Product type
Recalls involving portable electric, ceramic, infrared, and oil-filled space heaters.
38 official CPSC notices published 1973–2024, matched on the notice's product identity — not on description text.
Duraflame electric
Hazard: The heater can overheat and cause the units to melt, catch fire and ignite nearby items, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Shanghai Limach Mfg.
Hazard: The portable fans plastic housing can melt, deform and catch fire during use, posing a fire hazard.
Portable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric
Hazard: The heater design can fail to prevent ignition of nearby combustible materials that come in contact with the unit, posing a fire hazard to the consumer.
Big Lots
Hazard: The heaters can overheat and melt, posing a fire or electric shock hazard.
Honeywell International
Hazard: The thermostats can overheat, causing them to melt and smoke. This poses a burn hazard to the consumer.
PD Sixty Distributor
Hazard: The space heater can overheat due to loose electrical connections, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
SoleusAir
Hazard: The unit can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
Berko Electric
Hazard: If the fan stops working and the heater continues to run, the unit can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
American Standard
Hazard: Overheating of the wiring in the accessory heater can lead to wall thermostat fires.
Lasko Products
Hazard: The power cord connection can overheat and cause the cord to separate from the space heater. This poses a fire, burn and shock hazard.
Vermont Castings
Hazard: Overheating inside the space heaters can cause the exterior to become extremely hot, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
Trane
CPSC published a recall notice for American Standard accessory electric heaters from Trane on August 18, 1999.