Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers: CPSC recalls in this category

15 CPSC recalls are in the product category Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers. That is 0.1% of the 10,027 CPSC recalls on the register. The notices give about 3,268,900 units for these recalls. The median recall has 207,000 units.

Follow by RSS:Consumer product recalls

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 15 of 15.

Newest CPSC recalls in the category Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers
Date	Recall	Firm	Hazard	Units	CPSC number
27 May 2010	Hoover Recalls Upright Vacuum Cleaners Due to Fire and Shock Hazards	Hoover	Fire, Electric shock	108,000	10248
26 Mar 2009	Cordless Stick Vacuums Recalled by Electrolux Home Care Products Due to Bursting Batteries	Electrolux Home Care Products		320,000	09169
23 Jul 2008	Dirt Devil Vacuum Accessory Tools Recalled Due to Laceration Hazard	TTI Floor Care North America	Laceration	987,000	08339
14 Apr 2005	CPSC, Maytag Corp. Announce Recall of Hoover Self-Propelled Upright Vacuum Cleaners	Hoover Co., of North Canton, Ohio (Hoover Co. is part of the Maytag Corp.)	Fire, Overheating	636,000	05156
11 Feb 2005	CPSC, BISSELL Announce Recall to Repair Upright Carpet Cleaners	BISSELL Homecare	Electric shock	750,000	05106
13 Jan 2005	CPSC, Emerson Tool Co. Announce Recall to Repair Wet/Dry Vacuums	Emerson Tool	Laceration	6,500	05084
4 Jan 2005	CPSC, Royal Appliance Announce Recall of Sweeper Vac™		Fire, Overheating	20,000	05078
26 Nov 2004	CPSC, Procter & Gamble Announce Recall of Sweep+Vac Battery-Operated Vacuum Cleaner by Swiffer	Procter & Gamble Company (P&G)	Fire, Overheating	175,000	05057
29 Apr 2004	CPSC, L&N Sales and Marketing Announce Recall of Cordless Sweepers Sold on QVC	L&N Sales and Marketing	Fire, Overheating	59,400	04548
16 Dec 2003	CPSC, Emerson Tool Company Announce Recall of Wet/Dry Vacuums	Emerson Tool Company, a division of Emerson Electric	Laceration		04053
4 Apr 2000	CPSC, BISSELL® Homecare Inc. Announce Recall of Upright Vacuum Cleaners	BISSELL® Homecare	Burn, Electric shock	207,000	00089
19 Aug 1993	1992 Bissell Trio Vacuum Cleaners Recalled	BISSELL	Laceration		93104
23 Jun 1987	Kenmore Canister Vacuum Cleaners Recalled by Sears	Whirlpool	Fire, Burn		87036
4 Mar 1987	Sears/Kenmore Vacuum Cleaners Repair by Whirlpool		Laceration		87014
22 Apr 1982	Vac Attachments Recalled by Sun Hill	Sun Hill Industries	Electric shock		82019

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

Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers: recalls that name each hazard
Hazard		Recalls
Fire		6
Laceration		5
Electric shock		4
Overheating		4
Burn		2
Other		1

Firms

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

Recalls by year

CPSC recalls in the category Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers, by the year of the recall date. The largest year is 2005, with 4 recalls.

Units in these recalls: 3,268,900
Median units of one recall: 207,000All 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. Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers: CPSC recalls in this category. https://recallregister.com/category/vacuum-cleaners-sweepers/. 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

The category is the product type that CPSC gives. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which hazards do the recalls in the category Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers have?: Fire: 6 recalls. Laceration: 5 recalls. Electric shock: 4 recalls.
What is the newest CPSC recall in the category Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers?: CPSC recall 10248, with the recall date 27 May 2010. The CPSC title is: Hoover Recalls Upright Vacuum Cleaners Due to Fire and Shock Hazards
Which firms have a page and a recall in the category Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers?: 4 firms on this page. The list is in the order of the number of recalls and starts with BISSELL Homecare, with 1.
Where does the category Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers come from?: Vacuum Cleaners/Sweepers 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.