World News – USA – Ceiling fans sold at Home Depot have been recalled after reports of blades taking off

This article, ceiling fans sold at Home Depot were recalled after reports of departing blades, originally appeared on CNET. com.

Up to 190. 000 Hampton Bay ceiling fans, sold exclusively at Home Depot last year, are being recalled by the distributor after increasing reports of blades peeling off while the fan is rotating. The distributor, King of Fans, blamed the problem on a faulty fan blade locking clip and said in a customer statement that the problem was « an isolated manufacturing defect. ». « 

The fan in question is the 54-inch version of the Hampton Bay Mara indoor / outdoor ceiling fan, available in black, matte black, matte white, and polished nickel. The defect affects about 182. 000 ceiling fans sold in the U.S. between April and October 2020, plus 8 more. 800 fans sold in Canada. However, a Home Depot spokesman tells CNET that these numbers reflect the total number of units available for sale and that the actual number of units sold is « around 80. 000 « was. « 

To date, there have been 47 reports of fan blades peeling off while the fan is spinning overhead, including two cases where the blade hit a customer and four cases where the blade caused property damage.

You can check the UPC number on a silver sticker on the case assembly of the fan to see if your fan needs to be replaced.

King of Fans states that the defect does not affect every Mara on the market and recommends customers check the UPC number, which is printed on a silver label on the fan’s case assembly. If this number matches the number of product runs affected, the fan must be replaced.

« Consumers should stop using the ceiling fans immediately and review the ceiling fans using the instructions on www. Kingoffans. com / MaraRecall. htm, « says the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in their overview of the recall details. « If consumers observe blade movement or uneven gaps between the blades and the fan body, or movement of the clip during the inspection, they should contact King of Fans immediately for a free replacement ceiling fan. « 

Customers can reach King of Fans Monday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 1 a.m. at 1-866-443-1291. m. and 5 p. m. ET. You can also send an email to mararecall @ kingoffans. com or visit the dealer’s website for a video with instructions on how to check the fan to see if it needs to be replaced.

« We are committed to the safety and quality of our products. So we reached out to the Consumer Product Safety Commission and voluntarily recalled the product and stopped selling when we discovered the problem, « said Christina Cornell, spokeswoman for Home Depot. The ceiling fan has also been removed from the company’s website.

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