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Singer - 4452 Heavy Duty Sewing Machine - Gray
Average customer rating
4.2
(646 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 646 reviews
5 Stars
415
4 Stars
118
3 Stars
28
2 Stars
23
1 Star
62
85%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Singer - 4452 Heavy Duty Sewing Machine - Gray
Customer Rating
3
Motor froze
on November 30, 2018
Posted by: GrammaT
from Utica, NY
I received my 4452 for Christmas last year (2018) and use it almost every day with no issues until recently. I was 3/4 through a project and it simply froze. I cannot move the hand wheel at all! I took it to JoAnn Fabric where it was purchased and was told that it was the motor. This is the first time I have had a Singer die on me when the machine is just under a year old. I was told the motor was under warranty for the motor but not the labor. Very frustrating for a machine that claims to be capable of handling home projects. The last Singer I had stopped picking up stitches and the gentleman repairing it said to replace the machine due to the plastic parts that Singer now uses. I will take the machine to a authorized repair center, which is an hours drive, and get an estimate. I don't think I will purchase another Singer in the future when I have had two (2) break within the last 3 years!
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Customer Rating
2
Broken
on November 22, 2018
Posted by: Taylin
from Woodworth Montana
It costs over half of what this one advertised costs to repair malfunctioning bobbin casing. I would hesitate to buy another like it. However my 90 year old singer works just fine.
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Customer Rating
3
No
on November 20, 2018
Posted by: unhappy
from Spicer MN
So far a straight stitch is ok. I bought this singer 7/2018 My first singer I used for over 40 yrs. Had some minor repairs. The manual gives you little to no instructions it would be useless to a novice sewer. When I went to use buttonholer there wasn't one as there should have been. I was told to buy my own. '
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Customer Rating
1
i tried to give this machine a chance, but......
on October 23, 2018
Posted by: Lalaine
from Brea, California
I learned to sew in 1966 at age 10 on my mom's professional Singer shop machine (with full motor). After I got married, I bought my own Singer Diana in 1977. LOVED that machine! I sewed so many things on it over the next 30 years and only took it to repair once. For the next 10 years I only sewed sporadically, but my Diana was always dependable. Around 2015 I started having problems with the electronics, got it fixed, it was good to go. But the next year same thing, different part of the electronics that caused the machine to smoke while using it. I was told some of the electronic parts had burned up, and they could no longer find replacement parts! I was devastated! The machine will only stitch straight, so I had to find another new machine that would zig zag and do other side to side stitches. After some research, and a desire to stay with Singer (I have my grandmother's ancient Singer treadle machine that was built in 1922), I chose this heavy duty 4452 in hopes of having another workhorse for the next 40 years (if I live that long!). I've given this machine 2 years and I still don't like it. The main reasons: 1) every time I start a seam and try to backstitch, it jamms up and sometimes tears the fabric as I attempt to remove it from the machine. So now I don't backstitch. 2) the machine comes unthreaded on its own, all the time! I don't know how it does this, or how its even possible, but the thread comes out of the top looper all of a sudden without warning. I start getting a dirty stitch or a jam, and immediately look at the looper, and there it is, unthreaded again! its soooo frustrating! I never had this problem with Diana. sewing used to be a fun hobby, now its a nightmare, I dread using this machine. the only thing stopping me from buying another new one (probably different brand this time) is that i'm a lot older now and rarely sew anymore, so its not worth the price of a new one. I would give anything to find replacement parts for Diana!
Response from singer.comBy singersewingpwr, singersewingpwr, May 29, 2019
Sorry you are having issues with your 4452. It's not normal for it to jam at the beginning when you reverse. Are you holding the thread tails with you begin the seam? If you are starting right on the edge and then reversing the needle may be pushing the fabric into the throat plate. Holding the thread tails for the beginning of a seam may help. (Also check needle size for the weight of the fabric.)
Sounds like possibly a threading issue, if the thread is coming out of take up lever. It's possible that it wasn't in correctly at the beginning. Make sure to have the presser foot raised and the needle in the highest position when you begin threading. As the take-up lever is not exposed as older machines had them, it may be easy to not get it slipped in correctly. When you are threading this area and make the turn around the take-up lever, give the thread a tug to be sure it's completely in the take-up lever and then thread the rest to the machine. Before threading the needle pull on the thread with the presser foot raised. It should pull easily through the machine. Now lower the presser foot and continue to pull. You should feel some resistance. If the thread continues to come out of the take-up lever, then the machine needs to be serviced to have this re-positioned.
Sounds like possibly a threading issue, if the thread is coming out of take up lever. It's possible that it wasn't in correctly at the beginning. Make sure to have the presser foot raised and the needle in the highest position when you begin threading. As the take-up lever is not exposed as older machines had them, it may be easy to not get it slipped in correctly. When you are threading this area and make the turn around the take-up lever, give the thread a tug to be sure it's completely in the take-up lever and then thread the rest to the machine. Before threading the needle pull on the thread with the presser foot raised. It should pull easily through the machine. Now lower the presser foot and continue to pull. You should feel some resistance. If the thread continues to come out of the take-up lever, then the machine needs to be serviced to have this re-positioned.
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Customer Rating
4
Not very happy for a heavy duty
on August 6, 2018
Posted by: No impressed
from Cortez, CO.
So far not impressed! I got this to go through cording doesn't want to sew through and the pressure foot does not lift up easily. The owners manual that came with it is horrible.
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Posted by: Lisa the Shirt Maker
from Tuolumne CA
Verified Purchase:Yes
I'm a machine neophobe. I've had my old machine since 1977!!! As an avid sewer it was hard for me to admit my old girl needed retirement. I looked for a long time to find, what I believe to be, a light weight multifunctional machine with an excellent button hole tool.I found it in this machine. Great job Singer!
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Posted by: Beth
from Wyoming
Verified Purchase:Yes
Works fantastic. Goes through several layers of jean like a breeze.
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Posted by: GR
from Miami, FL
Verified Purchase:Yes
I use this machine for simple projects. It seems to work as a basic machine, but lacks some simple features such as auto-adjustment for material width that are standard on comparable machines. I sew elastic belts with sew-on velcro, and this machine does not handle them very well, skipping stitches and losing the bobbin at times. This is really disappointing as it is supposed to be a heavy duty machine. For the price, I wish I would have gotten a different machine might not have been 'heavy duty', but would have been easier for a novice sewer like myself.
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