Product type
Recalls involving plug-in, LED, and portable night lights.
26 official CPSC notices published 1976–2026, covering at least 3.2 million units.
Type the model number from your night light's label. Every model number named in a night light recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
12 model numbers
Love To Dream Portable Sleep Machines · 26-798 · 2026
G & Y MyBaby Giraffe Nightlights · 19-718 · 2018
Luminescent night lights · 17-148 · 2017
Target Circo Night Lights · 15-188 · 2015
Mason Jar Night Light · 15-151 · 2015
LED Night Light · 12-124 · 2012
LED night lights · 11-318 · 2011
Intermatic Electroluminescent Night Light · 02-084 · 2002
Emergency Lite 3-in-1 HomeSafe automatic night-lights · 96-006 · 1995
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The lithium-ion battery in the recalled portable sleep machines can overheat if the charger is not compatible with the unit, posing a risk of injury from fire and burn hazards.
The small feet on the giraffe-shaped nightlight can detach, posing a choking hazard to small children.
The soother's USB wall power adapter can break, posing an electrical shock hazard.
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Disney Destinations, LLC, d/b/a Disney Theme Park Merchandise
Liquid from the nightlight can leak onto the electrical outlet, posing a fire hazard.
The night lights can short circuit, posing shock and fire hazard to consumers.
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The nightlight's plastic covering can detach and expose electrical components, posing an electrical shock hazard.
The battery can overheat and cause the night light to melt, posing a fire hazard.
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Nantucket Distributing Co. LLC, Middleboro, Mass.
The plastic around the base of the light bulb can melt, posing a burn hazard.
The night lights can overheat and smoke, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
American Tack & Hardware Co. Inc. (AmerTac)
An electrical short circuit in the night light can cause it to overheat and smolder or melt, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
Corvest Acquisition Inc. (now Camsing Global LLC)
The LED night lights can overheat, smolder, and melt which may cause minor burns to consumers.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 23 of 26 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 26 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (4), Target (4), IKEA (1), The Home Depot (1), and True Value (1) are the stores named most often in the 23 notices that say where night lights were sold. 9 of the 23 notices mention online sales.
The 20 notices that give a price range from $1 to $60. Half of them name a price of $6.50 or less.
By the 22 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 16 months or less; the longest for 8 years. Half the recalls came within 17 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A refund in 12 of the 15 notices that name a remedy, disposal instructions in 1, a repair in 1, a replacement in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 15 of the 26 notices (58%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then electric shock (14), burn (9), choking (1), and laceration (1).
21 of the 23 notices that describe incidents report at least one. 2 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
9 of the 26 notices list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 6, UPC codes in 1. A matching model number is a reason to open the notice, not the last word.
Where the notices say the numbers are: “on a sticker on the bottom of the product packaging”.
China (20), Taiwan (1) and United States (1), in the 22 notices that name a manufacturing country.
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Every notice, newest first. Unit counts are the U.S. figures each notice states.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 26 recall notices for night lights since 1976, covering at least 3.2 million units. The most recent is “Love To Dream Recalls Portable Sleep Machines Due to Risk of Injury from Fire and Burn Hazards” (CPSC 26-798), announced September 24, 2026.
Yes. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 1 recall notice for night lights in 2026, on September 24, 2026 (CPSC 26-798).
“CPSC, Dura Kleen (USA) Inc. Announce Recall of Nightlights” (CPSC 01-093), announced February 26, 2001: about 459,000 units.
Brands named most often: American Tack & Hardware Co. Inc. (AmerTac) (3), AmerTac (2), Energizer (2), Danara, Disney Destinations, LLC, d/b/a Disney Theme Park Merchandise, Home Depot, IKEA and Intermatic, plus 16 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. 9 of the 26 notices here list model numbers. They also name date codes or manufacture dates in 6.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across night light recalls, the remedies offered most often are refund (12), dispose (1) and repair (1).
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