About 1,750 Gas-Fired Boilers Recalled Due to Risk of CO Poisoning
The boilers were sold under six different brand names
The company that makes several brands of gas-fired boilers has recalled 1,745 units from multiple brands because they lack a required flue inspection cover plate and may pose a risk of exposure to combustion flue gasses, creating a carbon monoxide poisoning hazard. No incidents or injuries have been reported.
Details of Gas-Fired Boiler Recall
The recall: This recall involves 1,745 gas-fired hot water residential boilers with the brand names Dunkirk, Utica Boilers, Utica Heating, Pennco, Green Mountain, and Columbia, and with model numbers that include the letters DXL-K, MGB-K, UH15B-K, 15B-K, GMGW-K, or MCB-K, respectively. (Check the recall notice for the list of specific models.) The boilers are blue and/or gray, 32 inches tall, 13 to 27 inches wide and 26 inches deep. The model and serial numbers are located on the boiler rating plate in the front left corner of the top panel.
The risk: The recalled boilers can be missing the flue inspection cover plate, posing a risk of exposure to combustion flue gasses and a carbon monoxide poisoning hazard.
Incidents/injuries: None reported.
Where and when sold: The boilers were sold at wholesale distributors mainly in the Midwest and Northeast from December 2022 through May 2023 for between $2,000 and $4,000.
The remedy: Consumers are urged to stop using the recalled gas-fired hot water boilers and contact ECR International to arrange for a free inspection and repair in the form of a free installation of the inspection cover plate, if missing.
Contact the manufacturer: You can call ECR International at 800-241-5501, email the company at ecrcustomerservice@ecrinternational.com, or visit the website at ecrrecall.com or ecrinternational.com.
Report a defective product: Call the CPSC hotline at 800-638-2772 or go to saferproducts.gov.
