Product type
Recalls involving room and whole-house humidifiers.
12 official CPSC notices published 1977–2023, covering at least 879,600 units.
Type the model number from your humidifier's label. Every model number named in a humidifier recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
20 model numbers
Research Products Steam Humidifiers · 23-231 · 2023
Ultrasonic Clean Mist Humidifiers · 14-750 · 2014
Honeywell DeLonghi portable electric ceramic heaters · 98-091 · 1998
Duracraft humidifiers · 97-184 · 1997
Edison Compact Tabletop Humidifiers · 85-064 · 1985
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The recalled steam humidifiers containing a specific type of electrode wire with a "D" shaped connector can loosen causing arcing and/or overheating, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
The humidifiers can overheat while in use, posing fire and shock hazards.
Water can enter the base and cause the circuit board to short circuit and overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Water used in the humidifier can leak into the unit's electrical compartment, posing a fire hazard.
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Water from the humidifier can leak into the unit's electrical compartment, posing a fire hazard.
The motors in these humidifiers can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
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These humidifiers can develop an electrical short, presenting a fire hazard.
Fire & Fire-Related Burn
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Burn - Not Fire-Related
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 7 of 12 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 12 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (1), Lowe's (1), QVC (1), and Walmart (1) are the stores named most often in the 7 notices that say where humidifiers were sold. 3 of the 7 notices mention online sales.
The 7 notices that give a price range from $8 to $3,500. Half of them name a price of $50 or less.
By the 7 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 18 months or less; the longest for 4.5 years. Half the recalls came within 19 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A repair in 2 of the 3 notices that name a remedy, a refund in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 11 of the 12 notices (92%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then burn (4) and electric shock (2).
All 7 notices that describe incidents report at least one.
6 of the 12 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 1, date codes or manufacture dates in 5. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on a white label on the bottom of the humidifier” (2 notices), “on a label affixed to the underside of the humidifier”, and “on a label located on the back of the motor/switch housing”.
China (5) and United States (1), in the 6 notices that name a manufacturing country.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 12 recall notices for humidifiers since 1977, covering at least 879,600 units. The most recent is “Research Products Recalls Steam Humidifiers Due to Fire Hazard” (CPSC 23-231), announced June 22, 2023.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice for humidifiers in 2026. The most recent was announced June 22, 2023 (CPSC 23-231).
“CPSC, Sunbeam® Announce Recall of Glow-In-the-Dark Humidifiers” (CPSC 00-020), announced November 17, 1999: about 560,000 units.
Brands named most often: Hunter Fan (3), Duracraft (2), Warm Mist Carefree (2), Air Comfort Products, Bemis Manufacturing, Honeywell, McGraw Edison and QVC, plus 3 more brands. Brand-name products are often made by another firm, so one recall can span several brands.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 6 of the 12 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 1 and date codes or manufacture dates in 5. The place they name most often is “on a white label on the bottom of the humidifier”.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across humidifier recalls, the remedies offered most often are repair (2) and refund (1).
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