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Hotpoint and Indesit tumble dryer fires prompt legal move - (whirlpool, indesit, creda, hotpoint)
Hotpoint and Indesit tumble dryer fires prompt legal move - (whirlpool, indesit, creda, hotpoint)
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 23rd December 2016 09:30
This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 23rd December 2016 09:30
A consumer group has begun a legal bid aimed at strengthening protection for owners of fire-prone tumble dryers.
Thousands of people with Creda, Indesit and Hotpoint dryers are awaiting repairs a year after a safety alert was first issued. Now the consumers' association Which? is seeking a judicial review into what it regards as failures by the trading standards team overseeing the case. Peterborough Trading Standards said the legal attempt was "premature". Fires have been caused by excess fluff, which can catch on the heating element of these dryers. Some five million affected machines were sold in the UK between April 2004 and September 2015. Whirlpool, which now owns the brands affected, has been running a repair programme and offering discounted replacements to anyone with an affected dryer.....Source: Read more here
Thousands of people with Creda, Indesit and Hotpoint dryers are awaiting repairs a year after a safety alert was first issued. Now the consumers' association Which? is seeking a judicial review into what it regards as failures by the trading standards team overseeing the case. Peterborough Trading Standards said the legal attempt was "premature". Fires have been caused by excess fluff, which can catch on the heating element of these dryers. Some five million affected machines were sold in the UK between April 2004 and September 2015. Whirlpool, which now owns the brands affected, has been running a repair programme and offering discounted replacements to anyone with an affected dryer.....Source: Read more here
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