Haier America expands recall of chest freezers

Haier America expanded a recall of chest freezers that the company said can overheat, posing a fire hazard. The recall affects about 41,000 freezers. An additional 67,500 freezers were recalled in November 2010. 

This recall involves the Haier models HNCM070E with 7.0 cubic foot capacity and ESNCM053E with 5.3 cubic foot capacity, and Black & Decker model BFE53 with 5.3 cubic foot capacity white chest freezers. “Haier” is printed on the upper-left corner of the freezer, or “Black & Decker” is printed on the front upper-right corner of the freezer.   

In addition to the 18 incidents reported in the November 2010 recall, which included four reports of fires with minor property damage, Haier America and CPSC have received 27 additional incident reports. This includes three fires that caused substantial property damage. There have been no reports of injuries. 

The products were manufactured in China.