🏠 Consumer Products • 537 recalls
Whirlpool Corp., of Benton Harbor, Mich.
All of the appliances use faulty wiring, which can overheat, melt through the insulation and cause a short circuit. They may pose a shock hazard to consumers, if the appliance is not properly grounded.
Mostly Memories Inc., of Ozark, Mo.
The dried apples and cinnamon in the candle can ignite, causing a flare up and breaking the glass, posing a fire hazard.
Vaxcel International Co. Ltd., of Glendale Heights, Ill.
These ceiling fans were assembled without the proper wire insulation sleeving, which could result in exposed wiring. Consumers could receive an electrical shock during installation or removal.
Osram Sylvania Products Inc., of Danvers, Mass.
The glass bulb can separate from its base and break during use. The broken glass can present a laceration injury to consumers, the hot broken bulb can present a burn injury to consumers, and an exposed bulb filament can present a shock hazard if handled while power remains applied to the fixture.
Friedrich Air Conditioning Co., of San Antonio, Texas
The rotary dial switch on these units can be positioned between the high and low speed fan setting. This can cause the units to overheat and possibly catch fire.
Simplicity Manufacturing Inc., of Port Washington, Wis.
A safety switch under the seat of these lawn tractors and riding mowers is designed to stop the mower blade turning within 5 seconds of the operator leaving the tractor seat. The recalled mowers' blades can continue to turn longer than 5 seconds after the operator leaves the seat, posing a laceration and amputation hazard.
O. Ames, a predecessor company of Ames True Temper Inc., of Camp Hill, Pa.
The plastic wheel assemblies on these wheelbarrows can break when the tires are being inflated. This can result in plastic pieces exploding from the rims of the wheels, possibly hitting nearby consumers and causing lacerations and other injuries.
Electro-Heat Inc., of Allegan, Mich.
Moisture building up pressure inside the defrost heater can cause it to forcefully eject from the frozen food case, possibly injuring bystanders.
SMC Marketing Corp., of Grand Prairie, Texas
The electric power cord can be damaged by the oscillation motion of the fan. The damage to the cord can result in a short circuit and possible ignition of the plastic case, posing a fire hazard.
White-Rodgers, a division of Emerson Electric Co., of St. Louis, Mo.
The gas water heater controls can gradually open instead of snapping open to full flow, which can cause soot to build up on the water heater burner, presenting a fire hazard.
Murray, Inc., of Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
Plastic components on these lawn mowers and lawn tractors can crack, if they are struck by an object thrown from the blade. Objects can be ejected from the mower unexpectedly and could hit nearby consumers.
Murray, Inc., of Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
The fuel tank can develop cracks, allowing fuel to leak, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Lakewood Engineering and Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, Ill.
Electrical connections inside of the heater can become loose. This could cause the metal portion of the heater to become energized, posing a serious shock hazard to consumers.
Unknown Manufacturer
The power cord connection can overheat and cause the cord to separate from the space heater. This poses a fire, burn and shock hazard.
Grand Hall Enterprise Co. Ltd., of Taiwan
If moisture gets inside the temperature gauge, the glass cover on the gauge can break, posing a risk of injury to people nearby.
Sta-Rite Industries, Inc. of Delavan, Wis.
The Posi-Lok™ locking ring, which secures the filter's upper tank shell to the lower tank shell (see diagram), can disengage from the lower tank shell, allowing the top shell of the filter to blow off, causing injury to nearby consumers.
Honda Power Equipment Manufacturing Inc., of Swepsonville, N.C.
If the lawnmower strikes an object with sufficient force, the crankshaft can bend. Vibration created by a bent crankshaft can eventually result in a fatigue failure of the Roto-stop™ blade brake control assembly. This can allow the cutting blade to continue rotating after the blade control lever is released, posing a risk of injury to consumers.
Lang Candles Ltd., of Delafield, Wis.
The melting pots can produce excessive flame and/or ignite, presenting a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Unknown Manufacturer
Some of these regulators were assembled with an undersized seat disc that could become dislodged and leak propane gas. Propane gas is highly flammable and could ignite, causing a fire or explosion. Consumers should immediately close the valve on the service cylinder if LP-Gas leakage is detected.
Unknown Manufacturer
About 80 of these units were improperly assembled with a metal sleeve that could cause exposed wiring. If this occurs, consumers are at an increased risk of receiving an electrical shock during installation or removal.