Got a Ceiling Fan From Home Depot? Blades can detach, leading to recall.

[Robert59]

Between April and October of this year, 182,000 Americans and 8,800 Canadians purchased a particular ceiling fan at Home Depot or on its website. Now, those thousands are being asked to return them for a fairly scary reason: The blades can detach, NBC News reports. The company that makes the fan has received 47 reports so far of that happening, including two in which a person was hit by a blade and four in which property was damaged.

https://www.newser.com/story/300603/got-a-ceiling-fan-from-home-depot-you-need-to-read-this.html

 

[Aunt Marg]

Absolutely zero excuse for such aside from manufacturers cheaping-out!

Make things cheaper, pump the product out faster, ask more money for it!

 

[Remy]

Agree with Aunt Marg. I heard this on the radio this morning. They don't make things to last, just to make money. Scary though on this happening with these fans.

 

[WhatInThe]

Says one or two screws not adequately secured to blade locking clip.

http://www.kingoffans.com/MaraRecall.htm

Is the consumer or factory responsible for tightening those screws? Or the screw simply come loose which is a poor design.

 

[Rosemarie]

Where were they made, I wonder?
I recently bought a tin opener when just fell apart the first time I tried to use it. I presume there was a screw missing somewhere. Made in China of course, as so many of our cheap products are these days.

 

[CarolfromTX]

About a hundred years ago when I worked at the Chamber of Commerce, a fan blade detached and by the merest stroke of luck, missed me and a stained glass window. Yikes!