GE Front Load Washing Machine WCVH6260 washing machines
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 26, 2015. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Feb 26, 2015the latest report was made
- Feb 26, 2015the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- GE Front Load Washing Machine WCVH6260
- Maker
- GE Appliances & LightingMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Washing machinesCPSC’s product type: Washing Machines, Other or Not Specified (code 140), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Laundry, Fabric Care & Sewing
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| February 2015 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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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Hurt, no treatment Made Feb 26, 2015, sent to the company Mar 9, 2015, published by CPSC Mar 23, 2015
The product, in the report: GE Front Load Washing Machine WCVH6260 WCVH 6260
Today our washing machine, GE Front Load Washing Machine WCVH6260, started smoking during normal use. Luckily I was close enough to the machine to hear that something was wrong, and when I paused the machine smoke billowed out.
I saw here that there are many others with similar complaints about the WCVH washers:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/739/633/604/recall-ge-wcvh-front-loading-washing-machines-due-to-smoking-fire-hazard/
And that a similar model was recalled:
http://www.geappliances.com/products/recall/washer_2010/
If the components that caused the other model to be recalled are also in my WCVH 6260 machine (I don’t know if they are), it would seem that my model should also be recalled so I would really appreciate your looking into this issue on its own account and on account of the possibility of the same issue being in my model as in the recalled product.
While no immediate injuries happened during our use, I’m not sure what that smoke’s long term effects will be on those in the house at the time and I am lucky to have stopped the machine quickly so as to avoid further issues, which based on the other model’s reports might have been actual fire in my home.
- Model
- WCVH 6260
- Serial number
- fm201203t
- Bought from
- Oberg Lindquist
- Bought
- Apr 26, 2007
- Where
- Nanuet, New York: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 47, Male
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand GE Front Load Washing Machine WCVH6260, made or sold by GE Appliances & Lighting
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
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Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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