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Samsung Washing Machines Recalled For Risk of 'Impact Injuries' (usatoday.com)

Posted by msmash on from the bad-machines dept.

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.

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  1. I'll get real worried by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    when Samsung starts selling battery-powered washing machines...

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    1. Re:I'll get real worried by unixisc · · Score: 2

      Imagine a top loaded Samsung washing machine that can be or is controlled by a Note 7. Now that would be a real blast!

    2. Re:I'll get real worried by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 2

      Too late!

      Here in New Zealand Samsung did a huge recall of washing machines that were burning houses down. Apparently, when used with a full load, the machines would splash water on the electrics and the resulting current flow could precipitate a fire in which the plastic parts of the machine (top and cover) went up in flames -- setting fire to anything else that was nearby (such as your house).

      Samsung delivered my replacement machine this week (after I had to wait a hell of a long time) and I asked them if I got a free Note 7 phone to go with it -- since it's Guy Fawkes this weekend and sometimes those bonfires are hard to get lit after a spring shower.

      They said "no". Bugger!

      Anyway, the new machine is so ugly we've called it Davros.

  2. Obligatory by Neo-Rio-101 · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://youtu.be/50CMhnsz4DU

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  3. Not surpised by Immerial · · Score: 4, Informative

    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!

  4. So we need to be Samsung haters now? by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.

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    1. Re:So we need to be Samsung haters now? by mwvdlee · · Score: 3, Funny

      Engineers who do electronics and phones designs are not the same that do washing machine designs.

      Indeed.
      Washing machine engineers specialize in blunt force trauma, phone engineers specialize in first degree burns.
      Next up are the TV engineers specializing in seizures and then the printer engineers specializing in ozone poisoning.

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    2. Re:So we need to be Samsung haters now? by turp182 · · Score: 2

      Both products are made by the same division, specifically the Samsung Consumer Weapons Division.

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  5. Missing from instruction manual by ChrisMaple · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do not sit in washing machine. This machine is for washing clothes, not people.

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    1. Re:Missing from instruction manual by uncqual · · Score: 2

      For adults, that's certainly true for consumer washer machines because adults exceed the load capacity.

      In high capacity consumer washing machines, however, you can wash most babies under about one year old.

      Just remember to look up the weight capacity of the washing machine and weigh the baby every couple months to make sure you're not exceeding the machine's capacity. Be careful because if you exceed the washing machine's capacity you will void the warranty on both the washing machine and the baby.

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  6. When Will the TSA Ban These? by mallyn · · Score: 2

    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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  7. Want a Well Built - Speed Queen by Kagato · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

  8. Re:Don't make them like they used to by hambone142 · · Score: 2

    Twenty-eight year old Maytag washer and dryer here.

    Newer Maytags are crap though (bought out by Whirlpool which is turning many other brands to crap now).