The US Consumer Product Safety Commission ( Samsung ) has issued a warning about exploding Samsung washing machines , stating that “ certain top loading washing machines made between March 2011 and April 2016 ” can blow up or fall apart . The latest news comes just as South Korea 's Samsung is grappling to announce its huge recall of its new galaxy Note 7 smartphones , which had been exploding due to faulty batteries . It is not clear if Samsung and the CPSC will issue a full recall of the washing machines , but given that the machines in question have been on sale for over five years , this may cost even more than the $ 5bn it is estimated Samsung has lost in revenue from the Galaxy Note 7 devices .
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a warning about exploding Samsung washing machines, stating that “certain top loading washing machines made between March 2011 and April 2016” can blow up or fall apart. The latest news comes just as South Korea's Samsung is grappling to manage its huge recall of its new Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, which had been exploding due to faulty batteries. It is not clear if Samsung and the CPSC will issue a full recall of the washing machines, but given that the machines in question have been on sale for over five years, this may cost even more than the $5bn it is estimated Samsung has lost in revenue from the Galaxy Note 7 recall.