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Product Recall Number: 16-098

Why was Ceiling lamps recalled?

The plastic retaining clips that secure the glass shades to the lamp housings can break and allow the glass shades to fall, posing a laceration hazard.

Ceiling lamps
Here's product recall specific data for Ceiling lamps.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-098

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-02-09

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Ceiling lamps

  • Description: The plastic retaining clips that secure the glass shades to the lamp housings can break and allow the glass shades to fall, posing a laceration hazard.

  • Hazard Description: The plastic retaining clips that secure the glass shades to the lamp housings can break and allow the glass shades to fall, posing a laceration hazard.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund

  • Units: About 840,000 (in addition, about 427,000 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: Ikea has received 224 reports of incidents worldwide of retaining clips breaking and glass shades falling from the lamps, including with 11 injuries. Three incidents with no injuries were reported in the U.S.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled ceiling lamps, uninstall them and return them to any IKEA store for a full refund.

  • Sold At:  IKEA stores worldwide and online at www.ikea-usa.com from October 2012 through January 2016 for about $13 for the HYBY ceiling lamp, and from November 2002 through January 2016 for about $5 for the LOCK ceiling lamp.

  • Importers: IKEA North America Services LLC, of Conshohocken, Pa

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed