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9 reports to CPSC, the latest made May 18, 2024. A report isn’t a recall.

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At a glance

From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.

  • 9reports to CPSC
  • May 18, 2024the latest report was made
  • Apr 10, 2014the earliest
  • 9with the company’s comments
Brand
IKEA
Maker
IKEA North America Services, LLCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
Product
Glasses, cups and mugsCPSC’s product type: Drinking Glasses, cups, and mugs (code 478), in Kitchen: Cookware & Tableware

By month

2 reports from June 2023 to May 2024; the most in May 2024, 1. 7 earlier reports, since April 2014, are in the table.
The numbers, as a table
Reports to CPSC by the month each was made, newest first
MonthReports
May 20241
August 20231
November 20211
June 20211
October 20201
April 20181
December 20171
January 20171
April 20141

How badly anyone was hurt

  • Emergency room 1 CPSC: Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
  • Seen by a doctor or nurse 1 CPSC: Injury, Seen by Medical Professional
  • First aid 1 CPSC: Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
  • No one hurt 6 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 May 18, 2024, sent to the company May 22, 2024, published by CPSC Jun 6, 2024

    The product, in the report: It is a medium sized transparent teal glass with vertical ridges all along the outside.

    I purchased IKEA vardagen glasses on April 11 2024. A month later, one of the glasses spontaneously exploded without reason. Nothing had touched it for at least 8 hours. I filled it the night before with a few ice cubes and some water and I went to bed leaving it on the counter. I woke up 8 hours later to it exploding. Most of it was still on the counter so it had not fallen and nothing was around it that could have fallen on it.

    Model
    Vardagen
    Serial number
    Article #: 80563581
    Bought from
    IKEA Canton, MI
    Bought
    Apr 11, 2024
    Where
    Detroit, Michigan: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 31, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  2. No one hurt

    Made Aug 7, 2023, sent to the company Aug 9, 2023, published by CPSC Aug 23, 2023

    The product, in the report: IKEA Vardagen 15 oz clear drinking glass (Article 703.131.06)

    IKEA Vardagen glass exploded while sitting on the kitchen counter. The glass had the remains of one ice cube and a metal straw. It had been filled with a cool drink. This happened previously to me with the smaller juice-sized version of this glass in 9/2021 and it was reported to IKEA directly. This is NOT a case of extreme temperature change nor mishandling. In fact, I am especially careful since my experience with the smaller sized version of the glass.

    Model
    703.131.06
    Bought from
    IKEA, New Jersey
    Bought
    Jul 10, 2021
    Where
    Englewood, New Jersey: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  3. No one hurt

    Made Nov 7, 2021, sent to the company Nov 10, 2021, published by CPSC Nov 26, 2021

    The product, in the report: Ikea tall and short matching drinking glasses. Number on the bottom of the tall glass is- 22943

    New Ikea glasses with a water and electrolyte mixture are shattering untouched and on there own. The first glass had little to no liquid left in it and had been on a desk untouched for about 30 minutes and it shattered sending glass all over. This was witnessed by my husband and myself. A second glass today filled with the same contents did the same sending the liquid everywhere and large pieces of glass with it.

    Model
    22943
    Bought from
    Ikea Canton
    Bought
    Oct 1, 2021, about then
    Where
    United States: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    My Spouse
    As this report names them
    Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  4. Emergency room

    Made Jun 22, 2021, sent to the company Jun 24, 2021, published by CPSC Jul 9, 2021

    The product, in the report: https://www.ikea.com/au/en/p/ikea-365-glass-clear-glass-40279712/

    I poured cold water into my IKEA 365+ glass cup and it shattered without any contact with other hard surfaces (I was only holding it in my hand). It caused me to get a laceration on my leg requiring stitches.

    Model
    402.797.12
    Bought from
    IKEA Schaumburg
    Bought
    Jun 10, 2021
    Where
    Chicago, Illinois: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 27, Female
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Emergency Department Treatment Received
  5. First aid

    Made Oct 6, 2020, sent to the company Nov 2, 2020, published by CPSC Nov 17, 2020

    The product, in the report: IKEA Drinking Glass Model POKAL Glass, turquoise12 oz $1.49 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/pokal-glass-turquoise-40342898/

    Last night, after I was done cooking dinner, I called my family to the dinner table. My son, 6, sat at the kitchen table, and I put his plate of food in front of him. We were still waiting for his dad, my husband, to come down, and I was still setting the table. I went to our kitchen cabinet to grab a drinking glass for my son. He uses the same IKEA drinking glass every night of which we had (past tense because I threw them out last night) about 6. I reached in the cabinet, and grabbed the glass as one does. Just as the glass and my hand cleared the front of the cabinet, but before I could put it down on the counter to fill it with water, the glass exploded. No, I do not mean that it broke, cracked, or shattered. It exploded like a bomb! Thank goodness my son was at the kitchen table and not trailing behind me as he often does, or that my husband had not just arrived to the kitchen. The glass exploded with such force that we found shards in the hallway to the dining room, at least 20 feet away. My arm was covered in fine glass, like sand, and I had several places on my hand that were bleeding (nothing serious), caused by glass shooting out with enormous force. Shards were in my hair, down my shirt, and in the nice dinner on the stove that I had just made. And glass even made it’s way over to the kitchen table where my son was sitting waiting for his glass of water. It honestly makes my heart stop to think of how much worse this situation could have been. My husband is a physicist. He tells me that the glass was defective and under enormous stress. I still don’t understand how this could have happened. Imagine if my son had been holding that glass! We have had these IKEA glasses for about 3 years (a guesstimate). I unload the dishwasher every AM, and this happened around 6 PM at night, so there was no change in temperature or other environmental factors. The glass did not hit the shelf on the way out. I had not even put it on the counter. All I did was pick it up and it exploded, like a bomb, in my hand. It was very frightening and I am so worried that this could happen to someone else, god forbid a child. It seemed a prudent idea to report it.

    Model
    POKAL
    Bought from
    IKEA Jersey Gardens 1000 Ikea Dr, Elizabeth, NJ
    Bought
    Jan 1, 2017, about then
    Where
    Highland Park, New Jersey: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 43, Unknown
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, First Aid Received by Non-Medical Professional
  6. No one hurt

    Made Apr 18, 2018, sent to the company Apr 26, 2018, published by CPSC May 17, 2018

    The product, in the report: It was an IKEA brand glass made in Bulgaria. Product number 21422. The product was purchased in December 2017.

    Immediately upon grasping a drinking glass to remove it from a dishwasher (very little presure) the glass shattered. Lterally upon touching the glass it exploded into several hundred pieces landing in and outside the dishwasher.

    UPC
    None
    Serial number
    None
    Bought from
    Ikea
    Bought
    Dec 15, 2017
    Where
    Lakeville, Minnesota: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unspecified
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  7. No one hurt

    Made Dec 30, 2017, sent to the company Apr 6, 2018, published by CPSC Apr 20, 2018

    The product, in the report: Ikea (365?) glass tumbler. Made in Bulgaria. Batch number 21412

    My Ikea drinking glass just spontaneously exploded in my kitchen cabinet. It shattered so hard it left shards embedded in the other shelves. The glasses were a set of 4, and they are made in Bulgaria with the batch number 21412

    Model
    21412
    UPC
    I don’t know
    Serial number
    I don’t know
    Bought from
    Ikea
    Bought
    Jun 4, 2016
    Where
    Bellevue, Washington: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Unspecified
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Unspecified
    As this report names them
    Brand Ikea, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  8. No one hurt

    Made Jan 4, 2017, sent to the company Jan 11, 2017, published by CPSC Feb 3, 2017

    The product, in the report: Basic drinking glass from IKEA.

    One basic drinking glass from Ikea exploded on the table. It was used just 5 minutes ago, and it was filled with room temperature drinking water.

    The water spilled down on table and chairs, and the glass just disintegrated into tousands of pieces all over the place. Nobody touched the glass while exploding.

    Bought from
    IKEA
    Bought
    Jan 8, 2014, about then
    Where
    Sector 5, Romania: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 34, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Incident, No Injury
  9. Seen by a doctor or nurse

    Made Apr 10, 2014, sent to the company Apr 18, 2014, published by CPSC May 2, 2014

    The product, in the report: IKEA MJOD Beer glass

    Glass suddenly and unexpectedly broke in my hand while I was holding it. Shortly after filling the glass with ice and soda, the bottom of the glass detached and fell to the floor. My reflex reaction to the falling piece of glass was to try and catch it. In doing so, the glass sliced a large chunk of skin off my fingertip. The wound is sizeable, bled profusely, and will most likely leave a pretty noticeable scar since I was unable to recover the severed piece of flesh. Went to my family doctor the following day and was told that wound could not be stitched due to the amount that was missing.

    Model
    MJOD Glass
    Bought from
    IKEA
    Where
    Unspecified: Home/Apartment/Condominium
    Who was involved
    Age 32, Male
    The reporter’s relation to them
    Self
    As this report names them
    Brand IKEA, made or sold by IKEA North America Services, LLC
    How badly, in CPSC’s words
    Injury, Seen by Medical Professional

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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.

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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.

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