CPSC, New Cole Sewell Corp. Announce Recall of Storm Doors
Home product recall 00-066. Announced by CPSC on Feb 14, 2000.
Watch and the shortlist are kept with a free account, on every device. Your watch list. CPSC’s own notice is on cpsc.gov.
The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Feb 14, 2000. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
These storm doors were manufactured without retaining pins in the upper windows. The upper window can fall out and could injure nearby consumers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should remove the storm door’s upper window immediately and call New Cole Sewell Corp. to receive a free window with installation instructions.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Consumers may call New Cole Sewell Corp. at (800) 328-6596 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday. Consumers also can write to New Cole Sewell Corp. at 2288 University Ave., St. Paul, MN 55114.
Which ones are recalled?
The recall involves storm doors manufactured from June 1, 1999, through August 16, 1999, with the following product numbers: 94816 94800 94801 94832 94833 94802 94803 94892 94893 94856 94858 94924 94860 94862 94925 94864 94866 The manufacturing date and product number are encoded in the 15-digit registration number. The first six digits are the manufacturing date, written as month, day, and year. The next five digits are the product number. The registration number is located on the interior side of the door, just below the lower left corner of the bottom window. “COLE SEWELL” also is on the registration number label. The company will help consumers identify if their door is part of the recall. The doors are either white or bronze with a black push button handle.
About 23,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Storm doors.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by New Cole Sewell Corp., St. Paul, Minn.
- Home Depot, Hechinger, HomeQuarter, small lumberyard and do-it-yourself centers sold these storm doors, from June 1999 through December 1999, for between $80 and $140.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
New Cole Sewell Corp. has received 15 reports of upper windows falling out of the storm doors. No injuries have been reported.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
-
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.