Frigidaire Gallery Dryer Fire Hazard

We purchased the dryer in 2005, and tonight, July 28, 2006 we nearly lost our home to fire. I was up late and had a load of clothes in the dryer when I began to smell smoke. After getting my family out of the house, I went back in and shut off the dryer and other electrical items. I opened the dryer and the heat that came out burned my face, it is now red and has been for over an hour. It is also very painful. The walls and floors all the way out to the kitchen were warm as well. I would not recommend this product and believe if the company had any pride they would recall their fire trap. Painfully yours--- Andrea Shaul

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We had the same dryer GLGQ642AS. It had the exact same fire inside the drum. It started a fire while I was at work and caused 150,000 damage to my home. We lived in a rental for six months and are now back in my new rebuilt home. The repair guy said about six months earlier that it had started a fire before but the dryer is suppose to maintain inside the drum. There is a small crack between the dryer and the drum and over time it builds up and the lint over the motor ignites. Very scary thing, we could of been sleeping. I was paid for everything because we had good insurance but I lost 4 weeks of work the stress on the family. I am currently seeking legal counsel to sue the company to take this off the market and compensate me for my loss time from work and stress-Thank You

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We had a dryer fire 7/4/2009 with the stackable frigidaire gas dryer CRGF342AS3. We caught it when we smelled smoke. The lint built up in the back of the drum where the holes were. There was also a bunch of lint inside the dryer covering the motor like a blanket and all around the bottom. The lint ignited from the gas burner tube and traveled along the inside bottom and up into the back of the drum. I took the dryer apart and the part that connects the lint screen housing to the blower squirel cage exaust was all melted. The cause was a loose gasket that blew little by little lint into the bottom of the dryer. My situation was made worse by the sawdust that was mixed in with the lint as I worked at a saw mill and brought home and washed my clothes. So a lesson learned. When the instructions say to have the unit serviced regualarly they mean it. Taking the front cover off and vacuming it out once a year is a good idea. I ordered the replacement parts. It looks like the replacement gasket must be heavier duty since it cost $25. The old one was like the weather striping you would put on windows. So for $65 I was able to get the 2 parts I needed to repair from www.partstore.com

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We also bought the same dryer 4/2005. This past friday 12/26/2008 the dryer caught fire. My wife heard the dryer buzz like it does when a load is done. She opened the door to the wash room and smoke poured out. I ran into the room in the middle of the smoke and it looked like the entire bottom of the dryer was in flames @ 3-4" high. The FD had to come out and put the fire out. We were told it looked like an electrical fire and the motor overheated. The "hot spot" looked to be the bottom left corner area. The clothes on the inside of the drum ignited as well........luckily we mostly only had smoke damage and were home at the time this happened! otherwise I am certian we would have had much more damage.

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We also have a Frigidair piece of doo doo dryer. Model #LG02152ESO manufactured in 04/05. From the time we purchased it we have had nothing but problems finally resulting in the unit catching on fire. It is a front loading model. Any clothing with thin straps would get caught on the lint screen and twist around until they broke. I can't tell you how many shirts it ruined and now it finally caught on fire inside the unit. My husband took the back panel off only to find ash and melted plastic. I have called Electrolux and they have said because we didn't have an extended warranty the best they can offer us is a 20% rebate to put towards a new purchas and the name of a service provider which we would need to pay for. I could only reply by saying are you kidding me..... yes I think I would like to invest more money into a terrible product for you to tell me it is not safe to fix, duh! Then because they think that I am a complete idiot I should turn around and spend more money on another one of their piles of junk which may or may not burn my house when it too could catch on fire. Really though the best part of it is I could pay 20% less because of their "generous good faith rebate offer." Certainly gives me some peace of mind. What a joke! If you too decide that this may not be the resolution you were seeking, ask for a supervisor. Then you can understand and experience the peak of frustration as you hear the dial tone after being hung up on.

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I have the same model of dryer. I have just gotten over 1st degree burns on three of my fingers from touching the back of the dryer. I noticed the top of the dryer was extremely hot and that is when I touched the back (like an idiot). I have had repair people out, the lint line blown out and an electrician come out. Consensus is the dryer isn't worth the money I paid for it and is more than likely a fire hazard waiting to happen. The back of the dryer is all scorched and brown. I guess I am lucky it didn't burn. What is the answer to getting these darn things recalled?

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I own a Frigidaire gallery model#fse447ghs0 stackable

dryer. I have had several items of clothing burned by the unit and am replacing it this Massachusetts sales tax holiday. I have been forever trying to figure out how the clothing is getting burn marks and finally caught one of the items in the process of lighting up. The clothing is getting stuck between the turning drum and the flange. I am sure that is a good possible reason that we will or have had fires. I posted this to see if I am not the only one to see this problem and I assume their are others which like me am composing a letter to our state attorney consumer complaints department to alert them of this potential danger.

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We bought a Frigidaire allery Series washer and dryer from Orvilles Appliances in 2004. Dryer model # GLGQ942CS. Last night we had a fire in our house! After we evacualted the house and the fire department came and tore out all the piping downstairs it was discovered that it was NOT a lint fire and that the fire had started and was inside the dryer itself. After the dryer was put into the backyard and the firechief opened it up. It was discovered that the motor overheated and caught fire and ignited some sort of Frigidaire envelope that they placed inside the motor compartment on the side that stated " DO NOT Remove this envelope" Ironically that small header from the top of what appeared to be a 8x10" envelope was all that was left inside the charred comparment. The rest was ashes. It was very scary time last night.

I am interested in hearing from others who have had similar experiences with their Frigidaire (Electrolux) Gallery Series Gas Dryer.GLGQ942CS

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My Frigidaire stacked dryer (purchased in 2000) caught the clothes and my condo on fire on 5/21/2007. It was not a lint fire. The fire started in the barrel. Looks like the heating element overheated. How did you resolve your issue? Thanks for your help.