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Product Recall Number: 16-729

Why was Gas boilers recalled?

The boiler can overheat and emit flue gases into the venting system and carbon monoxide can leak throughout the residence, posing a fire and carbon monoxide hazard to consumers.

Gas boilers
Here's product recall specific data for Gas boilers.

  • Product Recall Number: 16-729

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-02-25

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Gas boilers

  • Description: The boiler can overheat and emit flue gases into the venting system and carbon monoxide can leak throughout the residence, posing a fire and carbon monoxide hazard to consumers.

  • Hazard Description: The boiler can overheat and emit flue gases into the venting system and carbon monoxide can leak throughout the residence, posing a fire and carbon monoxide hazard to consumers.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Repair

  • Units: About 165 in the United States (in addition, about 141 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: The firm has received 10 reports where the boilers overheated, causing the boilers to shut down. No injuries have been reported. 

  • Remedy: Consumers with recalled boilers should immediately contact the installer or distributor to schedule a free boiler safety inspection and repair. Consumers who continue using the boilers while awaiting repair, should have working smoke and carbon alarms throughout their homes.

  • Sold At: Heating and Plumbing contractors or wholesalers to consumers nationwide from September 2015 through December 2015 for about $4,800 and $5,800. 

  • Importers: Viessmann Manufacturing Co. (U.S.) Inc., of Warwick, R.I.

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: Germany

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed