CPSC, IKEA Home Furnishings Announce Recall of Fargglad Multi-Color Children's Chair

CPSC recall 05013. Recall date: 15 Oct 2004. Last publish date of the CPSC notice: 20 Aug 2024.

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Choking hazard from red plastic feet that can detach from chair legs.

Remedy, in the words of CPSC

Full refund. Take the Fargglad multi-color children's chair away from young children immediately and return it to the "Returns and Exchanges" department at any IKEA U.S. store for a full refund.

CPSC recall 05013 has the recall date 15 Oct 2004. The notice names the firm IKEA Home Furnishings. The recall has about 7,279 units. The median CPSC recall of 2004 has 13,500 units. This register puts the recall under the hazard Choking. CPSC gives the product type Chairs, Stools & Benches.

CPSC recall notice More of the notice

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More of the notice

The hazard and the remedy are at the top of the page. Each quotation is the text of CPSC.

CPSC recall 05013: incidents, units, products and firms
Incidents and injuries	None reported.
Units	7,279
Description	Fargglad multi-color children's chairs have the article number 400.548.40 and the supplier number (either 16592 or 17128) on a label on one of the chair's rear legs, or on the underside of the chair seat. The chair has a tubular steel frame with woven multi-color solid plastic piping used for the chair's seat and back. The plastic feet are red.
Product	Fargglad multi-color children's chair, 7,279, Chairs, Stools & Benches
Sold at	IKEA stores sold the recalled children's chair from May 2003 through September 18, 2004, for about $15.
Distributor	IKEA Home Furnishings
Made in	Vietnam, China

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The recall in context

Units in this recall: 7,279Median of 2004: 13,500
CPSC recalls of 2004: 278
Recalls of 2004 with one of the same hazards: 11%
Recalls of 2004 in the category Chairs, Stools & Benches: 4%
Recalls on the register that name IKEA Home Furnishings: 16

Other recalls of the firm

Other CPSC recalls that name IKEA Home Furnishings
Date	Recall
3 Mar 2011	IKEA Recalls Coffee/Tea Makers Due to Burn and Laceration Hazards
17 Feb 2011	IKEA Recalls to Repair Cribs Due to Mattress Support Collapse; Cribs Pose Entrapment and Suffocation Hazards
20 Jan 2011	IKEA Recalls Glass Mugs Due to Laceration Hazard
10 Jun 2010	IKEA Recalls Roller Blinds, all Roman Blinds and all Roll-Up Blinds Due to Risk of Strangulation
3 Jun 2010	Violation of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard Prompts Recall of Mattresses by IKEA
22 Dec 2009	IKEA Recalls LEOPARD Highchairs Due to Fall and Choking Hazards
27 Oct 2009	Risk of Strangulation Prompts Recall to Repair IKEA Roller Blinds
27 Aug 2009	Violation of Federal Mattress Flammability Standard Prompts Recall of Sofa-bed Mattresses by IKEA
26 Aug 2009	Near Strangulation Prompts Recall of Roman Blinds; Sold Exclusively at IKEA
20 Nov 2008	Strangulation Death of a Child Prompts Recall of Roman Blinds; Sold Exclusively at IKEA
30 Sep 2008	IKEA Recalls to Repair Chest of Drawers Due to Laceration Hazard
1 Feb 2007	IKEA Recalls Vases Due to Laceration Hazard

IKEA Home Furnishings: all 16 recalls

Official channels

CPSC recall notice 05013The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 05013. https://recallregister.com/product/2799-cpsc-ikea-home-furnishings-announce-recall-of-fargglad-multi-color-chi/. 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
Newest CPSC recall on the register: 24 Sep 2026

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Questions

Does CPSC recall 05013 report injuries?: The CPSC notice says: None reported.
Where was the product sold?: The CPSC notice says: IKEA stores sold the recalled children's chair from May 2003 through September 18, 2004, for about $15.
How many units are in CPSC recall 05013?: The CPSC notice gives this number: 7,279
Where was the product made?: The CPSC notice gives: Vietnam, China