I checked and the list included the one I bought from Walmart 3 years ago.
40 Million Kidde Fire Extinguishers Sold over Last 40 Years Recalled Safety Defect; Free Replacement
There are a large number of different brands and models involved, listed at the CPSC website, but what they all have in common is plastic handles and basically all-plastic operational components at the top. Some safety companies that do recharging flat-out refuse to refill those.
This is why I have a grown-up fire extinguisher.
Saw it on the news yesterday; called them & a replacement is already on the way to me.
It looks like the fire extinguisher in my hallway of my condo is on the recall list . I really doubt that any trustees or manger office will look into this and take care of this . I hate having to always be the person to call the manger
b/c I have a hard time on the phone. My daughter said I should call the fire department and see if they would call the manger’s office .
Why not just fill in the form yourself? It won’t take as long as dealing with the fire department or manager. There are instructions on how to find the model number, the date code and the serial number on the website.
In the old days they used to use metal. So this is the classic situation of being “penny wise and pound foolish” as the plastic probably only saved them a few cents each while the 40 million fire extinguishers and shipping is going to cost very serious money.
Thank you very much. This is the first I’m see this and I may not have come across it. Yep mine is a shitty one with a plastic top.
40-effin-million of them? Who’s going to eat the cost of that? Do they have some kind of “recall insurance” to cover it?
Look what happened to that company that made all those defective airbags that got recalled. Didn’t I see somewhere that they filed for bankruptcy? Who pays for replacement airbags or fire extinguishers after that happens?
A quick check, and all of ours are First Alert. Whew!
The fire extinguisher is owned by the condo association and was just inspected before the recall came out and has a dated tag of it from the fire department . I am hoping at least one trustless or manger is aware of the recall and will follow through with it. There are at least 15 fire extinguishers in all the buildings at my condo and each one will need to checked to see if it on the recall list . My
condo manager needs to do the all paper work , this is what they get paid to do. I am hoping I will run into a trustee this weekend to talk to.
Maybe you can get your daughter to light a fire under the relevant management?
40 million? You’ve got to be kiddeing.
You’re probably okay w/ First Alert, but Kidde made them for others. I’d recommend everyone check out the website & make sure yours is not on the list.
The ironic part is they’ve just recently started a marketing campaign about how good/safe their products are. :smack:
I’m of the opposite mind. I want me some new toys!
I’ve been trying all day to get those lists to load. No dice. :rolleyes:
I’ve got one that’s discharged and I’ve been too lazy to find a source to do it. I’ll have to check the brand tomorrow, but I kind of hope they can replace it to help me be lazy. It looks like the one on the left maybe; I didn’t even know that push buttons were a thing.
Takata. Bankruptcy doesn’t necessarily mean that the company is dissolved.
Okay, I went outside and grabbed it. I have 3 extinguishers, 2 Kidde and 1 First Alert. Guess which one is discharged :smack:
As far as I can tell, there are no First Alerts on the list? FA model numbers are just coincidentally Kidde I believe?
Thank you for this info.
I have two Kidde extinguishers and one is affected. I did call the number shown in your link and a new one will be sent in about 15-20 business days.
Just check 2 of mine, one from 1986 and the other from 1993. Both were on the list and are going to be replaced. The older extinguisher spent 3 years in various race cars and has been hanging in a number of garages since.
Have two extinguishers in my apartment, both Kidde. One is on the list and one isn’t.
Unfortunately, they won’t ship to PO boxes and there are too many porch pirates in my area to deliver to my street address. I left a message with the landlord about having replacements shipped to his home address for distribution to his various tenants.
In an emergency I’d still have a go at using one on the recall list - my understanding is that some of them jam/fail but not all. In the past, we’ve used two of those models to put out fires and both worked effectively. And then there was the one my spouse wasted by “test firing” without realizing it was a one-shot use type and couldn’t be refilled/recharged. :rolleyes: So I gather most will work but you don’t want to be the unlucky “not most” during an emergency.
I have three of the plastic handle units, but none of them appear to be on the list. A couple of the model numbers match up, but the year stamp is too early. I wonder what the odds are of having three and none matching?