Plexvent HTPV pipe systems
Description: April 1, 2009Release #09-175 Manufacturers' Recall Hotline: (800) 758-3688CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 **Media and Consumer Alert** May 1, 2009 Deadline Approaching for Remedy Change in Recall Program; Consumers Urged to Replace Dangerous Home Heating Vent Pipes WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and various home heating furnace, boiler, and high-temperature plastic vent pipe (HTPV) manufacturers are urging home owners who have not yet responded to the previously-announced 1998 recall, to do so immediately. After May 1, 2009, the remedy consumers receive will change. The recall originally included about 250,000 Plexvent and Ultravent HTPV pipe systems attached to gas or propane mid-efficiency furnaces and boilers in homes. The HTPV pipes can crack or separate at the joints and leak deadly carbon monoxide (CO) gas. After checking the vent pipes, consumers should call (800) 758-3688 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday to sign up for HTPV pipe system replacement [Learn More]
Plexvent HTPV pipe systems Recall Information
Recall Date | 04/01/2009 |
Recall ID | 5180 |
Recall Number | 09175 |
Product Type | Vent Pipes |
Hazard | Carbon Monoxide (CO) |
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