True Manufacturing Recalls Commercial Refrigerators with Secop Compressors Due to Fire Hazard
Home product recall 24-219. Announced by CPSC on May 2, 2024.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on May 2, 2024. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Repair what’s offered
- About 29,200 (In addition, about 50 were sold in Mexico) units, as CPSC gives them
- None injuries, CPSC’s notice says
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The recalled commercial refrigerators with Secop Compressors can fail in a manner causing the compressor to overheat, posing a fire hazard.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should immediately stop using commercial refrigerators with Secop compressors with model number NLE11MN, and contact True Manufacturing for a free repair. The original Secop ePTC starter in the compressor with the RSCR motor configuration will be replaced with the CSIR motor configuration. Consumers can register their unit for retrofit at www.true-secopcompressor-retrofit.com or www.true-secopcompressor-recall.com, and an on-site service visit by a technician will be scheduled. True Manufacturing is contacting all known purchasers directly.
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: True Manufacturing toll-free at 855-203-0185 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at info@true-secopcompressor-retrofit.com, or online at www.true-secopcompressor-retrofit.com or www.true-secopcompressor-recall.com for more information, or at www.truemfg.com and click on the “Recall” quick link.
Which ones are recalled?
This recall involves commercial refrigerators with Secop compressors with model number NLE11MN. The recalled Secop Compressors installed in True Commercial Refrigerators were sold through corporate channels to commercial customers and to the commercial food service companies. The recalled commercial refrigerators are both black and stainless steel in color, and have configurations with double, triple, and sliding doors. The model and serial numbers are printed on a label located inside the commercial refrigerator cabinet by the left door. The following refrigerator models and serial numbers are included in this recall: Refrigerator Model First serial number Last serial number GDIM-49NT 9466976 10040916 GDM-45 9344197 10010080 GDM-47 9300299 10010063 GDM-47FC 9344301 10010081 GDM-47RL 9342885 10049968 GDM-49 9301457 10009796 GDM-49FC 9343416 9994430 GDM-49RL 9347552 10049976 GDM-69 9302194 10049977 GDM-69FC 9368706 10042783 GDM-72 9303855 10048931 GDM-72FC 9346330 10048907 T-49G 9789525 9872836 TSD-47 9364752 10042789 TSD-47G 9342889 10049972
About 29,200 (In addition, about 50 were sold in Mexico) units, as CPSC gives them.
Commercial Refrigerators with Secop Compressors.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 6 photos on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
- Recalled True Commercial Refrigerator with Secop Compressors, model number T-49G
- Recalled True Commercial Refrigerator with Secop Compressors, model number GDIM-49NT
- Recalled True Commercial Refrigerator with Secop Compressors, model number GDM-72
- Recalled True Commercial Refrigerator with Secop Compressors, model number GDM GDM-49
- Recalled True Commercial Refrigerator with Secop Compressors, model number TSD-47
- SECOP Compressor with model number NLE11MN
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Secop GmbH, Germany (compressors.
- Made by True Manufacturing Co. Inc., O’Fallon, Missouri (refrigerators).
- Directly to commercial food service businesses by dealers and distributors from January 2018 through June 2020 for between $3,000 and $8,000.
- Made in Slovakia, China and United States, as the notice gives it.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
The firm has received 14 reports of fires resulting in property damage. No injuries have been reported.
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.