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Whirlpool

Posts tagged with "whirlpool"

19 August 2020 in Home & Energy

End Dangerous Products: the changes we’ve made and where next

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burnt tumble dryer

Our campaign has pushed for major recalls, strengthening the regulatory system and identifying new challenges for four years. Here’s what we’ve achieved and where we’re heading.

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29 April 2020 in Home & Energy

Do you have a recalled Whirlpool washing machine? Here’s what to do

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More than half a million washing machines are affected by the latest Whirlpool recall. Check if yours is one of them, and find out what to do next.

more on product safety

17 December 2019 in Home & Energy

Whirlpool announces washing machine recall

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Half a million Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines are subject to a new recall, causing disruption for millions of people.

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21 February 2019 in Home & Energy

Is your Whirlpool tumble dryer a fire-risk?

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It’s been three years since we first published our concerns with Whirlpool’s tumble dryer safety fault affecting five million of its machines in the UK, yet we still have serious concerns with the company’s handling of the issue.

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27 April 2018 in Home & Energy

Whirlpool fire-risk dryers still might be unsafe

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Next month will be the second anniversary of when we first exposed failings by Whirlpool’s modification programme, leaving consumer with fire risk tumble dryers at risk. And now new problems are coming to light.

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16 January 2018 in Home & Energy

Product safety: what more is needed to finally force reform?

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London Fire Brigade

Yet another report has been published today to shame the ‘woeful’ response from Whirlpool to its fire-risk dryer saga and the ‘painfully slow’ response from Government too. So what more evidence is needed to finally improve our safety system?

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1 December 2017 in Home & Energy

Update: taking our product safety concerns to Parliament

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It has been over two years since the news first broke about Whirlpool’s fire risk tumble dryers, and in those two years we’ve seen some shocking failures in the UK’s product safety system.

(more on product safety…)

30 November 2017 in Home & Energy

Update: will the government take action on Whirlpool?

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In January, we launched our campaign to challenge Whirlpool over its fire-risk dryers. And the response has been overwhelming with a parliamentary petition calling for a recall of Whirlpool dryers hitting 100,000 signatures. So what now?

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21 April 2017 in Home & Energy

Whirlpool’s unsafe dryers must be recalled

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If an appliance in your home had a serious safety flaw, how would you know and what would your expectations of the manufacturer be? As an owner of a fire-risk dryer, Sarah Jayne Lyden-Burke joins us to explain her frustration at the situation…

(more on tumble dryers…)

22 February 2017 in Home & Energy

Win! Safety advice changed for dangerous dryers, but we need a full recall

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London Fire Brigade

In a damning indictment of the product safety system’s failure to stand up for consumers, it’s taken the threat of legal action for Peterborough Trading Standards to take enforcement action against Whirlpool.

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12 January 2017 in Home & Energy

Update: it’s unacceptable that Whirlpool is still failing consumers

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Our investigation shows that, one year on from announcing that some of its tumble dryers were at risk of catching fire, Whirlpool is still failing millions of affected UK customers. (more on Whirlpool: one year on…)

23 December 2016 in Home & Energy

Which? launches a judicial review to push for action on Whirlpool

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London Fire Brigade

Which? has commenced the formal process to judicially review Peterborough Trading Standards’ handling of the Whirlpool tumble dryer safety issue.

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16 November 2016 in Home & Energy

Whirlpool: Which? will push for this issue to be resolved

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burnt tumble dryer

As Which? approaches its 60th anniversary I wouldn’t have expected to be writing about the issue I write about today. This last year, I’ve been left shocked and angry at the behaviour of one particular manufacturer regarding its appalling response to potentially dangerous products – that manufacturer is Whirlpool.

(more on Whirlpool…)

14 October 2016 in Home & Energy

Why are we still waiting for Whirlpool to sort this mess out?

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burnt tumble dryer

It’s nearly a year on since the news broke that some Whirlpool dryers are at risk of catching fire. So how much longer will you have to wait for Whirlpool to replace a fire risk tumble dryer in your home?

(more on Whirlpool…)

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