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CPSC, Vornado Air Circulation Systems Announce Recall of Portable Electric Heaters

Home product recall 04-191. Announced by CPSC on Aug 3, 2004.

  • CPSC: stop using it
CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Aug 3, 2004. 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?

A faulty electrical connection can cause the heater to overheat and stop working, posing a fire hazard to consumers.

Source:

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

What should you do?

Consumers should stop using the recalled heaters immediately and contact Vornado to arrange for shipping and a repair, free of charge.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: Contact Vornado at (888) 221-5431 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or log on to the company’s website at www.vornado.com

Which ones are recalled?

The recalled portable electric whole-room heaters are designed for indoor use and have model numbers 180VH®, VH®, Intellitemp®, EVH®, and DVH®. The model numbers are located on the bottom of each unit. Each heater is about 11-1/2 inches long, 9-1/2 inches wide, and about 12 inches tall; weighs about 6 lbs.; and has the “Vornado” name and symbol on the front.

1 million units, as CPSC gives them.

Portable electric whole-room heaters.

Source:

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

Who made and sold it?

  • Made by Vornado Air Circulation Systems Inc., Andover, Kan.
  • Retailers and distributors nationwide, as well as Vornado’s Web site, sold the heaters, from July 1991 through January 2004, for between $50 and $120.
  • Made in United States, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

Vornado has received 24 reports of heater fires, though 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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