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CPSC Announces Recall of Furnaces in California

U.S. CPSCFireJul 9, 2001
Gas-fired horizontal furnaces
Gas-fired horizontal furnaces
These gas-fired horizontal furnaces have steel rods (right) installed above the burners
These gas-fired horizontal furnaces have steel rods (right) installed above the burners

Photos from the official notice: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission · image rights

Hazard

These furnaces pose a substantial risk of fire.

Remedy

This recall remedy is no longer available. The firm that announced the recall is out of business.

Incidents & injuries

CPSC has received 50 reports of fires associated with the 140,000 horizontal furnaces manufactured by Consolidated Industries Inc. No injuries have been reported.

Product description

All the furnaces can be identified by the steel rods installed above the burners. The firms participating in this recall are Amana Company, L.P., of Amana, Iowa; Bard Manufacturing, of Bryan, Ohio; Carrier Corporation, of Syracuse, N.Y.; Goettl Air Conditioning Inc., of Phoenix, Ariz.; Goodman Manufacturing Company L.P., of Houston, Texas; Heat Controller Inc., of Jackson, Mich.; and The Trane Company, a division of American Standard Inc., of Tyler, Texas. Private labelers sold these furnaces in California under the following brand names and model numbers, which are written on a label on an outside panel of the furnace. COMPANY NAMETRADE NAME MODEL Amana Company Amana GSE50DN3X GSE75DN3X GSE100DN5X Bard Manufacturing Bard ESG040D36B ESG050D36B ESG060D36B ESG060D48B ESG080D60B ESG100D60B ESG120D60B ESG140D60B ESG050D36D ESG060D48D ESG075D48D ESG080D60D ESG100D60D ISG060D36AX ISG080D48AX ISG100D60AX ISG120D60AX Carrier Corporation Sunburst by Carrier Southern California HAC 040N(D,E, or F)3RXC HAC 050N(D,E, or F)5RXC HAC 050ND3RXD HAC 060N(D,E, or F)4RXC HAC 075N(D,E, or F)4RXC HAC 080N(D,E, or F)5RXC HAC 100N(D,E, or F)5RXC Goettl Air Conditioning Inc. American Best Goettl HAC 040N(D,E, or F)3RCXHAC 050N(D,E, or F)3RCX HAC 040N(D,E, or F)3RXD HAC 050N(D,E, or F)3RXD HAC 040N(D,E, or F)3RXC HAC 050N(D,E, or F)3RXC HAC 060N(D,E, or F)4RXC HAC 075N(D,E, or F)4RXC HAC 080N(D,E, or F)5RXC HAC 100N(D,E, or F)5RXC HCC 040N(D,E, or F)3RX HCC 050N(D,E, or F)3RX HCC 060N(D,E, or F)4RX HCC 075N(D,E, or F)4RX HCC 100N(D,E, or F)5RX HBA 040N(D,E, or F)3RX HBA 060N(D,E, or F)3RX HBA 080N(D,E, or F)4RX HBA 100N(D,E, or F)5RX HBA 120N(D,E, or F)5RX Goodman Manufacturing Company Franklin Electric Goodman GMC Hamilton Electric Janitrol Johnstone Liberty HBA 040 ND 3(X, RX, XC or RXC) HBA 060 ND 3(X, RX, XC or RXC) HBA 080 ND 4(X, RX, XC or RXC) HBA 100 ND 5(X, RX, XC or RXC) HBA 120 ND 5(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCA 040 ND 3(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCA 060 ND 3(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCA 080 ND 4(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCA 100 ND 5(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCA 120 ND 5(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCA 140 ND 5(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCC 040 ND 3(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCC 050 ND 3(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCC 060 ND 4(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCC 075 ND 4(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCC 080 ND 5(X, RX, XC or RXC) HCC 100 ND 5(X, RX, XC or RXC) Heat Controller Inc. Comfort-Aire GSH40-T3N-X GSH50-T3N-X GSH60-T4N-X GSH75-T4N-X GSH80-T5N-X GSH100-T5N-X The Trane Company Trane American Standard THN050A936A THN060A948A THN075A948A THN100A960A

Sold on

Home, hardware and specialty stores, and independent contractors sold these furnaces in California, from January 1983 through December 1992, for about $2,000.

Contact the company

Furnace Recall Hotline: 877-347-6456

What should I do?

Stop using the product and follow the remedy below. Contact the company for a refund, repair or replacement — recall remedies are free.

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