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CPSC, Lasko Products, Inc. Announce Recall of Fans
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC),
Lasko Products, Inc. of West Chester, PA, is recalling approximately 5.6
million fans manufactured between 1999 and 2001. A potential electrical failure
in the fan motor can pose a fire hazard. The recall includes several models of
fans which were sold at major retail stores, home improvement centers, hardware
stores and other retailers nationwide between 1999 and as late as 2004.
Consumers should stop using these fans immediately. If your fan is affected by
this recall, you can register on-line or call Lasko Products toll free any time
at 1-800-984-3311 to receive a free fan protection cord adapter that is
designed to easily connect to your fan plug and protect against a potential
hazard resulting from an electrical failure in the fan motor.
To start your recall registration, please click one of the following product
images that best depicts the model of your Lasko fan.(If you have more than one
of the models depicted, the registration process will permit you to return to
this screen to register more than one model) IMPORTANT: You
can not register to receive more than a total of four(4) fan protection cords
during a single registration process.
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| Premium Box Fan |
Compact Box Fan |
Box Fan with Thermostat |
Air Director |
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| Cyclone w/w.o
Thermostat |
Air Companion |
Wind Tunnel w/w.o
Thermostat |
Wind Machine |
If you do not see an image that depicts the style of your fan, your fan is not affected by this recall.
(table fans, tower fans, pedestal fans, oscillating fans, clip fans, and other models are NOT affected)
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the
public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000
types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries
and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than
$700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and
families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical
hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer
products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household
chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of
deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline
at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270 or visit CPSC's
Web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html.
Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at
www.cpsc.gov.
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