CPSC, Char-Broil® Announce Recall of Gas Grills to Replace Temperature Gauges

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #04096) was formally reported on March 10, 2004. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Grand Hall Enterprise Co., Ltd. of Taiwan is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate 108,000 units are affected, a scale large enough to require multi-state distribution tracking.

The documented reason for this recall is: If moisture gets inside the temperature gauge, the glass cover on the gauge can break, posing a risk of injury to people nearby. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Contact Char-Broil to receive a free replacement temperature gauge. Consumers should not use the grill until the replacement gauge has been installed. — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 1 were also issued by CPSC. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 22 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.