The Coleman Company Recalls Water-Activated Spotlights Due to Risk of Impact Injury

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This CPSC action (record #10343) was formally reported on September 14, 2010. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Sky City Holdings International LTD, China is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 50,000 units units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: The lens assembly can come apart from the main housing of the spotlight with force and pose a risk of impact injuries to consumers. 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 should immediately remove the batteries and stop using the spotlights. Visit www.coleman.com for additional instructions on how to obtain a replacement light. — 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 6 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 16 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.