Estate / Whirlpool refrigerators
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Dec 15, 2011. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Dec 15, 2011the latest report was made
- Dec 15, 2011the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Estate / Whirlpool
- Maker
- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATIONMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- RefrigeratorsCPSC’s product type: Refrigerators (code 276), in Kitchen: Appliances
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| December 2011 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No one hurt 1 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 Dec 15, 2011, sent to the company Dec 23, 2011, published by CPSC Jan 10, 2012
The product, in the report: Yesterday, December 14 2011.....I smelled something burning, Like electrical & search the entire house. I finally located the source of the smell behind the refrigerator. An Estate Model #T522AF Refrigerator, purchased in 2005. The “Embraco Compressor EGY80HLP” the starter plug had burned & melted. Thank goodness I was home at the time & aware. Compressor not able to run. Codable Product: REFRIGERATOR
Yesterday, December 14 2011.....I smelled something burning, Like electrical & search the entire house. I finally located the source of the smell behind the refrigerator. An Estate Model #T522AF, purchased in 2005. The “Embraco Compressor EGY80HLP” the starter plug had burned & melted. Thank goodness I was home at the time & aware.
- Model
- Estate T522AF (Compressor model “Embraco” EGY80HLP)
- Bought from
- Sears, Oklahoma
- Bought
- Dec 15, 2005, about then
- Where
- Ponca City, Oklahoma: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 55, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Spouse
- As this report names them
- Brand Estate /
Whirlpool, made or sold by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION - How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Incident, No Injury
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