RECALL NOTICE: Check your Kidde Brand Fire Extinguishers

You bet!

@markmizzou I read something today saying they are working with nationwide vendors like home depot to receive affected units for return. My guess is they will try to use their existing distribution channel to get bad units back to them in bulk through a drop off program. We will see!

The goal for Kidde is to get affected units "off the street", and less about accountability for those of us claiming replacements.

 

Great thread! Thanks OP

 

I thank you also OP .
I called today and have 2 new ones coming in 15 to 20 working days . He assured me I will not have to pay anything to return the old ones and the new ones will come with instructions to get them returned .

 

Sounds like a great idea if they do indeed follow that procedure.

 

I got my first replacement Kidde boat fire extinguisher today . Woo Hoo !
Anyway , SAVE all packaging as mine came with instructions to replace the old one in the same boxes , seal it , put on the enclosed label , then call for pickup and tell them it is a hazardous material .
this has got to be costly !
Edit , to be clear , save the packaging that the new ones come in .

 

wow thanks for this post, 2 of mine are going back...

 

Did they replace it with the same/similar model? One of the sites said they were replacing them with metal-handled ones - I like where my affected

$23 fa110g kidde fire extinguisher for home, 1-A:10-B:C, dry chemical extinguisher, red, mounting bracket included, 1 pack

fa110g sits in the truck, if they're replacing with something that doesn't fit, that's gonna be sad for me.

 

Yes it is the same size but the handle is now metal . I am to get 2 new ones total , they are both different sizes and I only received one so far. I suppose some are more plentifully stocked than others .

 

Hmm, hadn’t seen this before, thanks for the info. Gotta check mine in the morning.

 

Had 3 - submitted them.

Did anyone get an email confirmation or just the website confirmation page?

 

Thanks for the heads up. I have two and need to check them.

 

Just the confirmation page. I saved a PDF of the page. (Submitted Nov. 2... nothing yet.)

 

Subbed

 

I called on the phone old school . I did not receive a confirmation but did get an email with tracking for my first one sent out to me .

 

Ill give it another few days and then call to check on it

 

My 2 new ones arrived last Wed. They included prepaid shipping labels to ship the old ones back -- I have a day off tomorrow from being the "gopher" helper on my Daughter's new deck-- will do shipping then

 

Pretty much our whole collection of fire extinguishers. Anyone know the problem exactly?

 

I had 8 on the list. Hey sent new ones out with instructions to put the old ones in the same box the new one came in and call FedEx to have them picked up. They included paid return labels. FedEx picked them up at the door, no problem.
Only strange thing, they keep sending me extinguishers, beyond the number I needed replaced. Maybe a goodwill gesture. I don't know.

 

As in what's the defect?

The plastic handle is poor quality. It either breaks and fails to function at all... or in some cases... it breaks free of the neck on the bottle (while under pressure) and shoots off the extinguisher - potentially causing harm to the user.

Both my extinguishers (kitchen and truck unit) were recalled. I got my kitchen unit replaced. But my truck was in the shop for 3 weeks. Checked that extinguisher when I got the truck back. So waiting on it's replacement now.

 

I got double shipped too, sent in for 3 , have now received 6 replacements, been meaning to call but haven’t gotten around to it