Next Ikea recall: product error can lead to injuries – furniture giant warns after incidents

Created: 01/13/2023 10:58 am

By: Patrick Freiwah

A product sold by Ikea could be dangerous for consumers.

Therefore, the Swedish furniture store initiates a recall and warns of incidents.

Hofheim-Wallau/Munich – Ikea recently had to announce a recall that could pose a risk of injury.

Just a few weeks later, the Swedish furniture giant launched another recall campaign.

This time it's about the product LETTAN: a mirror that most buyers will probably use in the bathroom and can suddenly fall off the wall due to poor attachment.

Ikea recall for mirror LETTAN - injuries and shock threaten

This is accompanied by a risk of injury for consumers, after all, broken glass and splinters can cause a lot of harm.

Not to mention possible shock from the sudden clang...

"Ikea asks all customers who have an affected LETTAN mirror with a date stamp of 2105 (YYWW) or older to stop using it and to order replacement wall fittings free of charge," reads a warning published by the group's headquarters.

In this case, 21 means the year 2021, 05 stands for the corresponding calendar week - this is the period of manufacture.

Swedish furniture giant Ikea is going public with another recall.

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LETTAN bathroom mirror: Recall due to defective attachment

In the press release, Ikea seeks reassurance and apologizes for the problems that have arisen.

"Despite all care, there is a risk that the wall fittings of LETTAN mirrors attached to the wall could break," says the wording.

As a result, some of the models may suddenly fall to the ground.

Ikea has also announced the recall on social networks such as Facebook and Instagram – and numerous people respond by explaining that they had exactly the same problem with the mirror: it fell and broke into several pieces.

Comments:

• "Three weeks ago fell down in the night and broke!

  We got a real fright..."

• "I fell down a while ago and damaged the vanity... I almost died because I was so scared..."

• "Ours also broke 😠 and damaged the floor.

  There remains one photo to remember.”

Ikea recall: customers rage about prices and quality - customer praises transparency

Many Ikea followers complain about the increased prices and decreased quality under the IKEA recall post.

One voice defends the retail giant: "That's nothing unusual given the number of products that IKEA carries.

At Amazon & Co. you just don't get it.

At least it is handled transparently here.”

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The furniture chain from Scandinavia offers further information about the IKEA recall on the Internet at IKEA.de, or by telephone on the Ikea number 0800-2255453.

In this way, customers can reorder the required number of replacement wall fittings with item number 139298/1 free of charge.

One user is basically satisfied with the quality of her Ikea mirror, but (irically) criticizes another problem: "It's been hanging with us since 2012, I think it's getting wider over the years."