Ikea recalls appliances – risk of giving an electric shock – Aftonbladet

New fridge freezer from Ikea?

Then you risk getting an electric shock.

furniture giant recall why some newly frost free fridge freezer.

A panel on top of the relatively newly manufactured refrigerators and freezers of the model frost likely to detach, allowing users to access live parts and receive an electric shock.

Ikea recalls therefore refrigerators and freezers of the model, manufactured between weeks 45 weeks in 2015 and 7 in 2016 for repairs. This means that a technician during a home visit will fix the problem at no cost to customers.

– We understand that our customers greatly affected by this and they may find themselves in a difficult situation. Ikea has not received any reports that people have been injured or have received electric shocks, but we would never risk our customers’ security. We will compensate affected customers, and we thank them for their understanding and cooperation, says Oskar Johansson, sales leader kitchen, Ikea of ​​Sweden, in a press release.

To see where the fridge or freezer produced, customers pull out the bottom drawer of the cabinet to the left side to find a date stamp. Date stamps consists of four digits and between 1545 and 1607 are affected by the recall.