Product recall · June 5, 2019
Apple Recalls Three-Prong Wall Plug Adapters Included in World Travel Adapter Kit Due to Risk of Electric Shock
Hazard: The three-prong AC wall plug adapters can break and expose the metal portion of the adapter, posing an electric shock risk.
What to do: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled wall plug adapters and contact Apple for free replacement adapters.
- Recall number
- 19132
- Announced
- Product
- Apple AC World Travel Adapter Kits
- Importer
- Apple Inc., of Cupertino, Calif.
- Made in
- China
- Affected products
- This recall involves three-prong AC wall plug adapters included in the Apple World Travel Adapter Kit sold before February 2015. The kits contain three-prong and two-prong AC wall plug adapters that fit different electrical outlets worldwide. The recalled adapters were made for use primarily in the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Hong Kong and were also sold with Mac computers and iOS devices. The recalled three-prong AC wall plug adapters are white with no letters on the inside slot where it attaches to an Apple power adapter. Redesigned adapters are white with gray on the inside portion that attaches to the power adapter.
- Units
- About 814,000 (in addition, about 81,000 were sold in Canada)
- Incidents / injuries
- Apple has received six reports from other countries of wall plug adapters breaking and consumers receiving shocks, including two reports of consumers who were medically evaluated and released without need for further medical treatment. No reports of incidents or injuries were reported by U.S. consumers.
- Sold at
- Apple stores and other home electronics stores nationwide, and online at Apple.com from January 2003 through January 2015 for about $30.
- Consumer contact
- Apple at 800-275-2273 anytime, or online at www.apple.com, click on Support and then click on Apple Three-Prong AC Wall Plug Adapter Recall Program at the bottom of the page.
- Source
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice 19132
- Last checked
What to do if you own this product
- Stop using the product if the notice tells you to.
- Find the model number, serial number or date code on the product and compare it with the notice.
- Contact the company using the details above for the refund, repair or replacement.
- Report an injury or a safety problem at SaferProducts.gov.
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