No. 23-080Appliances
Samsung Recalls Top-Load Washing Machines Due to Fire Hazard; Software Repair Available
Samsung Top-Load
Hazard: The washing machines can short-circuit and overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Product type
Washing machine recalls
Recalls involving top-load and front-load clothes washers.
12 official CPSC notices published 1989–2022, matched on the notice's product identity — not on description text.
At a glance
- Brands most often named
- Samsung Top-Load (2), Crosley, GE Appliances, LG Electronics, Speed Queen
- Hazards identified
- Fire, Electric shock, Impact
- Categories
- Appliances
- Latest notice
- 2022-12-22
Recall results
No. 17-028Appliances
Samsung Recalls Top-Load Washing Machines Due to Risk of Impact Injuries
Samsung top-load
Hazard: The washing machine top can unexpectedly detach from the washing machine chassis during use, posing a risk of injury from impact.
Models
No. 16-265Appliances
GE Appliances Recalls Top-Loading Clothes Washers Due to Fire Hazard
GE Profile top-loading
Hazard: An electrical component in the washers can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
No. 13-073Appliances
LG Recalls Top-Loading Washing Machines Due to Risk of Injury
LG Electronics
Hazard: An unbalanced load can cause the washing machine to shake excessively and the drum to come loose during use, posing a risk of injury to consumers and property damage to the surrounding area.
No. 13-003Appliances
GE Recalls Front Load Washers Due to Injury Hazard
GE Appliances
Hazard: The washer's basket can separate during use and break the washer's top panel, posing an injury hazard to consumers.
No. 10-259Appliances
GE Recalls Front Load Washers Due to Fire and Shock Hazards
GE Front-Load
Hazard: A wire can break in the machine and make contact with a metal part on the washtub while the machine is operating, posing fire and shock hazards to consumers.
Models
No. 09-292Appliances
Frigidaire Recalls Clothes Washers Due to Fire Hazard
Crosley
Hazard: An internal defect in the washer's drain pump can cause heat to build up, posing a fire hazard to the consumer.
No. 07-135Appliances
Maytag® and Samsung™ Brand Front Loading Washing Machines Recalled Due to Fire Hazard
Maytag- and Samsung- Front Loading
Hazard: Water leakage onto the electrical connections to the washing machine's thermal sensor could cause an electrical short and ignite a circuit board, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
No. 05-280Appliances
CPSC, Maytag Corp. Announce Recall of Washing Machines
Maytag Front-Loading
Hazard: If the front-load washer is operated at maximum load capacity, the spinner could malfunction and break apart, posing a safety risk to consumers.
Models
No. 02-192Appliances
CPSC, Whirlpool Announce Recall of Washer and Gas Dryer Units
Combination washer and gas
Hazard: The gas dryer can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
No. 88-090Appliances
Contempo Mate Stack Washer-Dryer Retrofit by Speed Queen
Speed Queen
CPSC published a recall notice for Speed Queen caster-equipped Contempo Stack combination washer-dryer from Speed Queen on November 1, 1998.
No. 89-035Appliances
Retrofit Program for Speed Queen Contempo Mate Washer/Dryer
Rent-A-Center
CPSC published a recall notice for Speed Queen caster-equipped Contempo Stack combination washer-dryer from Rent-A-Center on May 9, 1989.