IKEA Home Furnishings Announces Recall to Repair Folding Chair Beds and Sofa Beds for Fingertip Amputation Hazard

CPSC recall 06218. Recall date: 19 Jul 2006. Last publish date of the CPSC notice: 5 Jul 2024.

Hazard, in the words of CPSC

Fingers can become caught in the folding mechanism of the chair bed/sofa bed, posing a laceration and/or amputation hazard.

Remedy, in the words of CPSC

Consumers who have a LYCKSELE chair bed or sofa bed date stamped 0526 or earlier and which is missing safety covers for the folding mechanism should call or visit their local IKEA store to receive free safety covers, which fit over the folding mechanism to prevent finger access. LYCKSELE chair beds and sofa beds produced since July 2005 (date stamp 0527 and later) were sold with safety covers.

CPSC recall 06218 has the recall date 19 Jul 2006. The notice names the firm IKEA Home Furnishings. The recall has about 100,000 units. The median CPSC recall of 2006 has 15,200 units. This register puts the recall under 3 hazards. The first is Laceration. CPSC gives the product type Beds/Cots.

CPSC recall notice More of the notice

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.

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 06218: incidents, units, products and firms
Incidents and injuries	IKEA has received one report of a consumer who has been injured when attempting to operate the folding mechanism. The incident involved a fingertip amputation.
Units	100,000
Description	This recall involves LYCKSELE chair beds and sofa beds produced before July 2005 and date stamped (year/week) 0526 and earlier. The frames are constructed of iron and have natural wood slats. IKEA, the article number (700-326-82 chair bed and 900-326-81 sofa bed) and a four-digit date stamp printed on a white sticker located on the underside of the product.
Product	LYCKSELE Chair Bed and Sofa Bed, About 100,000, Beds/Cots
Sold at	IKEA stores nationwide and on the Ikea Web site from April 1999 through June 2006. for $40 (chair bed) and $90 (sofa bed).
Manufacturer	IKEA Home Furnishings
Made in	France, Bulgaria, China, Romania

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The recall in context

Units in this recall: 100,000Median of 2006: 15,200
CPSC recalls of 2006: 319
Recalls of 2006 with one of the same hazards: 10%
Recalls of 2006 in the category Beds/Cots: 1%
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 06218The notice on the CPSC site, with the pictures and the contact of the firm.
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 06218. https://recallregister.com/product/3321-ikea-home-furnishings-announces-recall-to-repair-folding-chair-beds-an/. 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 06218 report injuries?: The CPSC notice says: IKEA has received one report of a consumer who has been injured when attempting to operate the folding mechanism. The incident involved a fingertip amputation.
Where was the product sold?: The CPSC notice says: IKEA stores nationwide and on the Ikea Web site from April 1999 through June 2006. for $40 (chair bed) and $90 (sofa bed).
How many units are in CPSC recall 06218?: The CPSC notice gives this number: About 100,000
Where was the product made?: The CPSC notice gives: France, Bulgaria, China, Romania