Can you imagine the basket torquing and coming up through the washers top panel? That's serious stuff especially if at a 1000 rpm spin. Good news, no injuries to date. Safety always first.

'The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and the General Electric Company (GE) have announced a voluntary recall of 62,000 GE Profile front-load washing machines, manufactured between April 2008 and October 2010. These washers were sold in white, red, and gold colors.'

Brand Model Number Begins With: And Serial Number Begins With:
GE Profile WPDH8800
WPDH8900
WPDH8910 All serial numbers with these models are included.

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This was a popular case in Germany when our consumer magazine tested front loaders some time ago. A washer from the Hoover/Candy Group exploded during the 1400 rpm spin cycle. This happened during the durability test the magazine carries out and affected two of three tested units. Pieces of plastic were all over the test lab. Later, more and more owners of this washing machine reported similar things happening in their home.

Just punch in Candy Washer Explosion into Google and you'll find plenty of pictures.

Here is a link that might be useful: some pictures