West Bend Housewares LLC · Recalled
CPSC, West Bend Housewares LLC Announce Recall of Coffeemaker Carafes
The carafe handle can unexpectedly loosen or break, resulting in the carafe falling. This can cause burn injuries from hot coffee or lacerations from broken glass.
- Units
- About 14,000
- Reports
- 194
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $8–$32
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The carafe is a 10-cup capacity glass pot with a black, plastic handle. It is used with the West Bend Housewares 10-cup Automatic Coffeemaker (item # 56870). The 10-cup replacement carafe was sold separately (item # 5815). There is a four-digit date code printed on the bottom of the coffeemaker. Date codes beginning with 04 are included in this recall.
The file
- Sold at
- AAFES, Dillards, Bi-Mart and retail stores that sell housewares, from July 2004 through July 2005, for about $32. The replacement carafe was sold separately for about $8.
- Product type
- Coffeemakers/Coffeepots/Teapots/Kettles
- Made in
- China
- Recalled by
- West Bend Housewares LLC, of West Bend, Wis.
Incident log
West Bend Housewares has received 194 reports of the handles breaking, including three reports of consumers receiving burns to their hands and arms.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using the recalled carafes immediately and contact West Bend Housewares to receive a replacement carafe free of charge.
For additional information, contact West Bend Housewares at (800) 874-4084 between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firm's Web site at www.westbend.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated AUG 19 2005; last revised OCT 30 2024.
