Refrigerator Repaired by Magic Chef
CPSC recall 77126. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
CPSC recall 77126 has the recall date 20 Dec 1977. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Refrigerators.
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| Description | Refrigerator Repaired by Magic Chef NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 20, 1977 Release # 77-126 Refrigerator Repair Program Announced WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 20) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Magic Chef, Inc., announced today that Magic Chef is voluntarily modifying 2,607 of its 14-cubic-foot refrigerators because they present a possible shock hazard if not properly grounded. These refrigerators may contain an improperly placed heater wire which could, under some circumstances, contact the refrigerator's cabinet or evaporator, thereby presenting a possible shock hazard to a consumer touching the refrigerator. The company emphasizes that no shock incidents have been reported regarding the refrigerators. The 14-cubic-foot refrigerators subject to the modification are identifiable by model number FB 148, manufactured between Sept. 9 and Nov. 11, 1977. Only those refrigerators bearing serial numbers commencing with the letters RUH, RUJ, RUK and RUL and followed by five numbers are affected. Consumers are instructed to find the model and serial… |
| Product | Magic Chef 14-cubic-foot refrigerators, Refrigerators |
| Firm | The CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons. |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1977: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1977
- 36
- Recalls of 1977 with one of the same hazards
- 25%
- Recalls of 1977 in the category Refrigerators
- 11%
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 77126. https://recallregister.com/product/3913-refrigerator-repaired-by-magic-chef/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 77126 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 77126 has no incident or injury text.