CPSC, DeWALT® Industrial Tool Co. Announce Recall of Battery Chargers
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), DeWALT® Industrial Tool Co., of Baltimore, Md., is
voluntarily recalling about 825,000 battery chargers (model DW9116)
for repair. These chargers are for 9.6- to 18-volt batteries used with
DeWALT cordless tools. Metal clips inside the chargers could come loose
and stick through the chargers' vents, possibly resulting in consumers
receiving an electrical shock.
DeWALT has not received any reports of injuries with these chargers.
This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injuries.
The battery chargers are model number DW9116, which is written on the
front and bottom of the charger housing. The chargers are black with
yellow lettering. "DeWALT" is written on the front of the chargers. The
recalled chargers have date codes from 9927EM through 9952EM and 0001EM
through 0031EM located on the bottom of the charger. Chargers with a
yellow or green dot sticker near the date code already have been
repaired, and are not recalled.
Home center and hardware stores sold these battery chargers
nationwide from September 1999 through August 2000 for between $49 and
$69. During the same period, chargers also were sold with some DeWALT
cordless tools.
Consumers should stop using these battery chargers immediately, and take
them to a DeWALT or Black & Decker service center for a free repair. To
locate the nearest service center, or for more information, call DeWALT
toll-free at (888) 388-3273 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday
through Friday.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission protects the public from
unreasonable risks of injury or death from 15,000 types of consumer
products under the agency's jurisdiction. To report a dangerous product
or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or
CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at
http://www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. For information on CPSC's fax-on-demand
service, call the above numbers or visit the web site at
http://cpsc.gov/about/who.html. To order a press release through
fax-on-demand, call (301) 504-0051 from the handset of your fax machine
and enter the release number. Consumers can obtain this release and
recall information at CPSC's web site at http://www.cpsc.gov.
