1000’s still blissfully unaware!

Re: 1000’s still blissfully unaware!

3 Brits die each year testing if a 9v battery works on their tongue.

142 Brits were injured in 1999 by not removing all pins from new shirts.

58 Brits are injured each year by using sharp knives instead of screwdrivers.

31 Brits have died since 1996 by watering their Christmas tree while the fairy lights were plugged in.

19 Brits have died in the last 3 years believing that Christmas decorations were chocolate..

British Hospitals reported 4 broken arms last year after cracker pulling accidents.

101 people since 1999 have had broken parts of plastic toys pulled out of the soles of their feet.

18 Brits had serious burns in 2000 trying on a new jumper with a lit cigarette in their mouth.

A massive 543 Brits were admitted to A&E in the last two years after opening bottles of beer with their teeth.

5 Brits were injured last year in accidents involving out of control Scalextric cars.

Perspective time.

There is probably a vast amount of these D/W failed, the client unaware they can get it repaired free binned it or have unrelated faults, and binned them too.

Re: 1000’s still blissfully unaware!

Attended the same fault to a Siemens dishwasher few weeks ago. Melted the plastics, etc. it was switched on while owner was in the kitchen making a cup of tea. smelt burning smell and smoke. Disaster averted by quick thinking action. She called me out for second opinion as the first guy mis diagnosed the fault.

The question is would Bosch engineer come out to fix it after it was damaged for free? A grey area there. It’s a case of getting there before a fault develops.

I suggest that all engineers out on the job regardless to look out for Bosch, Siemens and Neff dw and check if it’s due for recall. Your customer will thank you for it.

I saved quite a few customers over Beko fridge freezer and Bosch based dw.

Would be good to have a list of models and fd numbers affected by it though.

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A lot of people are blistfully unaware of the dangers or electricty, they’re not going to be too bothered about a recall. I got a job to a Beko fridge/freezer at the height of the recall last year. Customer had seen it on the news but didn’t put two and two together – it was a faulty timer.

I do make a an effort and whilst in people’s homes, I will check their appliances. I fitted a cooker the other month but sat in the corner was a shiny new Beko dryer 😀

Checked it out and it wasn’t part of the recal – I was happy, customer was happy and told me to keep the £5 change 😀 😀

I have found a few.

Perhaps the fault code app/guide should have recalls listed on it by manufacturer – most use it daily or have it handy – easy to check 😉 I’ve got lots of pages stuck in my hard copy guide with recalls and notes etc – use it almost daily.

Re: 1000’s still blissfully unaware!

Dunno Martin but, there’s probably some merit in what they are saying.

I mean, think how many people can’t tell you the name of the appliances that they have let alone the model or anything else.

You see something when in work and, by the time you get home, you’ve forgotten about it, the kids bug you, the dog wants walked, dinner’s on the table… whatever. The point is, more “in your face” problems take precedence by the time that you get round to checking.

Having witnessed, first hand over many years, much of the public’s abject laziness and stupidity, it certainly wouldn’t surprise me that, if something isn’t causing them a problem, they don’t bother about it.

I can see both sides of the debate but, I normally defer to the lowest common denominator and, in this case, the one that trumps all is the public’s ability to be actually read or listen and then act upon the advice. I’d therefore err on the side of caution and assume that there likely is thousands of dangerous products out there, very likely not as many as is being made out though I grant you.

K.