RCA batteries
1 report to CPSC, the latest made Feb 8, 2021. A report isn’t a recall.
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At a glance
From SaferProducts.gov, released Oct 25, 2026.
- 1report to CPSC
- Feb 8, 2021the latest report was made
- Feb 8, 2021the earliest
- 0with the company’s comments
- Brand
- RCA
- Maker
- VENTURER ELECTRONICS, INCMakers, importers or sellers, as the reports name them
- Product
- BatteriesCPSC’s product type: Batteries (code 884), in Electronics: Batteries & Chargers
By month
The numbers, as a table
| Month | Reports |
|---|---|
| February 2021 | 1 |
How badly anyone was hurt
- Hurt, care not known 1 CPSC: Injury, Level of care not known
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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Hurt, care not known Made Feb 8, 2021, sent to the company Mar 18, 2021, published by CPSC Apr 1, 2021
The product, in the report: Tablet battery
Caller is reporting that the tablet battery overheated and melted the back of the tablet which caused the screen to separate. She stated that it is extremely melted that the battery can be seen, She stated that her 6 year old child alerted her grandmother that the tablet was burning her hands. The child received blister to her left middle finger and ring finger. No medical attention was received.
The manufacturer was contacted and they advised her that they could send her a replacement but they did not seem interested that the product was poses a burn hazard. Caller feels that this tablet is a fire hazard.
- Model
- rct6873w42
- Bought from
- Walmart.com
- Bought
- Nov 4, 2020
- Where
- Gray, Tennessee: Home/
Apartment/ Condominium - Who was involved
- Age 6, Female
- The reporter’s relation to them
- My Child
- As this report names them
- Brand RCA, made or sold by VENTURER ELECTRONICS, INC
- How badly, in CPSC’s words
- Injury, Level of care not known
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.
Word for word, from the disclaimer in CPSC’s export.
Sources
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.