Maytag MDE2400AYW Owners Manual - Page 2

Important Safety Instructions Installer: Please leave this manual with this appliance. Consumer: Please read and keep this manual for future reference. Keep sales receipt and/or canceled check as proof of purchase. Model Number Serial Number Date of Purchase If you have questions, call: Maytag Customer Assistance 1-800-688-9900 U.S.A. 1-800-688-2002 Canada (Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Eastern Time) Internet: http://www.maytag.com U.S.A. Customers using TTY for deaf, hearing impaired or speech impaired, call 1-800-688-2080. In our continuing effort to improve the quality and performance of our appliances, it may be necessary to make changes to the appliance without revising this guide. For service information, see page 11. What You Need to Know About Safety Instructions Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in this manual are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may occur. Common sense, caution and care must be exercised when installing, maintaining or operating appliance. Always contact your dealer, distributor, service agent or manufacturer about problems or conditions you do not understand. Recognize Safety Symbols, Words and Labels WARNING WARNING - Hazards or unsafe practices which COULD result in severe personal injury or death. CAUTION CAUTION - Hazards or unsafe practices which COULD result in minor personal injury. 1 WARNING FIRE HAZARD - Do not place into your dryer items that have been spotted or soaked with vegetable oil or cooking oil. Even after being washed, these items may contain significant amounts of these oils. The remaining oil can ignite spontaneously. The potential for spontaneous ignition increases when the items containing vegetable oil or cooking oil are exposed to heat. Heat sources, such as your clothes dryer, can warm these items, allowing an oxidation reaction in the oil to occur. Oxidation creates heat. If this heat cannot escape, the items can become hot enough to catch fire. Piling, stacking or storing these kinds of items may prevent heat from escaping and can create a fire hazard. All washed and unwashed fabrics that contain vegetable oil or cooking oil can be dangerous. Washing these items in hot water with extra detergent will reduce, but will not eliminate, the hazard. Always use the Cool Down cycle for these items to reduce the items' temperature. Never remove these items from the clothes dryer hot or interrupt the drying cycle until the items have run through the Cool Down cycle. Never pile or stack these items when they are hot.