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Ikea Tobias chairs

2 reports to CPSC, the latest made Feb 1, 2025. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 2reports to CPSC
  • Feb 1, 2025the latest report was made
  • Nov 23, 2024the earliest
  • 2with the company’s comments
Brand
Ikea Tobias
Maker
IKEA North America Services, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
ChairsChairs without a type of their ownCPSC’s product type: Chairs, Other or Not Specified (code 4074), in Furniture, Furnishings & Decorations: Furniture

By month

2 reports from March 2024 to February 2025; the most in February 2025, 1.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
February 20251
November 20241

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Hurt, no treatment 1 CPSC: Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received
  • No one hurt 1 CPSC: 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.

Source:

CPSC, SaferProducts.gov public database export. Released Oct 25, 2026. Updated daily.

  1. No one hurt

    Made Feb 1, 2025, sent to the company Feb 4, 2025, published by CPSC Feb 19, 2025

    The product, in the report: Ikea Tobias chairs. Has happened twice to my family now. Once with a smoke colored chair and once with a clear chair.

    Ikea Tobias chairs crack down the middle causing fall and pinch risk.

    Model
    Tobias
    Serial number
    Na
    Bought from
    Ikea, Canton mi
    Bought
    Mar 1, 2021, about then
    Where
    Lennon, Michigan: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 46, Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand Ikea tobias, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  2. Hurt, no treatment

    Made Nov 23, 2024, sent to the company Nov 26, 2024, published by CPSC Dec 11, 2024

    The product, in the report: Ikea tobias clear chair Material Leg frame:Steel, Chrome-plated Seat shell:Polycarbonate plastic Foot:Polypropylene plastic Nut:Zinc, Chrome-plated Bumpers/ Washers:Synthetic rubber

    My partner who is 39 weeks pregnant was using ikea tobias clear chair when the back rest snapped off causing her to fall and bang her head on the wall behind, luckily she was only shook upa with a slight headache

    Model
    803.496.71
    Bought from
    Ikea cardiff
    Bought
    Mar 1, 2024
    Where
    United Kingdom: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 26, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Spouse
    As this report names them
    Brand Ikea Tobias, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, No First Aid or Medical Attention Received

CPSC’s disclaimer

Disclaimer: CPSC does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the contents of the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database on SaferProducts.gov, particularly with respect to information submitted by people outside of CPSC.

Source:

Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.

Sources

Sources
  • 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.

Source:

Reports of harm are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), on SaferProducts.gov. CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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