Source of this recall notice: Health Canada
Starting date: September 11, 2014
Posting date: September 11, 2014
Type of communication: Consumer Product Recall
Subcategory: Household Items, Electronics
Source of recall: Health Canada
Issue: Product Safety
Audience: General Public
Identification number: RA-41109
Joint recall with Health Canada, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (US CPSC) and Kidde
This recall involves Kidde branded AC/DC powered residential smoke alarms and combination smoke/CO alarms, models KN-COSM-IBACA, i12010S-CO-CA and i12010S-CA.
| Products affected by this recall: | ||||
| Description | Model Number | Kidde Part Number | UPC Code | Manufacture Date |
| AC/DC Combination Alarm 120v with front load battery backup | KN-COSM-IBACA | 900-0119 | 0-47871-00119-4 | November 19, 2013-May 13, 2014 |
| AC/DC combination alarm 120v with 10 year sealed battery backup | i12010S-CO-CA | i12010S-CO-CA | 0-47871-10607-3 | March 14, 2014-May 13, 2014 |
| AC/DC smoke alarm 120v with 10 year sealed battery backup | i12010S-CA | i12010S-CA | 0-47871-10608-0 | March 11, 2014 – May 13, 2014 |
These alarms are white, round, and approximately 5 to 6 inches in diameter, with an engraved Kidde logo on the front. They are AC/DC powered and capable of hardwired interconnect.
Labels indicating the model number and date code are located on the back of the device. The date code consists of the year of manufacture, the month of manufacture and the day of manufacture in the YYYY Month XX format.
Should a power outage occur at the same second that the device is performing a once-per-minute sensor health check, the device may go into a “latched” mode, causing it not to alarm in the presence of smoke and/or carbon monoxide. An affected device will sound if it receives a signal from an alarm in the same interconnected system. Once power is restored, a latched device will sound an alarm regardless of the presence of smoke and/or carbon monoxide.
Neither Kidde nor Health Canada have received any reports of consumer incidents or injuries related to the use of these products. Kidde discovered the issue during an internal quality check.
Approximately 112,000 units were sold in Canada at various retailers and 670,000 units were sold in the United States.
Model KN-COSM-IBACA was sold between January 2, 2014 and May 13, 2014. Models i12010S-CO-CA and i12010SCA were sold between April 17, 2014 and May 13, 2014.
Manufactured in China.
Manufacturer
Fyrnetics Limited
Hong Kong
CHINA
Distributor
Kidde Canada Inc.
Vaughan
Ontario
CANADA
You should immediately check the model number and date code on your smoke alarms or combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to determine if any of your devices are included in the recall. If so, you should contact Kidde Canada directly toll-free at 1-888-784-2323 between 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET Monday through Friday regarding a free replacement smoke or combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. Please do not take the alarm out of service until you receive a replacement.
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