Product Recall Number: 16-231
Why was Video baby monitor’s batteries recalled?
The video baby monitor’s batteries can overheat, swell and expand and cause the battery cover to open or come off. This can expose hot batteries, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Product Recall Number: 16-231
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2016-07-21
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Video baby monitor’s batteries
Description: The video monitor’s batteries can overheat, swell and expand and cause the battery cover to open or come off. This can expose hot batteries.
Hazard Description: The video baby monitor’s batteries can overheat, swell and expand and cause the battery cover to open or come off. This can expose hot batteries, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 26,000 (in addition, 8,000 were sold in Canada)
Incidents: The firm has received 488 reports of batteries overheating and expanding; about 140 reports involved the swelling of the battery pack, causing its plastic casing to open or come off. No injuries have been reported.
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled monitors and contact Lorex to receive a full refund.
Sold At: Babies “R” Us, B&H, Best Buy, Target, The Home Depot, Walmart and online at www.amazon.com and www.lorextechnology.com from May 2013 through April 2016. The video baby monitors were sold in bundles for between $60 and $140.
Importers: FLIR Commercial Systems Inc., of Goleta, Calif.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: Lorex Technology Inc., of, Canada
Manufactured In: China
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed