Summer Infant Expands Recall to Replace Video Monitor Rechargeable Batteries Due to Burn Hazard
Kids’ product recall 14-156. Announced by CPSC on Apr 23, 2014.
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 23, 2014. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Replace what’s offered
- About 800,000 batteries (about 58,800 were recalled in February 2011) units, as CPSC gives them
- Not said injuries, in the notice
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The battery in the handheld video monitor can overheat and rupture, posing a burn hazard to consumers.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should remove the battery and contact Summer Infant for a replacement battery. The monitor can continue to be used on AC power with the power cord.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- 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: Summer Infant at (800) 426-8627 anytime or online at www.summerinfant.com/alerts/battery-recall for information on battery replacement.
Which ones are recalled?
The recall involves rechargeable batteries in Summer Infant handheld color video monitors. The rechargeable batteries are about 1 ½” tall by 2 ¼” wide and are ¼” thick, black, and are marked with TCL on the lower right corner of the battery. Monitors are sold with a matching camera and A/C adaptors. Batteries will have one of these letter and number combinations in the beginning of the serial number on the back of the battery: Battery numbers are: S/N: JNN-S150A S/N:JNS150-BA S/N:JNS150A S/N: JNN-S150B S/N:JNS150-BB S/N: JNN-S150C S/N:JNS150-BC Monitors are: Monitor Name Model Number Baby Touch® 02000, 02000Z Baby Touch® Plus 28520 Best View® 28030, 28030Z, 28035, 28280Z Best View® Choice 28460 Complete Coverage® 28040 Dual Coverage™ 28510 MultiView™ 28490 Peek® Plus 02230 Private Label Baby Sight 3927000H11/A, 3927003H12 Safe Sight™ 28530 Secure Sight® 02040, 02040Z Sleek and Secure® 28270 Slim and Secure® 02800, 02805 Slim and Secure® Plus 28450 Slim and Secure® Plus Power Pack 28590
About 800,000 batteries (about 58,800 were recalled in February 2011) units, as CPSC gives them.
Rechargeable batteries used in Summer Infant video monitors.
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?
- Imported by Summer Infant, Woonsocket, R.I.
- Mass merchants, including Babies “R” Us, online retailers and independent juvenile specialty stores, from about February 2010 through 2012 for between $150 to $350.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
Summer Infant has received 22 reports of overheated and ruptured batteries, including incidents of smoke and minor property damage.
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.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
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.
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.