Maytag Corp. Recall to Repair Gas Ranges

Date of Recall

2003-03-27

CPSC Release Number

03-099

Description

In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Maytag Corp., of Newton, Iowa, is voluntarily recalling to repair about 23,000 Gemini gas ranges. The range can experience a delayed ignition flashback fire in the upper oven, which poses a fire and burn hazard to consumers.

Maytag has received nine reports of flashback fires, including three minor burn injuries and incidents where consumers suffered singed hair or clothing.

The recall involves all Maytag Gemini Gas Ranges. The Gemini ranges are free standing, have separate upper and lower ovens, and come in white, black, bisque and a stainless finish. The "Maytag" and "Gemini" names and logos appear on the control panel. The recalled ranges have a model number of MGR6772 and a serial number with the alpha characters AJ through AX or CA through CC, both of which are located on a flip-up serial tag behind the upper left corner of the control panel. The ranges were manufactured in the United States.

Retail appliance stores nationwide sold the ranges from July 2002 through February 2003 for between $1,300 and $1,500.

Consumers should immediately stop using the upper oven self-clean and broil features and consumers should not use the upper oven simultaneously with the lower oven. Consumers should contact Maytag at (866) 580-9177 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday to arrange for a free, in-home repair by an authorized Maytag Customer Service contractor. For more information, consumers can visit Maytag's web site at www.maytag.com

Use of the lower oven is not affected by this repair and may be used in normal operation.

Recall Comments

Jan

Posted by Anonymous

1/11/16 8:46AM

I BOUGHT THE MAYTAG double oven stove,it has never worked right
I have had it since November of 2014,one of the large burnners
quite working,i called the repair shop they came out,the burner
was almost on fire he said,it came that way from the factory,
now the webbing to seal the stove is coming off,i don't like the way
this stove is working ,I would never recamend this stove to anyone

Feb

Posted by yiayiaK

2/6/13 9:25AM

We have the Jennaire version (JDR8895)of the Maytag Gemini gas range that has been repaired once already because the self-cleaning oven process cracked the inner window plus the lower heating element in the bottom oven broke by itself. The little bake light started coming on with a beep long after we had shut the oven off. We got the stove repaired almost 2 years ago and now the little beep & bake light have started going off again, even when the oven HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR A COUPLE DAYS. Has Maytag finally admitted that this is a recall issue? The original repair bill was over the price of a nice simple electric range..I wish now that we had purchased one and gotten rid of the Jennaire.

Mar

Posted by Ugleydog

3/28/12 6:18PM

When is Maytag going to acknowledge that this is more or less the identical sister to Jen Air's JDR8895??? And do something about it before someone gets burned to death. Do they really want that on their conscience or is making money more important than lives to them? I have the JDR8895BAB, the control board is all shrunken and shriveled from all the heat that came from behind, all of the modules behind (what I call the censor board are melted) and we are all just lucky to be alive. Come on Maytag, Whirlpool, Jen Air take responsibility for the products you manufacture. You are aware of the defects, all of the fires that your products start, but is it going to take someone losing their lives and an impending law suit for you to correct the defects, so that the products you make so much money on are safe?