Product category · Updated Feb 12, 2026
Electronics recalls
Electronics recalls including batteries, chargers, and consumer devices
Category snapshot
Electronics accounts for 582 recalls — about 0.6% of the 100,165-record federal archive, with 4 graded high-severity, most issued by CPSC.
- 582
- total recalls
- 1%
- graded high-severity
- CPSC
- top issuing agency
- 2000–2026
- years covered
Electronics recalls by year
2000–2026
Severity distribution
Graded records only
- High severity 4
High severity
4 recalls
- Moderate
Moderate
577 recalls
- Lower severity 1
Lower severity
1 recalls
Recalls by issuing agency
- CPSC
CPSC
509 recalls
- FDA Drug 57
FDA Drug
57 recalls
- FDA Food 16
FDA Food
16 recalls
Recalls in Electronics
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CPSC, Viking Sewing Machines Inc. Announce Recall of Sewing Machines
Viking Sewing Machines Inc., of Cleveland, Ohio
CPSC, Nikon Inc. Announce Recall of Coolpix 2000-Model Digital Cameras
CPSC, Chargetek Announce Recall of Battery Chargers
Chargetek Inc., of Oxnard, Calif.
CPSC, Black & Decker Announce Recall to Repair Cordless Drill/Drivers
Black and Decker (U.S.) Inc., of Towson, Md.
CPSC, Greenlee Textron Inc. Announce Recall of Electrical Testing Meters
Greenlee Textron, Inc. (Greenlee), of Rockford, Ill.
CPSC, Johnson Outdoors Inc. Announce Recall of SCUBAPRO/UWATEC™ Dive Computer Consoles
Johnson Outdoors Inc., of Racine, Wis.
CPSC, PM International Ltd. Announce Recall to Replace International Adapter Plugs
CPSC, Megatech Announce Recall of Rechargeable Battery Packs for Radio Controlled Airplanes
CPSC, Fitness Quest Inc. Announce Recall of "Total Gym" Exercise Machines
CPSC, Philips Electronics Announce Recall of Speaker Power Adapters Sold with HP Computers
CPSC, Milwaukee Tool Corp. Announce Recall of Automotive Chargers
Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp., of Brookfield, Wis.
CPSC, Vector Manufacturing Ltd. Announce Recall of Power Inverters with GFCI Outlets
Vector Manufacturing Ltd., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
CPSC, Next Level Communications Announce Recall of Power Supply for Computer Modems
PowDec Technologies, Inc.
CPSC, Computer Distributors Announce Recall of Batteries for Notebook Computers
Bizcom Electronics Inc., of Milpitas, Calif.
CPSC, Compaq Announce Recall of Notebook Computer AC Adapters
Compaq Computer Corp., of Houston, Texas
Oreck Mfg. Recall of Certain A/C Adaptors for its ZipVac Hand Held Rechargeable Vacuum
QVC
CPSC, Apple Announces Recall of AC Adapter for Prior Generation PowerBook Laptops
Apple, of Cupertino, Calif.
CPSC, Canon U.S.A. Inc. Announce Recall of Fax Machines
CPSC, Dell Computer Corp. Announce Recall of Notebook Computer Batteries
CPSC, Firms Announce Recall of On/Off Switches for Rope and Cable Lights
Light Tech, of Grand Rapids, Mich.
CPSC, Firms Announce Recall of On/Off Switches for Rope and Cable Lights
American Tack & Hardware Co. Inc., of Monsey, N.Y.
CPSC, DEWALT® Industrial Tool Co. Announce Recall of Battery Chargers
CPSC, Compaq Announce Recall of Notebook Computer Battery Packs
CPSC, Dell Announce Recall of Batteries for Notebook-Computers
CPSC, DeWALT® Industrial Tool Co. Announce Recall of Battery Chargers
DeWALT® Industrial Tool Co., of Baltimore, Md.
Light Boxes Recalled by Apollo
Apollo Presentation Products
Smoke Alarms Recalled by Universal Security Instruments
Universal Security Instruments
Futon Recalled by Standard Mattress Co.
IKEA
CPSC, DEWALT® Industrial Tool Co. Announce Recall of 18-Volt Battery Packs
DeWalt
CPSC, Cadet Recall In-Wall Heaters; Settle Lawsuit
Cadet Manufacturing
Ceiling Light Fixtures Recalled by TSI Prime
TSI Prime
Storm Doors Recalled by New Cole Sewell Corp.
New Cole Sewell
What to do with this
Monitoring electronics? Start here.
- Check a specific product against the full federal archive before you use or buy it. Recall checker
- Most electronics recalls come from CPSC — browse that agency's full feed. CPSC recalls
- Sort the whole archive by severity to see the highest-risk active recalls first. Rankings
Recall categorization follows the issuing agency's product taxonomy; always confirm specifics on the official notice.
Nearby categories
Adjacent product categories that share hazard patterns or regulatory oversight.
Data sources
- Source: FDA — openFDA Enforcement API (food, drug, and device recalls)
- Source: CPSC — Consumer Product Safety Commission Recalls
- Source: NHTSA — National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Recalls (vehicles & equipment)
Category data as of Feb 12, 2026.
Every figure on PlainRecalls is rendered directly from official FDA, CPSC and NHTSA recall records — no number is typed in by an editor. Category counts and the year trend are computed across the full archive for electronics. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Feb 12, 2026.