Hi all,

anyone help. My hotpoint fridge (just over a yeal old now .. and out of
warranty DOH!) has started to leak some brown stuff at the bottom right
foot. the temp dosen't seem as cold either. Is this easily fixed...
what is it....HURRY - my beers getting warm....(-;

Joe.

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anyone help. My hotpoint fridge (just over a yeal old now .. and out of
warranty DOH!) has started to leak some brown stuff at the bottom right
foot. the temp dosen't seem as cold either. Is this easily fixed...
what is it....HURRY - my beers getting warm....(-;

Have you pulled it out and had a look to see where it's coming from?

Failing that, don't worry about the guarantee only being a year, the
implied guarantee on something like a fridge should see you well past a
year.http://www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/Fact...page24700.html

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Yeah, pulled it out but there was nothing underneath - will need to
have a better look under it. I thought maybe it was something to do
with the gas.

Damn - checked my receipt. It was feb/04 i purchased it..ahh how time
passes... am I still within my rights to get it repaired by them ?

Cheers

Joe

Guy King wrote:
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from "JoeFaeGlesga" contains these words:

anyone help. My hotpoint fridge (just over a yeal old now .. and out of
warranty DOH!) has started to leak some brown stuff at the bottom right
foot. the temp dosen't seem as cold either. Is this easily fixed...
what is it....HURRY - my beers getting warm....(-;

Have you pulled it out and had a look to see where it's coming from?

Failing that, don't worry about the guarantee only being a year, the
implied guarantee on something like a fridge should see you well past a
year.http://www.dti.gov.uk/consumers/Fact...page24700.html

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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from "JoeFaeGlesga" contains these words:

Damn - checked my receipt. It was feb/04 i purchased it..ahh how time
passes... am I still within my rights to get it repaired by them ?

You can but try.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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Guy King writes:
The message .com
from "JoeFaeGlesga" contains these words:

Damn - checked my receipt. It was feb/04 i purchased it..ahh how time
passes... am I still within my rights to get it repaired by them ?

You can but try.

Your legal redress is against the supplier, not the manufacturer.
Of course, the manufacturer might decide to sort it out, guarantee
or not, so it might still be worth starting with them.

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Andrew Gabriel

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JoeFaeGlesga writes
Hi all,

anyone help. My hotpoint fridge (just over a yeal old now .. and out of
warranty DOH!) has started to leak some brown stuff at the bottom right
foot. the temp dosen't seem as cold either. Is this easily fixed...
what is it....HURRY - my beers getting warm....(-;

Crud in the auto defrost mechanism ?

I think you will find that you have rights above and beyond the 12 month
warranty - that it should be fit for purpose and you should expect a
reasonable lifetime out of it

It has been extensively debated here in the past, search the archives
and maybe for example

http://www.bbc.co.uk/consumer/guides_to/



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geoff