Refrigerators: CPSC recalls in this category

20 CPSC recalls are in the product category Refrigerators. That is 0.2% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 1,774,438 units for these recalls. The median recall has 6,800 units.

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Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.
CPSC publishes these words. Source: CPSC recall notices, section About the U.S. CPSC, read on 1 Oct 2026. The hazard, the remedy and the incident text on this site are the words of the CPSC recall notice. Newest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026.

Newest recalls

The newest 20 of 20.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Refrigerators
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
17 Mar 2015	CreaMiser Refrigerated Creamer Dispensers Recalled by WhiteWave Due to Fire Hazard	CreaMiser Products Corp., of Phoenix, Ariz., now owned by WhiteWave Foods	Fire, Overheating	5,600	15099
19 Nov 2013	Viking Recalls Built-In Side-by-Side Refrigerator Freezers with In-Door Dispensers Due to Fire Hazard	Viking Range	Fire, Overheating	750	14023
25 Jul 2013	Viking Range Expands Recall of Built-In Refrigerators with Bottom Freezers Due to Injury Hazard; Doors Can Detach	Viking Range		31,000	13248
16 Nov 2011	Liebherr Expands Recall of Refrigerators Due to Injury Hazard; Door Can Detach	Liebherr-Hausgeraete Lienz GmbH		8,000	12043
3 Mar 2011	Liebherr Recalls Built-In Refrigerators Due to Injury Hazard; Door Can Detach	Liebherr-Hausgeraete Lienz GmbH		5,702	11153
16 Dec 2010	Fagor America Inc. Recalls Refrigerators Due to Fire Hazard	Fagor America	Fire, Overheating	1,400	11072
27 Jan 2010	Liebherr Recalls Built-In Refrigerators Due to Injury Hazard; Door Can Detach	Liebherr-Hausgeraete Ochsenhausen GmbH		2,700	10122
25 Aug 2009	Maytag Expands Recall of Refrigerators Due to Fire Hazard	Maytag	Fire, Overheating	46,000	09322
16 Jun 2009	Viking Range Corporation Recalls Built-In Refrigerators Due to Injury Hazard; Doors Can Detach	Viking Range		45,326	09242
10 Mar 2009	Maytag Recalls Refrigerators Due to Fire Hazard	Maytag	Fire, Overheating	1,600,000	09145
29 Jun 2005	CPSC, LG Electronics and Sears, Roebuck and Co. Announce Recall to Repair Refrigerators	LG Electronics	Fire, Overheating	20,800	05213
7 Apr 2003	CPSC, Maytag Corporation Announce Recall of Kenmore Elite-Brand TRIO Model Refrigerators	Maytag	Electric shock	6,800	03533
18 Oct 2001	CPSC, Norcold Inc. Announce Recall of Refrigerators	Norcold	Fire, Burn	360	02021
22 Jul 1998	CPSC, Warns That Old Servel Gas Refrigerators Still In Use Can Be Deadly	Servel			98145
3 Nov 1994	CPSC And Amana Work To Fix Refrigerator Shock Hazard	Amana	Electric shock		95023
19 Sep 1994	Sub-Zero Will Inspect Refrigerators That Can Tip Over	Sub-Zero	Tip-over		94130
20 Dec 1977	Refrigerator repaired by Kelvinator	Kelvinator			77127
20 Dec 1977	Refrigerator Repaired by Magic Chef				77126
20 Dec 1977	Refrigerator Repaired by White-Westinghouse	White-Westinghouse			77125
22 Aug 1977	Refrigerator Repaired by Amana	Amana			77090

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

Refrigerators: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Other		10
Fire		7
Overheating		6
Electric shock		2
Burn		1
Tip-over		1

Firms

Firms with a page, in the order of the number of recalls.

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Refrigerators, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2009, with 3 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 1,774,438
Median units of one recall: 6,800All CPSC recalls: 8,800
Share of all CPSC recalls on the register: 0.2%

Official channels

CPSC recallsThe list of all recall notices on the CPSC site.
SaferProducts.govThe CPSC site for a report about a consumer product.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Refrigerators: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/refrigerators/. 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 Refrigerators have?: Other: 10 recalls. Fire: 7 recalls. Overheating: 6 recalls.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Refrigerators?: CPSC recall 15099, with the recall date 17 Mar 2015. The CPSC title is: CreaMiser Refrigerated Creamer Dispensers Recalled by WhiteWave Due to Fire Hazard
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Refrigerators?: 4 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Maytag, with 3.
Where does the category Refrigerators come from?: Refrigerators 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.