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Washer6 min read
Frigidaire vs GE washers: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and GE washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 181 GE ones from 2011-2026. The larger corpus holds the larger shares here — GE leads the control board at 13% and the motor at 7% — and no row differs by more than 4 points.
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Washer6 min read
Frigidaire vs Kenmore washers: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Kenmore washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 208 Kenmore ones from 2011-2026. Two rows print identical shares — the control board at 9% and the motor at 4% — on 4 documents against 18 and 2 against 8.
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Washer6 min read
Frigidaire vs LG washers: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and LG washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 295 LG ones from 2011-2026. The widest gaps rest on the fewest documents — the heating element's 4% against 0% is three reports in total — while the rows showing no difference carry the most.
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Washer6 min read
Frigidaire vs Maytag washers: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 104 Maytag ones from 2011-2026. The most level pairing in the set — every row sits inside one-report noise, and the heating element and motor show no measured difference at all.
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Washer6 min read
Frigidaire vs Samsung washers: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 540 Samsung ones from 2011-2026. Samsung's list is led by the drain pump or hose at 4% on 22 reports — a component the Frigidaire corpus never names.
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Washer6 min read
Frigidaire vs Whirlpool washers: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 46 Frigidaire filings from 2011-2023 against 115 Whirlpool ones from 2011-2026. Two rows hold up in shares and in raw counts — the wiring or power cord at 8% against 2%, and the control board at 14% against 9%.
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Washer6 min read
GE vs Kenmore washers: an incident-report comparison
GE and Kenmore washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 208 Kenmore ones, both from 2011-2026. The closest-matched pair in this class — GE leads the control board by 4 points and the motor by 3, and three rows show no difference at all.
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Washer7 min read
GE vs LG washers: an incident-report comparison
GE and LG washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 295 LG ones, both from 2011-2026. The motor is named in 13 reports on each side — identical counts printing as 7% and 4% — and the igniter is the one row LG leads with weight behind it.
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Washer6 min read
GE vs Maytag washers: an incident-report comparison
GE and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 104 Maytag ones, both from 2011-2026. Each record leads something — GE on the control board, motor and lint trap, Maytag on the drain pump or hose and heating element.
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Washer6 min read
GE vs Samsung washers: an incident-report comparison
GE and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. GE's largest group of reports names the control board (23); Samsung's names the drain pump or hose (22) — near-identical counts heading two very different lists.
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Washer7 min read
GE vs Whirlpool washers: an incident-report comparison
GE and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 181 GE filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. The control board leads both at 13% and 14%, and the differences below it split in both directions — the motor toward GE, the drain pump toward Whirlpool.
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Washer7 min read
Kenmore vs LG washers: an incident-report comparison
Kenmore and LG washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 295 LG ones, both from 2011-2026. Kenmore is the one washer record where the lint trap or vent comes second, at 7% on 14 filings against LG's 3% on 8.
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Washer6 min read
Kenmore vs Maytag washers: an incident-report comparison
Kenmore and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 104 Maytag ones, both from 2011-2026. An exact two-to-one pair of corpora — four rows show no measured difference, and only the lint trap or vent opens a gap of 4 points.
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Washer6 min read
Kenmore vs Samsung washers: an incident-report comparison
Kenmore and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. One row does the real work — the drain pump or hose, named in 22 Samsung reports against 1 Kenmore report.
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Washer7 min read
Kenmore vs Whirlpool washers: an incident-report comparison
Kenmore and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 208 Kenmore filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. The differences split by theme — Whirlpool leads the control board, cord and drain pump, Kenmore the lint trap and motor.
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Washer6 min read
LG vs Maytag washers: an incident-report comparison
LG and Maytag washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 295 LG filings against 104 Maytag ones, both from 2011-2026. Maytag holds the higher share in six of eight rows and more filings in none of them — a table tilted by its denominators, with two genuine ties underneath.
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Washer7 min read
LG vs Samsung washers: an incident-report comparison
LG and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 295 LG filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. The two deepest washer records in the collection, and the narrowest table — only the drain pump or hose and the igniter separate them at all.
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Washer7 min read
LG vs Whirlpool washers: an incident-report comparison
LG and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 295 LG filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. The widest gap on the page — the control board at 14% against 5% — rests on 16 documents against 14.
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Washer6 min read
Maytag vs Samsung washers: an incident-report comparison
Maytag and Samsung washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 104 Maytag filings against 540 Samsung ones, both from 2011-2026. The row the table marks as noise — the drain pump or hose at 3% against 4% — carries the most documents on the page, 22 against 3.
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Washer7 min read
Maytag vs Whirlpool washers: an incident-report comparison
Maytag and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports: 104 Maytag filings against 115 Whirlpool ones, both from 2011-2026. Near-matched corpora, so the gaps hold in documents too — Whirlpool's control board at 16 filings against 8, its cord at 9 against 4.
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Refrigerator5 min read
Frigidaire vs GE refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
Frigidaire and GE refrigerators compared on CPSC SaferProducts incident reports of almost identical size — 273 against 265, 2011-2026. The ice maker leads both corpora, at 28% and 24%; the compressor is where the two split, 10% against 2%.
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Oven4 min read
GE vs Whirlpool ovens: an incident-report comparison
GE and Whirlpool ovens compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026 — 960 GE reports against 635 Whirlpool ones. The two component splits track each other closely: the control board leads both at 6%, and no component separates them by more than a point.
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Refrigerator5 min read
LG vs Samsung refrigerators: an incident-report comparison
LG and Samsung refrigerators read through their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026: the ice maker is named in 46% of the 1556 Samsung reports and 13% of the 192 LG reports. Two corpora of very different size, compared on their internal split rather than on totals.
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Washer4 min read
Samsung vs Whirlpool washers: an incident-report comparison
Samsung and Whirlpool washers compared on their CPSC SaferProducts incident reports, 2011-2026: the control board is named in 14% of the 115 Whirlpool reports and 4% of the 540 Samsung ones. A wide gap read against a small corpus — what that does and does not support.
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Dishwasher7 min read
Bosch dishwashers: what CPSC incident reports show
What 303 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for Bosch dishwashers (2011-2026) name, plus one recall notice on record. Wiring or the power cord appears in 29% of narratives and the control board in 28%. Shares of reports, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher6 min read
Frigidaire dishwashers: what CPSC incident reports show
What 103 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for Frigidaire dishwashers (2011-2026) name. The heating element appears in 45% of narratives, the control board in 19%. Shares of reports filed, not failure rates.
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Refrigerator7 min read
Frigidaire refrigerators: what CPSC incident reports show
What 273 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for Frigidaire refrigerators (2011-2026) name, plus two recall notices on record. The ice maker appears in 28% of narratives, the compressor in 10%. Shares of reports, not failure rates.
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Dishwasher7 min read
GE dishwashers: what CPSC incident reports show
What 433 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for GE dishwashers (2011-2026) name, plus six recall notices on record. The heating element appears in 33% of narratives, the control board in 17%. Shares of reports, not failure rates.
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Oven6 min read
GE ovens: what CPSC incident reports show
What 960 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for GE ovens (2011-2026) name, plus five recall notices on record including a tip-over repair programme. The control board appears in 6% of narratives. Shares of reports, not failure rates.
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Refrigerator7 min read
GE refrigerators: what CPSC incident reports show
What 265 CPSC SaferProducts incident reports for GE refrigerators (2011-2026) name, plus one recall notice on record. The ice maker appears in 24% of narratives; every other tracked part sits at 2% or below. Shares of reports, not failure rates.
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