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A class action lawsuit filed on February 16 against Electrolux Home Products Inc., alleges that several models of both electric and gas range ovens sold under the brand names of Kenmore, Frigidaire, and Electrolux have defective wiring in their control boards, making them a dangerous fire hazard.
“The seriousness of the health and safety hazards these defects pose is exemplified by Plaintiffs’ experiences where, in both cases, fires resulting from the defects could have been catastrophic: their houses could have burned down and they could have been injured or killed,” the Electrolux class action asserts.
The Electrolux oven class action lawsuit contends that Electrolux “has known of this dangerous defect for years,” given the sheer number of complaints that can be found online. The class action lawsuit cites several websites, including safeproducts.gov and consumeraffairs.com, which have numerous reviews and complaints from consumers. In addition, the class action argues that Electrolux “conducts a significant amount of after-market testing that should have informed it that its ovens had a defective electrical system.”
The experiences of the Plaintiffs John and Carol Reichardt are very similar to the online complaints. The Reichardts state that they purchased a Frigidaire electric range oven for $850, which lasted only 4 years before it caught on fire. Even worse, Plaintiff Lisa Melby’s Kenmore gas stove lasted only one year before also catching on fire, according to her allegations. The complaint cites a study from the National Association of Home Builders which found that the average life expectancy of an electric oven is 13 years, and a gas range is 15 years. The class action lawsuit implies that these Electrolux ovens are not meeting that average.
The Reichardts state that in July of 2016 after coming home from being away for the weekend, they discovered that their oven had caught fire. The complaint asserts that the fire from the oven “damaged the kitchen, including the windows, cabinets, walls, small appliances, perishables, and a painting.” The Reichardts claim they have had to pay for numerous home repairs, including new drywall and treatment of the HVAC system. A report from the insurance company found that the fire was spontaneous, and “was caused by a malfunction of the relay system causing a fire in the control panel housing near the control panel board.”
Plaintiffs are requesting certification of a Class of “all persons in the United States who purchased or otherwise acquired an Electrolux designed and/or manufactured oven range primarily for personal, family, or household purposes having the Defect and who have incurred property damage, and/or loss of use, and/or loss of the benefit of the bargain, as a result of the Defects.” The class action lawsuit seeks restitution, punitive damages, and a court order “issuing a nationwide recall” of the defective ovens.
The Reichardts and Lisa Melby are represented by Erin K. Dickenson and Charles J. Crueger of Crueger Dickinson LLC, Paul J. Hanly, Jr., and Mitchell M. Breit of Simmons Hanly Conroy LLC, and Gregory C. Coleman, Mark E. Silvey, Adam A. Edwards, and Lisa A. White of Greg Coleman Law PC.
The Electrolux Fire Hazard Oven Defect Class Action Lawsuit is John Reichardt, et al., v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Case No. 17-cv-00219, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
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30 thoughts onElectrolux Class Action Alleges Defective Ovens are Fire Hazard
I closed on a home on 6/30/23 and on 7/4/23 my home caught on fire due to the frigidaire slide in stove. My kitchen is completely destroyed and my entire home has been damaged by smoke and soot. We weren’t home when the fire started.
How do I join this class action? I have a Frigidaire slide in oven that runs really hot. My new cabinets around it are hot to the touch. I have had the front controln board replaced 3 times in 3 months. The oven is only 6 months old.
My range is only 1 and half years old. I am disabled. DURING the last year , due to COVID, I could not get out to address the problem which arose within the first 9 months of using it. I was hospitalized this summer and my daughter tried to get help for the range and got the run around. I am on it now. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY company is a scam, refusing to do anything. The silver rings aka “collars” on the burners, in direct contact with the gas are melting. They show lumps and bumps from within the metal. ALL FIVE show some damage but one is warped so bad as to be a fire hazard. THIS IS A PART THAT SHOULD NEVER MELT let alone within the first year. I am getting nowhere with them. T
Include me in the class action. New stove with melting burners, Frigidaire Gallery.
I have a Frigidaire smooth top air fryer oven. I’m on the third control board in 3 months. I want in on this lawsuit
My Electrolux double oven keeps malfunctioning after I use the cleaning cycle. It gets extremely hot and after a while it starts flashing the F11 code. Both times it has been an $1150 repair. I paid almost $4500 for these ovens, and they are only 8 years old and this has happened twice in 8 years. Probably would have happened sooner had I used the cleaning cycle more often. After the first time they said it shouldn’t happen again, but it did as soon as I decided to use the cleaning cycle on high. Electrolux won’t cover the repair because my warranty ran out, but it is a mechanical problem with these ovens my repairman said. Electrolux doesn’t care. They won’t fix the problem nor will they replace the ovens. I cannot afford to replace them. My repairman said they definitely should have lasted longer than 8 years. I want to join a class action against this company. Please contact me. I am fed up with Electrolux not standing behind their expensive products.
My capital stove does this often. Where do I sign up?
How to I become a party to the action
Mine 16 months hold got in fire
Repair cost $600 not longer trusted. Overheat again smell burn
Frigidaire wall oven began having shooting flames from heating element after many years of service. I immediately turned it off and the flames went away but the element is damaged and no longer in one piece. If I had not been close by it would have been a terrible fire
We purchased Frigidaire model #PLES389ECG and had nothing but problems.
First the knobs in the front would jam all the time (the “plastic” clip that holds them on broke more than once).
Second, the broiler stopped working for about a month. While waiting for service repair it just started working again? This was an on-off problem for several years.
Third (and most serious) I was making coffee in the kitchen two days ago and heard the stove click on (it makes a certain clicking sound when the top burners are on). I look over and two of the four burners were RED HOT and both knobs were in the off position. Let me be perfectly clear – I did NOT turn my stove on. The stove turned itself on. I juggled with the knobs to try to shut it off and the next thing I know smoke started streaming out of the top/side of the oven. Smelled electrical. Next thing I know (this all happened in about 60b seconds) I hear a POP and a flash of light ignited the back of the stove! Luckily my husband and I were both home as we immediately shut off the breaker to the entire kitchen and used a fire extinguisher to put out the flames. WITHOUT A DOUBT WE WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY LOST OUR HOME TO A FIRE IF WE HAD NOT BEEN HOME THAT DAY. We are now waiting for a new stove to be delivered (obviously not Electrolux/Frigidaire brand). This is simply unacceptable and with so many similar complaints provided over and over again – this company should be ashamed to sell this product and put lives/homes at risk like this.
We just purchased a home and the kitchen has Electrolux appliances covering it. I, like you, have the phantom clicking of the burners. I thought I was nuts! Our over scares me even more. You can set it and it says it is preheating- but the gas just leaks. How do I become part of this lawsuit?
I had the same exact stove and on march 31,2020 it came on by itself and caught on fire, it totaled 50 percent of my house and my cat died in the fire! I purchased my stove in 2007 shortly after they exchanged it out because i was having problems with it and then after it went out of warranty I paid to have it worked on . I was never told about the potential fire hazards! I am now told that my statue of limitations have ran out and can’t be in the lawsuit !
We had a simple, but glass top Frigidaire oven. One day, the oven was not even turned on, it turned on by itself & went to an extremely high heat & caught on fire. One of our sons just happened to be walking by as it happened & yelled for my husband & he came running, but could not turn it off without turning the breaker off & pulling the plug. We replaced the Frigidaire with a very expensive Sears Kenmore Elite 40″ double electric oven. It worked fine for about five years or so & then the bake element on it burned & caught on fire & burned the board. We replaced the element & the board & then it did it again. The oven keeps going to extremely high heat when not even turned on, sparkingm & burning. The electricity & everything has been checked out. We have surge protectors on our home, everything is protected, but this very expensive oven burned out twice. We are now just without an oven as we cannot afford another one now. Sears & Roebuck has been no help.
My Frigidaire stove oven quit working within months after purchase and has had several issues with overheating ever since. It has been repaired multiple times and still experience the same problem. If the top of the stove is being used and the oven at the same time the unit shuts down due to overheating and then the display shows error code 4 overheating. I have had the seven for about three years and am I unable to use my burners and oven at the same time making it difficult to cook. Have never received a recall from manufacturer. First times it was fixed under the warranty and extended warranty. But now the item is no longer under warranty.
I don’t cook a lot but when I do there is black gunk I have to throw away most oven my pans