Washer’s bad spin

SAMSUNG has racked up its third straight Shonky Award from consumer group Choice, alongside car makers and retailers for their dubious goods.

Samsung was shamed at the annual awards in Sydney for a washer/dryer that takes 6½ hours for one cycle and uses more than 200 litres of water.

Honda, Toyota, Lexus, BMW and Mazda were chastened for failing to warn consumers of their deadly Takata airbags. Almost 2½ million cars in Australia were recalled.

Coles Complete Cuisine cat food was called anything but complete in nutritional value.