Electrolux Group is urging customers to cease utilizing older mannequin Frigidaire and Kenmore electrical ranges following current studies that the home equipment may cause fires and burn accidents. 

A discover posted Thursday by the Client Product Security Fee (CPSC) warns that heating components on the recalled ranges, which date from 2009, can spontaneously activate by themselves; fail to show off when switched off by the buyer; and warmth to completely different temperatures than chosen, posing hearth dangers and burn hazards.

About 203,000 ranges are affected by the recall, which incorporates Frigidaire, Frigidaire Gallery, Frigidaire Skilled, and Kenmore Elite smooth-top electrical ranges bought in numerous colours, together with white, bisque, black and stainless-steel. Options embody rear panel rotary knobs and digital shows. 

The affected ranges, which have been bought nationwide from June 2001 by means of August 2009 at Sears and unbiased equipment shops, have been initially recalled in 2009. Since then, there have been no less than 212 complaints, together with 14 studies of fires and eight studies of burn accidents on the arms or arms, in addition to smoke inhalation. 

As a treatment, a free inspection and restore will likely be scheduled for affected ranges which are repairable, in accordance with the recall discover. Shoppers with recalled ranges that aren’t repairable will likely be given a $50 digital reward card, together with reimbursement of as much as $60 for haul-away charges paid, with proof of buy of a brand new vary and haul-away providers. 

The CPSC suggested customers with impacted ranges to not go away any objects on them even when the home equipment aren’t in use. For extra data, customers can contact Electrolux toll-free at (888) 845-8226 from 8:30 a.m. to eight p.m. Jap Time, Monday by means of Friday. They’ll additionally attain the corporate through e-mail at potentiometerrecall@electrolux.com or on-line at https://www.ema-recall.com/

The model title, mannequin and serial quantity for every unit are positioned on the body of a drawer on the backside of the unit when the drawer is opened. Recalled fashions and serial numbers embody the next:

Frigidaire Serial Numbers: Serial Quantity Vary VF122xxxxx – VF936xxxxx

Kenmore Elite Serial Numbers: Serial Quantity Vary VF122xxxxx – VF334xxxxx