Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories: CPSC recalls in this category

9 CPSC recalls are in the product category Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 1,484,800 units for these recalls. The median recall has 30,000 units.

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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 Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
15 Sep 2016	Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note7 Smartphones Due to Serious Fire and Burn Hazards	Samsung Electronics America	Fire, Burn, Overheating	1,000,000	16266
22 May 2009	Samsung Recalls to Upgrade Certain Cell Phones; Could Fail to Reach Emergency 911 in a No-Service Area	Samsung Telecommunications America		160,000	09744
27 Feb 2009	Certain LG 830 "Spyder" Cell Phones Recalled For Upgrade Due to Dropped Connection or Poor Connection on Emergency 911 Calls	LG Electronics MobileComm		30,000	09724
5 Jun 2008	Polycom, Inc. Recalls Wireless Conference Phone Batteries Due to Fire Hazard	Polycom	Fire, Burn, Overheating	5,800	08297
20 May 2008	Cricket EZ Cell Phones Recalled; Audio Problem Interferes with Emergency 911 Calls	Cricket Communications, of San Diego, Calif. (subsidiary of Leap Wireless International Inc.)		285,000	08572
18 Nov 2003	CPSC, SecureAlert Announce Recall of Safety and Security Phones	SecureAlert		1,000	04513
10 Sep 2003	CPSC, OnQ Technologies Announce Recall of Telephone Line-Sharing Devices	OnQ Technologies		3,000	03181
18 Dec 1995	Cellular Phone Charger Recalled by Mascot Electronic A.S.	AT&T	Electric shock		96043
4 Jun 1986	Cordless Telephones Recalled by Mura	Mura	Laceration		86037

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

Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Other		5
Burn		2
Fire		2
Overheating		2
Electric shock		1
Laceration		1

Firms

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

Samsung Electronics America1

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2003, with 2 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 1,484,800
Median units of one recall: 30,000All 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. Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/telephones-cell-phones-accessories/. 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 Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories have?: Other: 5 recalls. Burn: 2 recalls. Fire: 2 recalls.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories?: CPSC recall 16266, with the recall date 15 Sep 2016. The CPSC title is: Samsung Recalls Galaxy Note7 Smartphones Due to Serious Fire and Burn Hazards
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories?: 1 firm on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with Samsung Electronics America, with 1.
Where does the category Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories come from?: Telephones, Cell Phones & Accessories 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.