Champion air conditioners
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Sep 21, 2023. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Sep 21, 2023the latest report was made
- Sep 21, 2023the earliest
- 1with the company’s comments
- Brand
- Champion
- Maker
- Essick Air ProductsMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- Air conditionersCPSC’s product type: Air Conditioners (code 381), in Home Maintenance and Structures: Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| September 2023 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- No incident, no one hurt 1 CPSC: No Incident, No Injury
As each report says it, in short words; CPSC’s own words are under each.
The reports, as CPSC published them
Reports people made to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. CPSC publishes each one after sending it to the company named, and doesn’t guarantee they’re accurate. A report isn’t a recall.
Each report is the words of the person who made it, as CPSC published them. The company’s comments, where CPSC published any, are set apart as the company’s own.
CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.
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No incident, no one hurt Made Sep 21, 2023, sent to the company Sep 25, 2023, published by CPSC Oct 10, 2023
The product, in the report: Swamp cooler
I purchased a brand new Champion swamp cooler (evaporative cooler) for $400 from Home Depot in 2020. It only worked for a couple of months, maybe four months, before the motor seized. I returned it to Home Depot, and because I hadn’t purchased an extended warranty on the first one, they wouldn’t allow me to purchase a warranty for the replacement.
The motor in the replacement just seized AND CAUGHT ON FIRE last week. I am disabled, walked into my home to the horrific odor of something BURNING, but I couldn’t find the source immediately. As I was frantically searching for the source I heard a loud POP! and turned around to see smoke coming from inside the motor of the swamp cooler!
I immediately grabbed my fire extinguisher and unloaded on the motor after unplugging it.
In the 12 years that I’ve lived here in the hi desert I haven’t had any electrical problems, and this incident is isolated to only this brand of product.
I had the fire department come out and make sure that it wouldn’t spark up again, and contacted the manufacturer. The manufacturer told me that I had to file a claim with my homeowners insurance (which would make MY rates go up, or potentially lose the insurance coverage completely) and THEN they “would investigate.” [REDACTED] didn’t care that a disabled woman had to install and uninstall a heavy, awkward swamp cooler TWICE, when it should’ve lasted for many YEARS, nor did they care that their shoddy equipment almost burned my house down with my dogs inside.
- Model
- MODEL WCM28/
N28W - Serial number
- GB1563742
- Bought from
- Home Depot
- Bought
- Apr 20, 2021
- Where
- Landers, California: Mobile/
Manufactured Home - Who was involved
- Age 55, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- Self
- As this report names them
- Brand Champion, made or sold by Essick Air Products
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- No Incident, No Injury
CPSC’s disclaimer
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, SaferProducts.gov public database export.
Released Oct 25, 2026 and checked Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.