Maytag

June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Whirlpool Corp., the world’s largest appliance maker, issued the biggest U.S. dishwasher recall in three years to fix 1.7 million of its Maytag models with a fire hazard, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.
The dishwashers have a faulty heating element that can short-circuit and ignite, the agency said today in a statement. Consumers should stop using the dishwashers immediately and disconnect the power source by pulling the fuse or flipping a circuit-breaker, the agency said..
The manufacturer, based in Benton Harbor, Michigan, received 12 reports of fires with the plastic-tub models, including a blaze that caused extensive kitchen damage, the agency said. No injuries have been reported.
Whirlpool spokeswoman Jill Saletta said the company didn’t have any comment beyond information in the agency news release.
The dishwasher recall is the biggest since General Electric Co. recalled 2.5 million units in May 2007, according to the safety commission’s website. Maytag recalled 2.3 million dishwashers in February 2007 after 135 fires were reported.
Those are the only dishwasher recalls involving more than 500,000 units in the past decade listed on the agency website.