GU Hardware Recalls Window Fittings Due to Injury Hazard
Home product recall 13-050. Announced by CPSC on Nov 28, 2012.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Nov 28, 2012. 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 window fittings can break. This can cause the window to fall, posing an injury hazard to consumers.
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What should you do?
Contact G-U Hardware to arrange for the free replacement and installation of new window fittings.
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- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: replace.
- How to reach the firm: For additional information, contact GU Hardware toll-free at (855) 355-8810 from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Thursday; and from 7:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET Friday, or visit the firm’s website at www.ak-warning.com.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves tilt-turn stay arm and side-hung sash hinge adjustable window fittings. They are used to attach a window to a frame and primarily sold for use in commercial buildings. The fittings have clamps, locking pins and stainless steel springs. “G-U” and the component number are stamped at the ends of the fitting. The recalled G-U Hardware window fittings have the following model names, and model and component numbers: Window Fitting Model Name Model Number Component Number Side-hung sash hinge Jet AK8 6-31064-00-0-1 9-31209 Tilt-turn stay arm Jet AK8 30 K-15805-00-0-1 9-31209 Jet AK8 50 K-15806-00-0-1 9-31208 Jet AK8 90 K-15807-00-0-1 9-31208
About 5,000 units, as CPSC gives them.
Window Fittings: Tilt-turn Stay Arms and Side-hung Sash Hinges.
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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 G-U Yapi, Turkey.
- Distributed by G-U Hardware, Inc., Newport News, Va.
- G-U Hardware sold the recalled window fittings directly to hardware wholesalers and window manufacturers nationwide from October 2002 to December 2011 for between $7 and $26.
- Made in Turkey, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
G-U Hardware has received two reports from the Far East of windows falling, including one report of a broken thumb. There have been no incidents reported in the U.S.
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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.
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Sources
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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.
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