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Recalls involving tank, tankless, and heat-pump water heaters.
44 official CPSC notices published 1977–2026, covering at least 1.9 million units.
Type the model number from your water heater's label. Every model number named in a water heater recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
91 model numbers
400,000 BTU Universal-HC Series Pool Heaters · 26-777 · 2026
VST gas-fired tankless water heaters · 26-026 · 2025
Usines Giant Factories Gas Water Heaters · 22-016 · 2021
A. O. Smith 30 gallon gas water heaters · 19-030 · 2018
John Wood oil-fired water heaters · 15-155 · 2015
Ritchie Immersion Heaters · 09-141 · 2009
A.O. Smith Water Products 75-Gallon Propane Gas Water Heaters · 06-002 · 2005
Bradford White 75-Gallon Power Vented Gas Water Heaters · 02-553 · 2002
AquaStar natural gas water heaters · 01-085 · 2001
LP Polaris Comfort Systems comb. water heaters/home heating… · 96-191 · 1996
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Hayward Industries
During operation, the heaters can produce high levels of carbon monoxide (CO), posing a risk of serious injury or death from carbon monoxide poisoning.
The exhaust duct can crack, allowing gases to escape inside of the home, posing a carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning hazard that can result in death or serious injury.
The portable water heaters can leak gas from the gas regulator connection, posing a fire hazard.
The power handle can short circuit and overheat, posing fire and burn hazards
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A kit installed on the tankless water heaters and boilers to convert them from natural gas to propane can cause the unit to produce excessive amounts of carbon monoxide, posing a risk of carbon monoxide poisoning to consumers.
The water heater's flame arrestor can fail to work properly, posing a fire hazard.
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The water heater's gas burner screen develops tears. The water heater's burner can then create excess radiant heat, posing a fire hazard if the water heater is installed directly on a wood or other combustible floor.
The control panel on the water heaters can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards.
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Water Heating Technologies
The water heaters have a space between the burner flange and the combustion chamber that allows flammable liquids or gases to contact burning flammable vapors inside the combustion chamber, posing a risk of fire or explosion.
The water heater's combustion chamber can be misaligned and heat the exterior walls of the water heater instead of the water. Combustible material near the outside of the water heater can catch fire, posing fire and burn hazards.
On units with a space between the bottom of the water tank and the combustion chamber, the flame arrestor or flame arrestor plate can fail, posing a risk of fire or explosion if flammable liquids or gases are nearby.
The water heaters can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once; 32 of 44 notices add a unit count. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 44 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
Amazon (3), Lowe's (2), The Home Depot (2), Best Buy (1), and Walmart (1) are the stores named most often in the 32 notices that say where water heaters were sold. 4 of the 32 notices mention online sales.
The 28 notices that give a price range from $5 to $7,300. Half of them name a price of $455 or less.
By the 31 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 2 years or less; the longest for 25 years. Half the recalls came within 3 years of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A repair in 11 of the 14 notices that name a remedy, a replacement in 5. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 20 of the 44 notices (45%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then carbon monoxide (10), burn (7), electric shock (7), and poisoning (7).
16 of the 33 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 1 reports injuries and 1 reports deaths. 17 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
18 of the 44 notices list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 18, date codes or manufacture dates in 16, 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 label on the side of the water heater”, “on a white label on the outside of the unit”, and “on the manufacturer's label on the water heater”.
United States (14), Mexico (8), Canada (3), South Korea (3) and Brazil (2), in the 30 notices that name a manufacturing country.
3 water heater notices in 2021–2025, down from 5 in 2016–2020. Across all CPSC notices on file, the count rose 16% over the same years.
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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 44 recall notices for water heaters since 1977, covering at least 1.9 million units. The most recent is “Hayward Industries Recalls Universal Pool Heaters Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Hazard” (CPSC 26-777), announced September 17, 2026.
Yes. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 1 recall notice for water heaters in 2026, on September 17, 2026 (CPSC 26-777).
“A. O. Smith Recalls Ultra-Low NOx Water Heaters Due to Fire Hazard” (CPSC 19-029), announced November 8, 2018: about 616,000 units.
Brands named most often: A. O. Smith (6), White-Rodgers (4), Robertshaw Controls (3), A.O. Smith Water Products (2), Kyung Dong Navien Co. Ltd, South Korea (2), Navien (2), Rheem (2) and American Standard, plus 34 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. 18 of the 44 notices here list model numbers. They also name serial numbers in 18 and date codes or manufacture dates in 16.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across water heater recalls, the remedies offered most often are repair (11) and replacement (5).
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