CPSC, Avanti Products Inc. Announce Recall of Water Dispensers

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #05018) was formally reported on October 19, 2004. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Avanti Products Inc., of Miami, Fla. is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 124,000 units are affected, a scale large enough to require multi-state distribution tracking.

The documented reason for this recall is: The hot water faucet on these units has a child-resistant safety feature to prevent young children from accessing the hot water. The device can malfunction, so that the faucet will not turn off, causing burn injuries to… 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: Consumers with small children should immediately disable the hot water by turning the red switch on the back of the dispenser to off and contact Avanti to get a free repair. — 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. 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.