Tumble Dryers Fire Risk - Hotpoint / Indesit / Creda 24 November 2015 at 10:34PM edited 24 November 2015 at 10:38PM in Praise, vent & warnings 123 replies 47.7K views

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Please see: Tumble Dryer Safety Notice

The Indesit company has identified a potential concern with two types of tumble dryers manufactured between April 2004 and September 2015. In some rare cases, excess fluff can come into contact with the heating element and present a risk of fire. The affected brands are:

Hotpoint
Indesit
Creda

Indesit state:

We are activating an extensive consumer outreach and service action plan in order to provide our consumers with products that are updated to higher safety and quality standards. We will arrange a visit from an engineer, free of charge, to modify your appliance. The service call will take approximately one hour. The improvements we believe are necessary will further enhance the safety and quality of your dryer.

You can check if your model is affected via: Check Your Dryer

Be safe. Check if your model is affected!

peachyprice

Thanks.

I checked my model and it is one of those affected, but when I fill in the form I get an error message, grrrr.

grunnie

I filled in the form and mine is on the faulty list. Am now waiting for someone to contact me to come and fix the fault. My dryer is almost 10 years old and been ok so far.

Spooky_uk

same here.

Nicklt

Mine is one of those effected, after completing form I received an email saying I will be contacted in 5 weeks!

Hopeful1968

Thank you for the info. I followed the link on Monday, and received an auto response in my in box.

Just had a phone call to arrange an engineer visit. They wanted to arrange it for next Wednesday (but we have plans that day) so have put it off till the 9th so seems they are on the ball with arrangements, so hopefully you won't be waiting too long.

System

I have a Creda, but I don't have a sticker with the model and serial numbers.

Would a list of affected models be better?

peachyprice

Still can't get the form to go through.

teddysmum

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I have a Creda, but I don't have a sticker with the model and serial numbers.

Would a list of affected models be better?

Is there no plate on the back ?

grunnie

Just had a phone call. Someone is coming to give me a new tumble dryer and taking away my old one. It is probably because it is about 10 years old and not worth repairing. :beer: I await their phone call:D to say when as mine is wired in and needs an electrician to disconnect it and reconnect the new one.

peachyprice

grunnie wrote: »

Just had a phone call. Someone is coming to give me a new tumble dryer and taking away my old one. It is probably because it is about 10 years old and not worth repairing. :beer: I await their phone call:D to say when as mine is wired in and needs an electrician to disconnect it and reconnect the new one.

Ooooh, mine is that old too, I wonder if I'll get a new one!
Mine is an Indesit IC70S, what is yours?