Fisher&Paykel electric clothes dryers
3 reports to CPSC, the latest made Mar 24, 2014. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 3reports to CPSC
- Mar 24, 2014the latest report was made
- Oct 18, 2011the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Fisher&Paykel
- Maker
- Fisher & Paykel AppliancesMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Electric clothes dryersDryers alone, not combined unitsCPSC’s product type: Electric Clothes Dryers Without Washers (code 106), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Laundry, Fabric Care & Sewing
Other ways the reports write the brand (2)
“Fisher & Paykel Smart Load Dryer” and “Pisher & Paykel”
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| March 2014 | 1 |
| August 2012 | 1 |
| October 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 3 CPSC: Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No one hurt Made Mar 24, 2014, sent to the company Apr 28, 2014, published by CPSC May 12, 2014
The product, in the report: Electric Dryer
Caller stated that after the dryer had completed the cycle she smelled a burning odor. She removed the contents from the unit and noticed that it was extremely hot, it was heating up after it had stopped drying. She tried running it again for 20 mins to make sure there was no failure, however, the same incident re-occurred. The control functions could not power it off the circuit breaker had to be used to switch the power off to the dryer.
Caller is concerned if she was not home there would have been a house fire. The manufacturer was not contacted as yet. The product is not part of a recall.
- Model
- MKTDEGX1US
- Serial number
- EAN318018
- Bought from
- Ivor Furniture co, Virginia
- Bought
- Nov 11, 2005
- Where
- Smithfield, Virginia: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Fisher & Paykel Smart Load Dryer, made or sold by Fisher & Paykel Appliances
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Aug 23, 2012, sent to the company Sep 4, 2012, published by CPSC Sep 18, 2012
The product, in the report: white electric clothes dryer
A Fisher & Paykel model DE04 US2 electric clothes dryer Serial Number SZ713977A burned up in a bathroom laundry 8/6/12. The dryer was purchased new 5/18/2001. The fire started when the dryer was in operation. The power cord was disconnected and fire destroyed the dryer causing considerable smoke damage to the bathroom laundry. Apparently what burned was lint. The dryer had been kept in very clean condition. An insurance adjuster estimated cleanup damages at $4000.
- Model
- DE 04 US2
- UPC
- don’t know
- Serial number
- SZ713977A
- Bought from
- Gulgren TV & Appliance
- Bought
- May 18, 2001
- Where
- Woodstock, Illinois: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 72, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Pisher & Paykel, made or sold by Fisher & Paykel Appliances
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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No one hurt Made Oct 18, 2011, sent to the company Oct 26, 2011, published by CPSC Nov 9, 2011
The product, in the report: Fisher&Paykel Electric Clothes Dryer Model #DEGX1US
My wife and I smelled a “hot” smell. I discovered my Fisher&Paykel clothes dryer heating coils were powered on when the main power switch and panel was switched “off”. The only way to stop the coils from heating, is to unplug the dryer. I was a safety engineer for McDonnell Douglas, and analyzed electrical circuits on the [REDACTED] for “fault” analysis. Any design that allows power to heater coils with the control circuit switched off, is unacceptable. Given the catastrophic possibilities of hot coils, no air flow, combustible clothes, and a false indication to the consumer that the system is powered off is design incompetence.
I called the company to report the failure and asked to see a schematic of the electrical design, to see where the failure was and analyze it from a system safety viewpoint. I told customer support that I was an engineer and would like to see the “technical” design of the system. I was transferred to technical support, who admitted they knew of this failure, but I was not privy to the technical information as a consumer. He also said I presented myself as a “technician”, when I wasn’t. He did not think the matter was a safety matter and said I just needed a technician to come and change the control module that contains relays that probably failed. He did not agree with my position, and it was obvious that trying to go through Fisher&Paykel to fix a design flaw, wasn’t going to happen. If bothers me that they knew of this failure, and did nothing to notify me of the possibilities.
In my mind, this design is a safety hazard, and the company should recall and re-design the control circuit preventing power to the coils with the system showing power “off”.
Please contact me and let me know this report has been read at least. I would like to know who makes the decision and the administrative level it gets made at.
Thank you for making our homes safer for all consumers...
[REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Military Instructor Pilot, Major, USAFR retired Retired Northwest/Delta Airlines Pilot
- Model
- DEGX1US
- UPC
- ?
- Serial number
- BYN317389
- Bought from
- Lowes, Washington
- Bought
- Jul 1, 2005, about then
- Where
- Gig Harbor, Washington: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Unspecified
- As this report names them
- Brand Fisher&Paykel, made or sold by Fisher & Paykel Appliances
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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