Viking recalls side-by-side refrigerators/freezers

Viking Range LLC is recalling side by side refrigerator freezers because of a fire hazard, according to the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

Electrical connectors in the refrigerator freezer wiring harness can overheat, posing a fire hazard, according to the CPSC.

The recall is for Viking Built-In 48-Inch wide Side-by-Side Refrigerator/ Freezers manufactured before March 1, 2005 and certain Built-In 36-Inch wide Bottom Mount Freezer Refrigerators manufactured before April 10, 2006, according to Viking.

No 42-Inch wide or freestanding refrigerators are involved in the recall, Viking stated on its website.

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