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Raymond of Walker, LA February 20, 2009

Raymond of Walker LA (02/20/09)
I live in a fairly new subdivision in the Walker, LA area. The same one Shannon of Walker LA lives in. My wife and I were happy to be buying our first house together as we should've been. Then the other day, my wife was taken our kids to school and on her way out the back door she smelt something burning in our kitchen. She looked towards the stove and noticed the red indicator light was on. She walked over to the stove to find the cover to be burning. She quickly turned the burner off and removed the burner cover. It seems as though the stove had turned on by its self. The reason I say by its self is that we do not have the time it takes to cook breakfast on the stove in the mornings before school and work.

Then the next day or maybe the day after that, our neighbors house caught on fire. Caused by their stove. A Maytag Electric Range. Upon asking some other people in our neighborhood we found 5 or 6 more houses that had the same sort of thing happen to them, fortunately without the fire incident. We have contacted our builder and made them aware of the range. My concern is, what is Maytag going to do about their faulty equipment? If the same thing is happening to several different homes in our subdivision then there is obviously something wrong with the range in question. Has anyone else, other than us, had this sort of problem?

Shannon of Walker, LA February 14, 2009

Shannon of Walker LA (02/14/09)
My husband and I purchase a brand new home with brand new appliances that were provided by the builder. We have been in the home for about a year and a half. Of course the appliances are made by Maytag. About 6 months ago we noticed that our oven started locking up, shutting off on its on and cutting on by itself. My husband checked the breaker and it had not flipped. So he cut the breaker to off and then flipped it back to on. Since the first incident it has happened a handful of times.

Well I get a phone call at work on Thursday 2/13/09 from a neighbor stating that my house had caught fire. Upon arrival, and once all the neighbors were checking on us, I found out from several neighbors that their stoves were cutting on by themselves and they were on high temperatures. Needless to say, the fire was caused from the stove.

I found out today that the builder had replaced another maytag oven in the subdivision because of electrical problems, but did they attempt to let anybody know of this situation, NO! So I am dealing with a partially burnt home and because of the fire, it busted my water lines that were in the attic. Now we also have to deal with that, on top of being misplaced and having to find a rental place to live for the next several months. I just want to know if there is anyone else that has had the same problems. Maytag Model#MES555BAB. Please help if you can with this situation.

Larry of Beverly Hills, CA January 30, 2009

Larry of Beverly Hills CA (01/30/09)
my maytag oven model mer5775qab was not heating properly not only did the oven take a long time to heat but the oven didn't even heat up evenly

i contacted sears and the manufacturer and they did nothing but give me a headache

Steve of Astoria, OR January 30, 2009

Steve of Astoria OR (01/30/09)
we bought a gas stove the elements have had to been repaired 4 times in three years. we are the only ones in the house so the oven in not used much. Plus the top burner areas look so dirty and scratched. we can not pay for the oven locking each time the elec. goes out. The oven light never has worked.

just two weeks ago the oven locked up again and we can not use the over. Nor can we pay for it. My husband like others has been med ill and lost his job. we need help to get it working. the maytag person went out of business.

Chad of Johnston, IA January 24, 2009

Chad of Johnston IA (01/24/09)
Maytag oven MODEL# MER5755QAW made a loud pop noise then sizzle the only thing that works now is top burners. We replaced heating unit on the inside but it still does not work.

250.00 replacement part and it still doesn't work! Have to buy a new stove.

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