Steamers: CPSC recalls in this category

9 CPSC recalls are in the product category Steamers. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 164,100 units for these recalls. The median recall has 22,000 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 9 of 9.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Steamers
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
20 Aug 2008	Steam Cleaners Recalled by Thane International Due to Burn Hazard	Thane International	Burn	134,000	08601
6 Jul 2004	CPSC, Euroflex Americas Inc., and QVC Announce Recall of Steam Cleaners	Euroflex Americas	Burn	22,000	04562
9 Mar 2004	CPSC, Tristar Products Inc. Announce Recall of Revised Design Steam Cleaner	Tristar Products	Burn	5,000	04539
29 Mar 2002	CPSC and Tristar Products Inc. Announce Recall of Steam Cleaner	Tristar Products	Burn	3,100	02529
7 Apr 1997	Wallpaper Steamers Recall/Repair by Wagner	Wagner	Fire, Burn		97096
4 May 1992	Potential Shock Hazard: Norelco Fabric Steamer Replacement Program	Norelco	Electric shock		92080
3 Sep 1991	Pentapco Recalls Garment Steamer	Pentapco	Fire, Burn		91117
18 Jan 1990	J.C. Penney Recalls Garment Steamer		Fire, Burn		90029
17 Sep 1985	Voluntary Recall of Electric Clothes Steamers Announced	Franzus	Fire, Burn		85044

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

Steamers: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Burn		8
Fire		4
Electric shock		1

Firms

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

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Steamers, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2004, with 2 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 164,100
Median units of one recall: 22,000All CPSC recalls: 8,800
Share of all CPSC recalls on the register: 0.1%

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. Steamers: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/steamers/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: US Consumer Product Safety Commission
Licence: US government work, public domain
Data retrieved: 30 Sep 2026

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Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Steamers have?: Burn: 8 recalls. Fire: 4 recalls. Electric shock: 1 recall.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Steamers?: CPSC recall 08601, with the recall date 20 Aug 2008. The CPSC title is: Steam Cleaners Recalled by Thane International Due to Burn Hazard
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Steamers?: 3 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Tristar Products, with 2.
Where does the category Steamers come from?: Steamers 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.