Frigidaire FAD704DWD

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170122-731B8-2147407798. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FAD704DWD. Incident: Product was producing a burning plastic smell and was very hot. The unit would not shut off and had to be unplugged.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20200906-B790E-2147369988. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FAD704DWD. Incident: Dehumidifier fan stops. Dehumidifier gets very hot. Compressor still running. If I turn it OFF on the panel, the compressor stays running. Smells very hot. If I unplug the unit, everything stops.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20161104-929C0-1605558. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FAD704DWD. Incident: (11/2/16) The consumer was using the unit for approximately 2 hours when he noticed that the unit was making a buzzing sound and smelled a burning plastic odor. The consumer also noticed that the unit was hot to the touch and the condenser was running but the fan was not turning.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20170824-BE1EA-2147397896. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FAD704DWD. Incident: I have Frigidaire FAD704DWD12 dehumidifier sn KN51702499. The fan will quite running while the compressor keeps on running. When this happens the unit gets very hot, if I shut it off and turn it back on extremely hot air will come out of the unit. I had to quite using it for fear of it starting on fire.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20240511-A9852-2147339263. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FAD704DWD. Incident: I have a frigidaire dehumidifier. It was replaced with another unit because a green liquid was coming out of it. The 2nd unit all of a sudden would not stop running, even when turned off. The only way to get it to stop running was to unplug the unit. It would also start to get very hot to the touch. I was afraid a fire may start so I stopped using it.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20150914-61A2D-2147428434. Matched catalog product: Frigidaire FAD704DWD. Incident: Purchased this Frigidaire Dehumidifier, Model FAD704DWD, Serial Number KN50700665, manufactured in China and sold by Electrolux, from Amazon on July 02, 2015. Further tag information lists a "Service Model No." as FAD704DWD12, a UL Identifier as SA11089, Design Pressure of 300 Low, 560 High, RA10A:8.820Z and EEV-1.85L/KW.H, AMPS - 7.8A. I could not find UPC Code. This dehumidifier was used on the first floor of our two story, wood frame, 2500 sq. ft., three bedroom home, to control indoor humidity during humid summer days and evenings. It was ordered from Amazon, July 02, 20125 and received July 06, 2015, unpacked, plugged in, and I set humidity level to 45%. The unit worked flawlessly until today, September 13, 2015, when this exact unit, Frigidaire Serial Number, KN50700665, appears to have experienced an electronic control failure accompanied by a mechanical failure, of some kind. Operating for several hours today, around 5:30 p.m., Sunday, September, 13, 2015, it suddenly began making a loud, low frequency, drumming kind of sound. I immediately investigated and discovered the unit's fan was no longer operating, the display read 30% instead of the 45% it was set for and it could not be turned off. The On-Off switch was unresponsive despite being pressed repeatedly. The unit continued making the noise described above and began to smell like it was overheating and very hot. The filter was perfectly clean and was not a contributor. The bucket was virtually empty and not a con

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20181015-90839-1803076. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Frigidaire FAD704DWD (70 pint dehumidifier). Incident: This 68 year old consumer contacted the CPSC Hotline to report that the dehumidifier he purchased online June 10, 2016 had overheated and repeats the overheating very quickly. He is reporting this unit as a severe fire hazard and is asking that it become one of the recalled units. Around October 9th, 2018 the caller and his family went out for about three or four hours but when they returned to their home there was a burning odor throughout it. The caller went to the basement because it seemed to be coming from there to discover that it was his 70 pint dehumidifier that was overheating and was exceedingly hot. He immediately unplugged it and allowed it to cool off. The filter was clean due to having been changed recently and all else was up to care specifications. He waited for several days then plugged the dehumidifier back in and remained with it, however after only one half hour the fan stopped and the dehumidifier began instantly heating to a high heat. He repeated this a couple of days later and it repeated that same process and is not being used at all. There are no injuries being reported. The caller does still have the product. The consumer contacted the manufacturer and the distributor October 15th, 2018 and he was advised that he was outside of the warranty process and there was no assistance.