Supreme Court Sniffs At Smelly Washers Case

[gansky1]

Defense need only ask AW.org

User Error.  I can't imagine it will be too hard to prove.

 

 I'm familiar with lots of front loading washers of all brands and almost never see mold and odor problems.  "Heroic measures"  love that!  I don't know anyone who does, just simple common sense.  Hot water cycles now and then, door open when not in use and occasional wipe down.  Appliances have almost never been completely self-cleaning, from the washer lid openings and dispensers to oven door frames on self-cleaning ovens, they've all needed at least a little attention from the owner to stay clean.

You're right about the settlement amounts, I had a Whirlpool water heater that was the subject of a lawsuit a few years back and WP mailed out new burner parts to everyone who'd bought one these models.  Mine had no issues until nearly the end of the warranty.  When the new parts didn't solve the auto-extinguish-pilot problem, I called WP and they had me take the unit back to Lowes and gave me a whole new water heater.  This seemed extraordinary for an appliance that had only a few weeks left on the five year warranty, but I didn't argue, just took my new heater home.  I seriously doubt that will be the case with the washers.

 

 

[roscoe62]

Is it possible

with these machines using less water would it help the plaintiff argue their case? Or do the newer machines just clean and rinse better with lower water? My Duet is an older model, that uses more water, so I've been told, I have no issues with mold, etc, so is it a result of more water use and proper machine care, or just maintenance on the machine ?

 

[thomasortega]

Starting my laundry day at this moment. I have more than 10 loads to do and I'll post pictures soon.
I'm going to use both brazilian and american detergents to compare. 

 

[jetcone]

Roscoe

Question for you> Does Canada have this "HE" movement going up there? Are machines built to use less water by Fed Standards? I don't get the feeling from my Cuz's that they do. I think there is a general awareness up there that newer machines are more efficient but not High Efficiency. Is that true?

Jet

 

[whirlcool]

Everybody who chooses to participate in the class action will get a check for something like $3.47 two years from now after they've forgotten all about it, and their washers will still smell.

It may be even worse than that, they may just get a handful of coupons in the amount of $0.10 each to be used towards the purchase of "Affresh" only. And each coupon can only be used for 1 year.

The only people who make money in these kinds of lawsuits are the lawyers. Remember the Kodak instant camera class action suit? After about five years of wrangling, the people in the suit got some coupons totally $25.00 towards the purchase of Kodak film products only. No cash awards. The lawyers walked away with millions.

 

[roscoe62]

@jetcone

My current duet was made in Germany, and it is going to be sold with the house.
So when I looked at the newer ones, they are manufactured in the US, so I'm assuming that these newer machines will have the same standards, as I don't of anyone who has a new HE machine to compare.
Tks

 

[logixx]

On energystar.gov, one can check whether to display models that are sold in the US and/or Canada - so I guess Canada uses a similar or even the same sceme as the US.

Did a quick search on Whirlpool's WFW88HEA#**

energystar says - Anual Water Use is 4582.87 gallons (or 17 348.0501 liters)
nrcan.gc.ca says - Anual Water Use is 16822.288 liters (or 4 443.97835 gallons)
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difference is 139 gallons.

Hmmm...

 

[alr2903]

I will ask again please, is there a statue of limitations, how far back does this go? Is whirlpool on the hook for Maytag issues?  Thank you.  alr