Especially had a child been.
Washing machine glass door exploded. Overloading leaving coins and other foreign objects in pockets or washing laundry with metal buckles etc could cause the door glass to shatter. We thought a glass tumbler had fallen off the draining board but the door had exploded. The glass in our hoover washing machine implodedexploded today the 20915The machine was not in use and no one in the kitchen at the timeWe just heard this massive bangshattering noise and rushed into the kitchen to find most of the glass from the washing machine door inside the machine some shards on the floor and a jagged ring left in the doorSo dangerous.
I guarantee if your child was standing in front of that door when it exploded you wouldnt so dismissive about this persons plight. One possible solution that several repairers suggested was for manufacturers to add a plastic layer to the door which will keep glass in the machine if it explodes. Hundreds of washing machine door explosions are firing out broken glass say terrified families.
Shocked Aimee Stobbart was carrying out a. Went in and found that the glass in the door of the frontloader washing machine a Bosch WAP24160AU had broken water was pissing out onto the floor and the machine was still running. Has uncovered 280 cases.
An investigation by Which. At 1am there was a very loud bang from the kitchen I was upstairs upon investigation I saw my washing machine closed glass door had exploded. If the washing in your machine is heavier in one part of the drum the drum can bounce around violently as it spins potentially hitting the door and scoring the glass.
Bosch LG Miele Samsung and Siemens have introduced this on some of their newer models and we believe that other brands should consider doing the same. Owners of two models of Miele washing machines the W1613 left and the W3740 have reported incidents where the glass doors have exploded both when in use and when turned off. Theres been a steady trickle of reports from people with various brands.
Thankfully the odds of your machines door shattering are slim but there are simple steps you can take to make it even less likely. It may or may not prove to be user misuse but if they know it is happening and can see it is potentially dangerous you would hope they would at least warn users about it properly in the instruction book something like Warning. The technician came in looked at it and went outside for awhile.