Product Recalls in 2003

Hazard: The treadmill can unexpectedly accelerate, possibly causing the user to lose control and fall.

Hazard: These smoke detectors may fail to work properly upon installation or if there is an extended loss of power. If the smoke alarms fail to detect fire or smoke, it poses a serious hazard to occupants inside of the dwelling.

Hazard: The monitor's circuit board can overheat and smoke, posing a fire hazard to consumers.

Hazard: The heaters can emit high levels of carbon monoxide (CO), posing a risk of CO poisoning to consumers, if used indoors.

Hazard: A malfunctioning circuit board can cause these gas pool heaters to fail to ignite, allowing gas to accumulate in the heater cover. Delayed ignition of built-up gas can result in a fire or explosion, causing property damage and injuries.

Hazard: Certain wind conditions blowing at these grills can cause overheating or flashbacks under the control panel. Flames could damage the hose that supplies gas to the burner, causing an uncontrolled flame. Also, flames could come in contact with user's hands, resulting in burns.

Hazard: Small parts of the toy jet can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: One of the puzzle pieces (a stack of newspapers) poses a small parts choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: The head can detach from the body of the villagers, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: Small parts can break off the toy trucks, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: The forks on the bicycles can develop cracks near the crown area, resulting in failure of the fork and posing a risk of injury to the rider.

Hazard: Welds on the frame of these trampolines can break during use, causing consumers to fall to the ground and suffer injuries.

Hazard: These testers can short out at high voltages. Consumers can suffer burns.

Hazard: The small plastic bolt covers pose a choking hazard to small children.

Hazard: Plastic knobs on the rings can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Hazard: The drill's switch can malfunction and overheat, posing the possibility of a fire hazard to consumers.

Hazard: The computer's alert signal system may not work properly and the computer screen may freeze. This may cause inaccurate information to be displayed, such as water depth, tank pressure, and ascent rate, posing a risk to the safety of a diver.

Hazard: The novelty lighters are not equipped with child-resistant mechanisms. They pose fire and burn hazards to young children.

Hazard: The bottles of paraffin oil in these sets do not have the child-resistant closures required by federal law.

Hazard: The handles on the base of the slow cookers can break, posing a risk of burns from hot food spilling onto consumers.

Hazard: A small hose inside the toad can fail, allowing water to fill the toad's cavity. The increased water pressure can cause the toad to explode, posing the risk of injury to anyone nearby.

Hazard: The actuator arm could fail, resulting in a loss of transmission control and risk of personal injury.

Hazard: When exposed to severely cold temperatures and impact, such as may occur during shipping, the power cord insulation on the electric air pump can crack, creating a short-circuit or exposing live electrical wires and presenting a shock or electrocution hazard.

Hazard: If the capacitors short circuit, due to a very high electrical surge, such as from a lightening strike, the metal parts on the television could present a shock or electrocution hazard. In addition, the metal jacks on the back of the television or another metal box attached to the television could present a shock or electrocution hazard, as a result of the capacitors' failure.

Hazard: The firework device has a defective base and can break during launch. If reused, the launching device could then send fireworks in unintended directions, possible causing injury.

Hazard: A potential burn hazard from ignition flashback or an increase in tank water temperature.

Hazard: The toys' seams can separate and allow small beads to be released, presenting an aspiration hazard to young children.

Hazard: The adapter plug can separate, exposing live electrical conductors, posing an electrocution and shock hazard to consumers.

Hazard: The aerosol cans can forcefully break apart, posing a risk of serious injury to nearby consumers.

Hazard: These blankets can overheat, posing a risk of burn injuries to consumers, especially when the blanket is folded or bunched.