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CPSC, SCI Promotion Group LLC and Scripto-Tokai Corp. Announce Recall of Mini-Flashlights

Home product recall 04-045. Announced by CPSC on Dec 2, 2003.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Dec 2, 2003. 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?

The mini-flashlight’s battery compartment can overheat, presenting a possible burn hazard to consumers.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

What should you do?

Consumers should remove the batteries and discard the mini- flashlights.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

  • How to reach the firm: Call SCI Promotion Group, LLC at (877) 746-7426 between 8:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.

Which ones are recalled?

The mini-flashlights were provided to consumers as a free gift with the purchase of Aim n’ Flame II multi-purpose lighters. The black, plastic flashlight is about 5-1/4 inches long with a thin red ring around the barrel. There is no safety issue relating to the multi-purpose lighter and it is not the subject of this voluntary recall.

448,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Mini-flashlights.

Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

CPSC’s photos

CPSC shows 2 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by SCI Promotion Group LLC, Ontario, Calif.
  • Made by Scripto-Tokai Corporation, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
  • Home improvement, discount, convenience, grocery and drug stores nationwide sold the multipurpose lighters with the flashlights, from September 2003 through November 2003, for between $4 and $6.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Was anyone hurt?

The company has received two reports of flashlights overheating. No injuries have been reported.

Source:

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.
Source:

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.

Source:

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.

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