Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Company Inc. 2021-05-06 Other serious CPSC
Other · CPSC · Recall #CPSC-21130
Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms Recall
Issued May 6, 2021 · Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Company Inc. · 226,000 units affected
In May 2021, Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Company Inc. recalled the Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms, a serious other recall reported by the CPSC.
Compiled by Maya Ellison, RecallCheckr
What this means for you
The smoke alarm and the combination smoke/carbon monoxide (CO) alarm can fail to alert consumers to a fire.
What you should do
- 1 Stop using Kidde TruSense Smoke Alarms and Combination Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Alarms right away.
- 2 Set it aside where it won't be used by mistake.
- 3 Contact Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Company Inc. to arrange your replace. See the official notice below for contact details.
- 4 Keep the product until your remedy is fully processed. You may need it.
Official remedy (Replace): Consumers should immediately contact Kidde for a free replacement alarm. Consumers should keep using the recalled alarms until they install replacement alarms.
Recall details
- Brand
- Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Company Inc.
- Category
- Other
- Recall date
- May 6, 2021
- Units affected
- 226,000
- Sold at
- Walmart, Home Depot, Menards and other department, home and hardware stores and electrical distributors nationwide, and online at Amazon.com, ShopKidde.com and other online retailers from May 2019 through September 2020 for between $10 and $70.
- Recall number
- CPSC-21130
- Made in
- China
- Issuing agency
- CPSC
In context
- Walter Kidde Portable Equipment Company Inc. has 1 recall in our database.
- We're tracking 315 Other recalls in our database.
- 226,000 units is enough to reach roughly 1 in every 580 US households.
- This is the 38th Other recall we've logged in 2021.