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

A discover posted Thursday by the Client Product Security Fee (CPSC) warns that heating parts 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 fireplace 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 varied colours, together with white, bisque, black and chrome steel. Options embrace rear panel rotary knobs and digital shows. 

The affected ranges, which have been bought nationwide from June 2001 by way of August 2009 at Sears and unbiased equipment shops, have been initially recalled in 2009. Since then, there have been at the least 212 complaints, together with 14 stories of fires and eight stories of burn accidents on the arms or arms, in addition to smoke inhalation. 

As a treatment, a free inspection and restore will probably be scheduled for affected ranges which might be repairable, in keeping with the recall discover. Shoppers with recalled ranges that aren’t repairable will probably be given a $50 digital present 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 companies. 

The CPSC suggested shoppers with impacted ranges to not go away any objects on them even when the home equipment aren’t in use. For extra data, shoppers can contact Electrolux toll-free at (888) 845-8226 from 8:30 a.m. to eight p.m. Jap Time, Monday by way 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 identify, mannequin and serial quantity for every unit are situated on the body of a drawer on the backside of the unit when the drawer is opened. Recalled fashions and serial numbers embrace the next:

Frigidaire Serial Numbers: Serial Quantity Vary VF122xxxxx – VF936xxxxx

Kenmore Elite Serial Numbers: Serial Quantity Vary VF122xxxxx – VF334xxxxx