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Re: Advice needed – Safety Issue!
DWhr wrote:There is a recall now
>Ref: Safety notice – Hotpoint FDW20/ FDW60/ FDW65A Dishwasher Repair
>Programme
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>As the leading white goods manufacturer, Hotpoint continually monitors
>the specification and performance of its products. Through this approach, we have identified that there is a low risk that modules fitted to a limited number of Hotpoint FDW20 / FDW60 / FDW65A dishwashers manufactured between June 2006 and March 2007 and sold in the United Kingdom may cause overheating and in rare cases a potential fire hazard. We have therefore decided to carry out a free of charge repair programme to replace the module in the dishwashers potentially affected.
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>We understand that you are the owner of a dishwasher that could be potentially affected and we are therefore writing to offer you a free of charge repair visit to replace the module in your dishwasher.
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>To establish if your dishwasher is affected, please check the appliance
>serial number to confirm if it was produced between June 2006 and March
>2007. The appliance serial number is located on the right hand side of
>the inside of the door with the first 5 digits between S/N 60601 and
>S/N 70331
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>Please contact us as at your convenience through our dedicated customer helpline 08448 910094 and email address fdw@hotpoint.co.uk to book a free of charge repair. We will arrange for one of our certified engineers to visit your property and fit a newly manufactured control module.”
Hope this help those who perhaps don’t get notified
Its not meant to be pubic knowledge this;)This one has been happening behind the scenes for some time,I know they are taking it very seriously and replacing the Bit timer due to a possible poor connection for the heater ,its something to do with bad soldering on the board with in the SN range.
Tbh it’s then one place Iv not seen a problem with these , if it was burnt wires on the heater then it would be a different story
they are trying to contact the customers directly, I do believe they are being watched on how its handled though, obviously will all the bad press recently re fired they are trying to keep a lid on it.
I believe it initially came to light from Whitch that got info on all appliance fires and noticed a large number of those particular models. They contacted Indesit and it went from thereRe: Appliance Fires
This type of problem is becoming a massive problem just look at this issue with cable from another Turkish company
http://www.esc.org.uk/public/home-elect … uk-market/
11 Million meters of faulty twin and earth that a large portion may already be in the walls in your house waiting to go up.
Unbelievable.
Re: Appliance Fires
It is a problem and you can’t blame the manufactures if they don’t know where the machines are, as has been said the way forward is it insist the machine is registered at purchase, either by the retailer or customer,
Things do seen to be coming to a head in this area though, reminds me of the Toyota recall thing a few years back where suddenly all the manufactures start to find problem and issue recalls, once one is dragged through the press the others seem to all of a sudden find problems and issue recalls.
No one wants to be the first though the grinder they wait for the others first.
Re: Hotpoint WF640 Drum Speed
Also look at the dampers as again drum will jump about. If they are the original metal square ones they will almost definitely be shot 😉
Re: Hotpoint WF640 Drum Speed
Is it draining ok, blocked sump will caused it to move around violently when entering spin ? No adjustments on these, if there is a tacho problem the motor will try to jump to full spin as soon as you start a cycle. If its tumbling ok then the motor speed system should be fine.
Re: When slugs attack
Just an update on this heater OC motor is fine, it now looks like some rodent damage on the heater harnesses as well, hard to tell initially a was burnt but there is definite signs of chewed cables, perhaps the slug was a red herring, current trying to sort with the the insurance as it looks like they are trying to push it back to HP.
Re: When slugs attack
Yes there were some damaged clothes, most were removed by the time I got to it but some are stuck to the inner drum,
Its definitely an odd one this, I first assumed it was the heater, the slug definitely took out the board so that has to be the trigger
Re: When slugs attack
No I did not but Iv got the tank on the van so i will check, took it with me for further inspection. we are waiting for go ahead on repair/replacement, needs all harnesses, board and tank, not going to be cheap repair mind.
The other odd part is its melted above the element but not directly below it. There were clothes in it but they don’t know if it was on a wash at the time as it was unattended when it happened and there are a number of people who use it, I’m just wondering if there was some water in there and it boiled dry rather than going with no water
The one other possibility is the wiring went up and not the heater, the board was that side and it was perfect apart for the slug, the motor & heater harness was completely melted together which is rite below the tank damage so perhaps its the wiring that went up ?
Re: When slugs attack
In all fairness the slug was the initial cause, it did stop by its self as well but was a hell of a mess though. I’m guessing there was a thermal fuse but due to it being a steam model it set higher, enough to melt the tank obviously.
The little slimy beggar was fried rite across the back of the board, i was only doing an inspection for the home insurance, I did make it quite clear of the reason was the machines location in a porch with the door almost always open, floor soaking wet, mud everywhere was was a farm
They thought that was a perfectly acceptable location.
Re: When slugs attack
It’s a steam model Aqualtis so I don’t know if that means the thermal fuse is removed or higher rated as its an different heater to the normal ones they use.
I was told some years ago that the steam models could melt the tank if there was a problem.
Re: Hotpoint CTD40 Belt/Pulley
Just a note that belt is on the wrong side of the pulley, the belt goes to the motor first at the front, around the motor then the pulley and up to the drum, this way it won’t catch the plastic behind the motor 😉
Re: Indesit IS70c Sqeaking Drum
Jockey wheel and/or rear bearing, reasonably straight forward if you hands on.
Re: Hotpoint Module AQ9D692UUKV
Is the motor working fine ? All other parts working ok ?
You programmed with the smart card reader ?
that’s a linear pressure switch model I believe so it won’t pump out with our water in the drum,
