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Product Recall Number: 17-024

Why was Dehumidifiers recalled?

The dehumidifiers can overheat, smoke and catch fire, posing serious fire and burn hazards.

Dehumidifiers
Here's product recall specific data for Dehumidifiers.

  • Product Recall Number: 17-024

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2016-11-02

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Dehumidifiers

  • Description: This recall involves 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 65, 70, and 75-pint dehumidifiers with the following brand names: Airworks, Alen, Arcticaire, Arctic King, Beaumark, Coolworks, ComfortAire, Comfort Star, Continental Electic, Crosley, Daewoo, Danby, Danby & Designer, Dayton, Degree, Diplomat, Edgestar, Excell, Fellini, Forest Air, Frigidaire, GE, Grunaire, Hanover, Honeywell, Homestyles, Hyundai, Ideal Air, Kenmore (Canada), Keystone, Kul, Midea, Nantucket, Ocean Breeze, Pelonis, Perfect Aire, Perfect Home, Polar Wind, Premiere, Professional Series, Royal Sovereign, Simplicity, Sunbeam, SPT, Sylvania, TGM, Touch Point, Trutemp, Uberhaus, Westpointe, Winix, and Winixl The brand name, model number, pint capacity and manufacture date are printed on the nameplate sticker on the back of the dehumidifier. To determine if your dehumidifier has been recalled, enter the model number at https://www.recallrtr.com/dehumidifier

  • Hazard Description: The dehumidifiers can overheat, smoke and catch fire, posing serious fire and burn hazards.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Refund, Replace

  • Units: About 3.4 million (in addition 850,000 were sold in Canada)

  • Incidents: Midea has received 38 reports of smoke and fire. About $4.8 million property damage has been reported. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately turn off and unplug the dehumidifiers and contact GD Midea for either a replacement unit or a partial refund. Consumers whose dehumidifiers were manufactured before October 1, 2008 will receive a partial refund, not a replacement. The manufacturing dates can be found on back of units.

  • Sold At: Amazon.com, Lowes, Menards, PC Richard and other stores nationwide from January 2003 through December 2013 for between $100 and $300.

  • Importers: None Listed

  • Manufacturers: GD Midea Air Conditioning Equipment Ltd., of China

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: Consumer Contact

  • Custom Field: 800-600-3055 www.midea.com/us/

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