Electric Water Heaters: CPSC recalls in this category

9 CPSC recalls are in the product category Electric Water Heaters. That is 0.1% of the 10,002 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 792,400 units for these recalls. The median recall has 54,000 units.

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Newest recalls

The newest 9 of 9.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Electric Water Heaters
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
26 May 2016	Rheem Recalls to Repair Water Heaters Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Sold Exclusively at Home Depot	Rheem Sales	Fire, Burn, Overheating	54,000	16177
9 Oct 2014	Fluid Handling Recalls Low Water Cut-Off Control Units for Hot Water or Steam Boilers Due to Fire and Explosion Hazards (Recall Alert)	Fluid Handling LLC, of Morton Grove, Ill., a division of Xylem	Fire, Laceration, Explosion	1,200	15703
4 Mar 2009	Ritchie Immersion Heaters Recalled By Springfield Wire Due to Shock Hazard	Springfield Wire Inc. (SWI)	Electric shock	13,000	09141
10 Nov 2005	CPSC, World Kitchen Inc. Announce Recall of Immersion Heaters	Chun Tai Electric Heater	Electric shock	472,000	06028
27 Jun 2002	CPSC, In-Sink-Erator Announce Recall to Repair Instant Hot Water Dispensers	In-Sink-Erator	Fire	252,200	02189
2 Aug 1994	Tankless Water Heaters May Explode	Pecbras	Fire, Burn, Explosion		94109
18 Oct 1978	Portable Water Heaters Recalled	Rhinehart	Electric shock		78085
24 Apr 1978	G.L. Electric Flasheat Water Heaters warning	G.L. Electric Flasheat	Electric shock		78024
21 Oct 1977	Warning Issued On Electric Water Heaters	Ambory	Electric shock		77110

Hazard: The way a product can cause harm, in the words of the CPSC recall notice. This site also puts each recall under short hazard names.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Hazards

Electric Water Heaters: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Electric shock		5
Fire		4
Burn		2
Explosion		2
Laceration		1
Overheating		1

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Electric Water Heaters, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2002, with 1 recall.

Units in these recalls: 792,400
Median units of one recall: 54,000All CPSC recalls: 8,800
Share of all CPSC recalls on the register: 0.1%

Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Electric Water Heaters: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/electric-water-heaters/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 29 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 29 Sep 2026

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Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Electric Water Heaters have?: Electric shock: 5 recalls. Fire: 4 recalls. Burn: 2 recalls.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Electric Water Heaters?: CPSC recall 16177, with the recall date 26 May 2016. The CPSC title is: Rheem Recalls to Repair Water Heaters Due to Fire and Burn Hazards; Sold Exclusively at Home Depot
Where does the category Electric Water Heaters come from?: Electric Water Heaters is a product type of CPSC. This site uses the type of the first product of a recall. Most records before 2010 have no product type.