
IKEA VARMFRONT Power Banks
The power banks can overheat, posing a fire hazard.
- Fire
- About 1,600 units
- 3 reports
- Refund or Replacement
38 official CPSC notices mention IKEA in the where-sold text. A mention describes where the recalled product was sold, not who conducted the recall.

The power banks can overheat, posing a fire hazard.

The USB charger's cable can become damaged or break over time, posing burn and electric shock hazards.

A small metal rivet within a wooden play piece can come loose and detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The recalled espresso makers with the stainless-steel safety valve can burst and expel hot contents, posing burn or other injury hazards to consumers.
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The snap on the bibs can detach, posing a choking hazard to young children.

The table's glass extension leaf can detach and fall unexpectedly, posing a laceration hazard.
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The glass shade on the ceiling lamp can detach and fall, posing impact and laceration hazards to consumers.

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The recalled chests and dressers are unstable if they are not properly anchored to the wall, posing serious tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in injuries or death to children.

The locking mechanism can open unexpectedly, posing a fall hazard to children and other consumers.

The fabric hook and loop fastener at the neck of the bat cape can fail to detach readily during use, posing a strangulation hazard to children.

Cables damaged during manufacturing can come in contact with the metal body of the lamp, posing a shock hazard to consumers.
Counted across all 38 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
No national chain is named in the 38 notices that say where the products were sold. 25 of the 38 notices mention online sales.
The 38 notices that give a price range from $2 to $1,000. Half of them name a price of $20 or less.
By the 38 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 23 months or less; the longest for 30 years. Half the recalls came within 2 years of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A refund in 25 of the 31 notices that name a remedy, a replacement in 8, a repair in 5. Some notices offer more than one.
Fall is named in 10 of the 38 notices (26%), against 17% of all CPSC notices on file. Then laceration (10), choking (5), electric shock (4), and entrapment (4).
32 of the 38 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 6 report injuries. 6 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
China (19), Mexico (5), Romania (5), Vietnam (5) and Denmark (3), in the 38 notices that name a manufacturing country.
4 notices in 2021–2025, down from 10 in 2016–2020. Across all CPSC notices on file, the count rose 16% over the same years.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 38 recall notices for consumer products sold at IKEA since 2002. Each notice names IKEA as a place the product was sold, not as the firm conducting the recall. The most recent is “IKEA Recalls VARMFRONT Power Banks Due to Fire Hazard” (CPSC 24-344), announced August 15, 2024.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice for consumer products sold at IKEA in 2026. The most recent was announced August 15, 2024 (CPSC 24-344).
By number of notices: lamps (5), cribs & bassinets (4), beds (3), high chairs & booster seats (2), toys & play sets (2) and camping equipment (2), plus 11 more product types.
“IKEA Recalls Children's Wall-Mounted Lamps Due to Strangulation Hazard; One Child Death Reported” (CPSC 14-052), announced December 11, 2013: about 2.9 million units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label and enter it in the site search. An exact match names the official CPSC notice that lists that number; open it to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe.
Follow the remedy in the official notice and contact the firm it names. Across recalls of products sold at IKEA, the remedies offered most often are refund (25), replacement (8) and repair (5).
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