Half a million washing machines in UK homes are to be recalled, plunging manufacturer Whirlpool into a fresh saga over dangerous appliances. The machines, branded as Hotpoint or Indesit, were sold for ...

Whirlpool has announced today it is preparing to recall up to 519,000 Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines. The machines are being recalled owing to a fault with the door lock, which results in them ...

Worried owners of Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines struggled for 24 hours to access a recall website to check whether their machine is a fire risk. Half a million appliances need to be fixed or ...

More than half a million households using Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines have been urged to immediately unplug the appliances as Whirlpool prepares to recall them over a fire-risk flaw. As many ...

Whirlpool is set to recall hundreds of thousands of washing machines over the risk that they could catch fire. The US firm said as many as 519,000 washing machines sold under its Hotpoint and Indesit ...

Whirlpool today urgently recalled over half a million Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines - but not until January, with customers told to just unplug them over Christmas to stop them catching fire.

Whirlpool will recall hundreds of thousands of washing machines just months after it launched a major recall of potentially dangerous dryers. The firm said as many as 519,000 washing machines sold ...

Exploding washing machines have sent shards of glass flying across kitchens, in one case narrowly missing a two-year-old boy. Pressure is growing on manufacturer Hotpoint to mount an investigation and ...

A recall of up to 519,000 Hotpoint and Indesit washing machines has been launched, after they were found to pose a fire safety risk – here are your rights if your machine's affected. The fault is ...

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Half a million washing machines in UK homes are to be recalled, plunging manufacturer Whirlpool into a fresh saga over dangerous appliances. The machines, branded as Hotpoint or Indesit, were sold for ...