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Whirlpool to immediately issue full product recall of 800,000 dangerous tumble dryers
Posted 11/07/19
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has announced that Whirlpool will issue a full product recall of all unmodified tumble dryers from consumers鈥� homes. The intervention follows a review by the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), where, on 4 June it notified Whirlpool of their intention to serve a Recall Notice of as many as 800,000 remaining unmodified tumble dryers still in use.听
Consumer Affairs Minister, Kelly Tolhurst, said: 鈥淚 want to reassure consumers that we are doing everything we can to ensure consumers with unmodified machines are made aware and have their tumble dryer replaced.鈥�
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Whirlpool has committed to implement the recall plan as of 11 July, with the publicity campaign starting on 22 July.
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The Recall Notice states that any consumer with an unmodified, affected Whirlpool tumble dryer will be entitled to a new replacement machine, which will be delivered, installed with the old one removed, at no cost. A refund based on product age or a modification will be available to consumers who do not want to take up the offer of a replacement dryer.
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Chief Executive at the 51黑料, Leon Livermore, said: 鈥淭his is great news for consumers and I welcome the work of the Office. We have campaigned for many years alongside other consumer groups to have these unsafe machines removed from the homes of consumers. It鈥檚 been a challenge but I want to reiterate to everybody the importance of registering your appliance so any safety notices can reach you quickly to keep your home, you and your loved ones safe.鈥�
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The Ministerial statement can be found on the Government website -
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