The Hampton Bay Mara indoor / outdoor ceiling fan is being removed due to the risk of personal injury.
Home Depot
Up to 190,000 Hampton Bay ceiling fans sold exclusively at Home Depot last year are being picked up by the distributor after an increasing number of reports of disconnected blades as the fan spins. The distributor, King of Fans, attributed the problem to a defective fan blade locking clip, saying in a statement to customers that the problem is “an isolated manufacturing defect”.
The fan in question is the 54 inch version of the Hampton Bay Mara Indoor / outdoor ceiling fan, available in black, matte black, matte white and polished nickel. The defect affects about 182,000 ceiling fans sold in the United States between April and October 2020, as well as 8,800 additional fans sold in Canada – although a Home Depot spokesman tells CNET that these figures reflect the total number of units available for sale, and that the actual number of units sold was “about 80,000”.
To date, there have been 47 reports of fan blades coming off while the fan spins overhead, including two cases where the blade hit a customer and four cases where the blade caused material damage.
You can check the UPC number printed on a silver sticker on the fan case assembly to see if it needs to be replaced.
US Consumer Product Safety Commission
King of Fans notes that the defect does not affect all Mara on the market and advises customers to check the UPC number printed on a silver label on the fan housing assembly. If that number matches the number of runs for the affected product, the fan will need to be replaced.
Hampton Bay Mara ceiling fan reminder
| Ceiling fan | UPC number |
|---|---|
|
White Mate |
82392519186 |
|
matte black |
82392519193 |
|
black |
82392599195 |
|
Polished Nickel |
82392599188 |
“Consumers should immediately stop using ceiling fans and inspect them using the instructions at www.kingoffans.com/MaraRecall.htm,” says the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in its summary of the recall details. “If consumers observe the movement of the blades or uneven spaces between the blades and the fan body or the movement of the clip during inspection, consumers should immediately contact King of Fans to obtain a free replacement ceiling fan. . ”
Customers can contact the King of Fans by calling 1-866-443-1291, Monday through Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm Eastern Time. They can also send an email to [email protected] or visit the distributor’s website for the recall and watch a video with instructions on how to inspect the fan to see if it needs to be replaced.
“We are committed to the safety and quality of our products, so we contacted the Consumer Product Safety Commission and voluntarily withdrew the product and stopped sales when we discovered the problem,” said Christina Cornell, a spokeswoman for Home. Depot. The ceiling fan was also removed from the company’s website.
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