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Product Recall Number: 23-250

Why was Philips Avent Digital Video Baby Monitors recalled?

The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in the Parent Unit monitors can overheat during charging, posing a risk of burns and property damage.

Philips Avent Digital Video Baby Monitors
Here's product recall specific data for Philips Avent Digital Video Baby Monitors.

  • Product Recall Number: 23-250

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2023-08-03

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: Philips Avent Digital Video Baby Monitors

  • Description: This recall involves Philips Avent video baby monitors used to remotely monitor infants. They consist of a Baby Unit (camera) and a Parent Unit (monitor) pair. The monitor has a 3.5-inch color screen. The recalled baby monitors include models SCD630 and SCD843 only, manufactured between March 2016 and December 2019. The model numbers and production date codes, in day-month-year format, are located on the bottom of the Parent Unit. The monitors and camera are white. Philips Avent is printed on the front.

  • Hazard Description: The rechargeable lithium-ion batteries in the Parent Unit monitors can overheat during charging, posing a risk of burns and property damage.

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Replace

  • Units: About 12,850

  • Incidents: Philips has received 23 reports of Philips Avent video baby monitors overheating in Europe, including seven reports of minor injuries.  No incidents or injuries have been reported in the United States.

  • Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the Digital Video Baby Monitors and contact Philips Avent for a free replacement.

  • Sold At: Sold online at ToysRUs.com, Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Jet.com, and https://www.usa.philips.com/ from March 2016 through January 2020 for between $120 and $200.

  • Importers: Philips Personal Health, a division of Philips North America, of Stamford, Connecticut

  • Manufacturers: Philips Consumer Lifestyle B.V., of The Netherlands

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: China

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed