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CPSC, IKEA Home Furnishings Announce Recall of Glass-Door Wall Cabinets Firms agree to stop importation until hazard is eliminated

Home product recall 04-222. Announced by CPSC on Sep 24, 2004.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Sep 24, 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?

Some of these glass-door wall cabinets have the wrong sized screws for the safety bracket, which can result in the cabinet not being properly secured to the wall. The cabinets can fall and injure nearby consumers.

Source:

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

What should you do?

IKEA is offering a free repair kit. Consumers should contact IKEA to determine if their wall cabinet needs this repair.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: Contact IKEA at (888) 966-4532 anytime or visit the company’s website at www.ikea-usa.com. Consumers also can visit their local IKEA store to pick up the replacement screws and repair instructions.

Which ones are recalled?

The glass-door wall cabinets have “BERTBY,” the product article number (380.472.10) and supplier number (14709) written on a label on the underside of the bottom panel or on the top side of the top panel. The cabinets are about 67 inches high.

About 25,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

BERTBY Glass-Door Wall Cabinets.

Source:

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 IKEA Home Furnishings, Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
  • IKEA stores nationwide, from January 2002 through September 9, 2004, for about $100.
  • Made in Italy, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

IKEA has received two reports of cabinets falling. 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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