IKEA Reannounces and Expands Recall of Children’s Wall-Mounted Lamps Due to Strangulation Hazard
Kids’ product recall 14-161. Announced by CPSC on Apr 29, 2014.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Apr 29, 2014. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 3.5 million in the United States, 1.4 million in Canada, 30.2 million worldwide (This reannouncement includes IKEA children’s lamps in the firm’s previous recall in December 2013 and expands the number and types of lamps.) units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
Children can get entangled in the electrical cord that hangs from the children’s wall-mounted lamps, posing a strangulation hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled lamps, remove them from the wall and contact IKEA for a free repair kit. Do not use the lamp until the repair kit is installed. The repair kit has self-adhesive fasteners for attaching the lamp’s cord to the wall as well as safety instructions.
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).: repair.
- How to reach the firm: IKEA toll-free at (888) 966-4532 anytime or online at www.ikea-usa.com and click on the Recall link at the top of the page for more information.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves IKEA children’s wall-mounted lamps sold in various style names, shapes and colors. The lamps have a cord, about 7 to 8 feet long with either a switch on the cord or a switch located on the lamp. The following lamp styles are included in the recall reannouncement and expansion. Style Name Description BILEN Green front of car FLABB Red lips and white teeth KUSLIG Dark blue or pink domed reading lamp LJUSNING White round plastic frame with LED light MINNEN MINNEN FACKLA Red, blue or mother-of-pearl domed reading lamp with silver-colored spider on dome Silver and cream torch MYS HJÄRTLIG MYS KANIN MYS MÅNE MYS RIVIG White bunny on green gingham background nightlight Sleeping bunny nightlight Moon and stars nightlight Cat nightlight PIFFIG White and blue fabric domed nightlight Red, green, blue and yellow fabric domed nightlight Red fabric domed nightlight SEGLATS Sailboat nightlight SKOJIG White or green domed reading lamp with clouds SMILA BAGGE SMILA BLOMMA SMILA HJÄRTA SMILA MÅNE SMILA SNÄCKA SMILA STJÄRNA SMILA SJÖHÄST Green bug White, pink or red flower Red heart Yellow moon Blue seashell Blue star Orange seahorse SMULTRON GRODA Frog nightlight SMYG White tubular reading lamp with white metal sides White domed reading lamp with turquoise metal base White domed reading lamp with red metal base SNÖIG Light green, pink or white domed reading lamp STOJA Blue triangle on red base White pointed shade on red base with blue arrow SUSSA White rectangular lamp with grates TASSA TASSA NATT Dark blue lamp with wooden sides Dancing brown frogs Blue nightlight with moon and stars Yellow nightlight with squirrel
About 3.5 million in the United States, 1.4 million in Canada, 30.2 million worldwide (This reannouncement includes IKEA children’s lamps in the firm’s previous recall in December 2013 and expands the number and types of lamps.) units, as CPSC gives them.
Children’s wall-mounted lamps.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 16 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- BILEN children’s wall-mounted lamp
- FLABB children’s wall-mounted lamp
- KUSLIG children’s wall-mounted lamps
- LJUSNING children’s wall-mounted lamp
- MINNEN children’s wall-mounted lamps
- MYS children’s wall-mounted lamps
- PIFFIG children’s wall-mounted lamp
- SEGLATS children’s wall-mounted lamp
- A photo without a caption
- SMILA children’s wall-mounted lamps
- SMULTRON GRODA children’s wall-mounted lamps
- SMYG children’s wall-mounted lamp
- SNÖIG children’s wall-mounted lamp
- STOJA children’s wall-mounted lamp
- SUSSA children’s wall-mounted lamp
- TASSA children’s wall-mounted lamps
Who made and sold it?
- Made by IKEA North America, Conshohocken, Pa.
- IKEA stores nationwide, in IKEA’s catalog and online at www.ikea-usa.com from May 1984 to April 2014 for between $5 and $30.
- Made in United States, Lithuania and China, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
A 15-month-old baby became entangled in the TASSA NATT lamp’s cord and nearly strangled. This incident, and the death of a 16-month-old baby who died after getting entangled in the SMILA lamp’s cord, were reported in the previous recall. In both incidents, which occurred in Europe, the lamp cord was pulled into the crib by the infants.
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.