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CPSC, S.K. Enterprises Announce Recall of Pressure Washers

Home product recall 04-521. Announced by CPSC on Dec 10, 2003.

CPSC’s own notice, on cpsc.gov

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Announced by CPSC on Dec 10, 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?

Overheating, posing a potential for fire and personal injury.

Source:

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

What should you do?

QVC is contacting each purchaser by direct mail to arrange for the return of each pressure washer for a full credit or refund.

Source:

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

  • How to reach the firm: Call QVC Customer Service at (800) 367-9444 or visit their website www.qvc.com

Which ones are recalled?

These blue and gray electric pressure washers are labeled “Strategy 1500 PSI Powerwasher” and were sold as QVC item number V16257.

38,000 units, as CPSC gives them.

Strategy 1500 PSI Mobile Pressure Washer.

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 Shanghai Mei Hao Electric Appliance Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China.
  • Imported by SK Enterprises, Inc., Newburgh, New York.
  • Directly through QVC, Inc. to consumers, via Internet and television.
  • Made in China, as the notice gives it.
Source:

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

Was anyone hurt?

QVC received 15 reports of overheating. No injuries or property damage have occurred.

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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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

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CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 8, 2026. Updated monthly.

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