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<h1 class="trb_ar_hl_t">First it was exploding Samsung phones. Now it's exploding Samsung washing machines</h1>

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a statement this week about "safety issues" with Samsung washing machines. (Ahn Young-Joon / Associated Press)

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<span class="trb_ar_by_nm_pm"><span class="trb_ar_by_nm_au" data-byline-withoutby="">Katie Mettler</span><span class="trb_ar_by_nm_pb">The Washington Post</span></span>

 

One Georgia mom was pulling clothes from the dryer, with her 4-year-old son nearby, when she heard the boom and saw the damage. Another woman thought something had crashed through her roof. In one instance, metal shards flung into a hallway and ripped holes in the wall. Laundry rooms have flooded. A whole house shook.

The cause of this carnage, according to a federal class action lawsuit filed last month, is another exploding product made by Samsung Electronics Co.

Not smartphones, but washing machines.

It's not the sort of explosion, as with the lithium ion batteries in phones, caused by chemical reactions. Some washing machines, the suit alleges, vibrate violently under heavy loads causing the tub to "become unfastened, resulting in a dramatic centrifugal explosion that destroys the machine and nearby property."

The lawsuit alleges that Samsung has known of its exploding washing machine problem for years and did little to warn consumers. The plaintiffs — three women from Texas, Indiana and Georgia — demanded, among other things, the immediate release of a safety warning about the top-loading washing machines in question.

On Wednesday, more than a month after the lawsuit was filed, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a statement about "safety issues" with Samsung washers.

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First it was exploding Samsung phones. Now it's exploding Samsung washing machines

One Georgia mom was pulling clothes from the dryer, with her 4-year-old son nearby, when she heard the boom and saw the damage.

www.latimes.com

 

[henene4]

*sigh*

We've been through this, like, 4 or 5 times.

While these machines are factualy not designed to handle bigger OOB loads, I have yet to find a case where said OOB situation was not linkable to user error.

LG redesigned there machines, and as far as I know, Samsung did so as well.

 

[pierreandreply4]

exploding washers

Me because i would be afraid of exploding washers i would much rather stick to a safer model 1993 direct drive or vintage belt drive washers and if endeed i had such a model i would call the store and have it exchange for a safer model

 

[tolivac]

Stay with VINTAGE machines--these don't spinsplode as the Samsung ones do.Their phones have been exploding and burning after the washer problems.Samsung believes this is do to "cockpit errors" and not their machines.BUT--shouldn't the machine be designed to protect itself from abuse by users--IE shut down and sound a warning the machine stopped.And make the drum-tub suspensions more sturdy to withstand these issues.

 

[DADoES]

 
<blockquote>Me because i would be afraid of exploding washers i would much rather stick to a safer model 1993 direct drive or vintage belt drive washers and if endeed i had such a model i would call the store and have it exchange for a safer model</blockquote> The typical 20- to 30-year-old, newly-married and starting a family is not going to search resale shops, CraigsList, and such for vintage appliances.  Highly unlikely the local Home Depot or Lowe's will have a 1993 direct-drive or 1980 belt-drive Whirlpool set stashed in the back for exchange of an LG or Samsung.

 

[combo52]

Spin Splouding Frigidaire Unimatic Washer

There is a member here on AW that had a FD UM completely self destruct when the rusted balance ring at the top of the outer tub suddenly let go of the ballast material at full spin speed and I can tell you that that sturdy old UM looked far worse than any of the pictures of new LGs and Samsung's I have seen.

 

On the UM the top of the washers basket ripped through the cabinet with sparks and smoke and flying metal, it is truly lucky my friend was not hurt, it certainly scared him to death and he has never wanted to go near an old FD washer again.

 

Any washer with fairly high spin speeds can be dangerous, these failures on new washers have nothing to do with suspension failures, no washer ever built can safely contain the force of a load that suddenly becomes unbalanced while spinning at anything over 500 RPMs.

 

[speedqueen]

Yes, but...

That was after 50+ years of corrosion. These Samsung machines with all their solid state electronic sensors and balancing routines should never get unbalanced enough to come apart while spinning, but they do, because of chintzy construction.

Frankly, I'm not surprised.

 

[washman]

Well

At least you can download yet another useless app to your mega expensive smart phone and "program" your machine while you're on Facebook and Snapchat.

I'll stick with my crude SQ. No worries about it blowing up.

 

[mrb627]

Smart Application...

I suppose starting your washer from a remote location is the safest thing to do... Haha!

Malcolm

 

[washman]

malcolm these are not "explosions". They are catastrophic disassembly events.

 

[vacerator]

Irregardless,

a car crash sounds similar to a bomb exploding, and the parts and pieces exploded outward, not imploding.