HP Has Double-Recall of Fax Machines (HPQ)

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) has issued a voluntary recall of more than 1 million fax machines.  The recall pertains to some 928,000 HP fax 1040 and 1050 machines in the United States and another 240,000 of the machines in Mexico and in Canada. In some cases, this is a “re-recall.”

The recall notes that these models of the company’s fax machines can overheat “due to an internal electrical component failure, posing fire and burn hazards.” 

The company said that it is aware of only seven reports of fax machines overheating and catching fire which also resulted in property damage.  One of the reported instances resulted in “significant property damage and one instance of a minor burn injury to a consumer’s finger.”

Of the 7 incidents, six of these incidents were reported in the United States and one incident was reported in Canada.

The units were sold from November 2004 through December 2011 for between $90 and $120.  Here is the ironic part: Some of the recalled fax machines were replacement units for a previous recall involving HP fax model 1010 in June 2008.

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