Whirlpool UK Appliances Ltd has identified up to 500,000 Indesit and Hotpoint washing machines to be recalled and replaced in the UK.
Following discussions with the government’s Office for Product Safety and Standards, Whirlpool’s announcement relates to a fire risk from the door lock system on certain washing machine models.
If you have a washing machine from Hotpoint or Indesit:
1. unplug and do not use it
2. check if it’s a model with a known fault from the list below
3. if it is, contact the Whirlpool freephone hotline 0800 316 1442 or register on the Whirlpool website
At the time of posting the Whirlpool recall page was not responding. We understand that the phone hotline is also not operational.
List of model numbers:
| FML 742P UK WMAOD 743G UK WMAOD 743P UK WMAQB 721P UK.M WMAQC 641P UK.M WMAQC 741G UK WMAQC 741P UK WMAQC 741P UK.M WMAQF 621G UK WMAQF 621P UK WMAQF 641 P UK.M WMAQF 721G UK WMAQF 721P UK.M WMAQL 621G UK WMBF 742G UK WMBF 742K UK WMBF 742P UK WMBF 742P UK.M WMEF 722 BC UK WMEF 742 P UK WMEUF 722P UK | WMEUF 743G UK WMEUF 743P UK WMFG 741P UK WMFG 741P UK.M WMFUG 742 P UK.M WMFUG 742G UK WMFUG 742P UK WMFUG 842P UK.M WMJLF 842P UK WMJLL 742P UK WMSAQG 621P UK WMXTF 742G UK WMXTF 742K UK WMXTF 742P UK WMXTF 742P UK.M WMXTF 842P UK.M WMYL 7151PS UK XWA 81252X K UK XWA 81252X W UK XWD 71452X K UK |
Read more about the Hotpoint/Indesit tumbledryer recall and find other recalls on the gov.uk product recall page
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