Product Recall Number: 11-294
Why was Pogoplug Video file sharing device recalled?
The unit can overheat or catch fire, emitting excessive heat, sparks, smoke or flames.
Product Recall Number: 11-294
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2011-08-01
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Pogoplug Video file sharing device
Description: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Hazard Description: The unit can overheat or catch fire, emitting excessive heat, sparks, smoke or flames.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 9,500 in the United States and 1,500 in Canada
Incidents: Cloud Engines has received three reports of the units overheating. One device caught fire, one device emitted smoke, and one device melted, damaging the desk it was on.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using and unplug the devices, and contact Cloud Engines to receive a refund or replacement device.
Sold At: Adorama, B&H, Best Buy, Buy.com, J&R, Pogoplug.com, New Egg, and Sony Style from March 2011 through June 2011 for about $200.
Importers: Cloud Engines Inc. of San Francisco, Calif.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed