Frigidaire refrigerators are being recalled after a possible choking hazard from the ice maker, the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission says.
The parent company, Electrolux, has recalled their Frigidaire Branded Side by Side Refrigerators with Slim Ice Buckets after learning that the ice bucket assembly component can break, resulting in plastic pieces entering the ice bucket, posing choking and laceration hazards to consumers if the pieces are dispensed out of the ice bucket.
The CPSC says Electrolux has received 343 reports of plastic pieces breaking off, including two incidents resulting in laceration and ingestion injuries when the pieces were dispensed out of the recalled ice bucket.
This recall involves certain Frigidaire branded side by side refrigerators with Slim Ice buckets manufactured between 2015 and 2019, with model numbers DGHK2355TF, DGHX2655TF, FFSC2323TS, FGSC2335TD, FGSC2335TF, FGSS2635TD, FGSS2635TE, FGSS2635TF, FGSS2635TP, FPSC2277RF, FPSC2278UF, FPSS2677RF, LFSC2324VF, LGHK2336TD, LGHK2336TF, LGHX2636TD, and LGHX2636TF.
The model and serial numbers are printed on a serial plate located inside the refrigerator compartment.
In the United States, these refrigerators were sold at Lowe’s and other appliance stores, and online at Frigidaire.com from November 2015 through September 2019 for between $1,400 and $2,400, according to the CPSC.
Consumers should immediately stop using the ice makers and contact Electrolux Group to request a replacement ice bucket assembly component, free of charge.