LG WT1501CW

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20220210-FA8EC-2147357624. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Matched catalog product: LG WT1501CW. Incident: I was using LG washing machine model WT1501CW to wash a load of clothes and the machine exploded. The machine was on its final spin with less then 20 minutes left as I had just checked on it. The drum broke loose from the motor and caused it to shake violently causing the lid to come apart, the sides to break away, inside parts to be thrown out of the machine, and wall damage to my home as it banged into the wall. Thankfully, nobody was in the room when it did this so no one was hurt, but had I still been in the room with it I would have been hurt.

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20231228-B9DD7-2147343182. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: LG WT1501CW (Top loading washing machine). Incident: Our LG top-loading washing machine exploded. On Saturday, 11/25/2023 around 5:30pm there was an enormous boom that shook our home. The sound it made was frighteningly loud. My husband, daughter(visiting) and I came running from different rooms. My daughter arrived in the laundry room first to find that the washing machine was pushed out from the wall and that the sides of the machine were buckled and damaged. We hit pause (it was still running), unplugged the machine, and turned the water off. There was only one item in the machine, a mattress pad cover which has been washed numerous times in this machine. The machine was in the final spin cycle. There were no unusual sounds or advance warning before the explosion. This machine is only 5 years old. As a household of two seniors, our laundry usage is very modest which makes this even more shocking.