The refrigerator’s doors can detach, posing an injury hazard
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Viking Range of Greenwood, Miss., is expanding its 2009 recall of Viking refrigerators with bottom freezers. About 31,000 of the appliances are now being recalled.
The refrigerator’s doors can detach, posing an injury hazard to consumers.
The company has received 39 reports of falling refrigerator doors, including 12 reports of injuries involving a fracture, bruises, strains and cuts, and 25 reports of minor property damage. The 39 new reports are in addition to 57 reports in the previous recall of doors detaching, including four reports of injuries involving bruises, broken toes/fingers, and strains.
This recall involves Viking built-in 36-inch wide refrigerators with bottom freezers with models and serial numbers/date codes listed below. The model and serial numbers are located on the ceiling of the interior of the refrigerators. The first six numbers in the serial number range are the manufacture date of the unit in (mm)(dd)(yy).
Model numbers starting with: Serial number/Date codes starting with:
Designer Series
DDBB363, DDBB536, DTBB363, 110105 - 081012
DFBB363, DFBB536, FDBB5361
Professional Series
VCBB363, VCBB536, VCBB5361, 110105 – 080512
VIBB363, VIBB536
The refrigerators, manufactured in the U.S., were sold at appliance and specialty stores nationwide from November 2005, through October 2012, for between $5,100 and $7,700.
Consumers should contact Viking immediately to schedule a free in-home repair. Consumers should stop using the recalled refrigerators if the door does not appear to be sealed properly, the door is sagging or it fails to open or close normally. If the door is working properly, consumers can continue to use the refrigerator until it has been repaired.
Consumers may contact Viking toll-free at (877) 546-0136 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.