folded-steel tabs in the front, not too deep because the wires and connections are not too long, and the two or so screws holding the control panel on seal the back. if the tub support is minimal, and it really gets banging on the sides, it could pop the front tabs.
really, the fix is to have put a cheap vibration sensor on the top or in the control panel, and if there is a whangin' bangin' good time happening inside, it slows or stops the motor. probably would have cost Samsung two bucks per washer including programming changes. so now they have to recall 5 years worth of production because somebody said no to the safety feature.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
and where does the drain hose go when you're at 35 Angels high in a sealed airplane?
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
If you want something well built the last player still standing is Speed Queen. You'll pay for that quality and get a factory warranty to that's 3-4 times better than anyone else.
You well deserve all this and more.
Seriously, how hard is it to make a washing machine that doesn't accidentally kill or injure you during normal use?
I own a Samsung dishwasher and except for the fact that it doesn't clean dishes worth a shit, it's really sleek and spiffy. It's loaded with LEDs and displays and it makes beeping noises and has like 20 different washing cycles, but fuck all if it will actually clean a goddamn dish like our old Sears Kenmore dishwasher did.
So no, it does not surprise me that using a Samsung washing machine could actually put you at risk of injury or death.
Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
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Actually that's what he did. The woman who had called in the first repair, called him again and blamed him for breaking the machine again: he was the last one to touch it, so it must be his fault. He tried explaining to her how the other part that broken wasn't related to the repair he did and she didn't believe him, especially since it had broken again so soon after his repair. He showed up to fix the machine again and insisted that she stay and see the repair for herself (she was going to leave). He showed her that it was physically impossible for him to have broken the other part as one was only accessible from the top, and the other required him to pull the machine out and lay it on it's back to get to the bottom... but for the sake of good customer service and rep., he wouldn't charge her for the work. After having to do this a number of times for a number of clients who only had Samsungs, he got sick of the constant questioning of his repair skills. It wasn't worth his time and the aggravation.
Accidentally, but expertly, killing us all through banal means... I for one, am building myself a protective bunker out of my dirty underwear until this blows over. (Still working on perfecting the crustiness/stinkiness/loadbearing ratios.)
Kim jong un.