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White-Rodgers Recalls Home Heating and Cooling Thermostats Due to Fire Hazard

Date: April 30, 2014
Company: White-Rodgers of St. Louis, Mo., a division of Emerson Climate Technologies.
Status: Ongoing
Source: CPSC

What You Should Do

Stop using this product immediately. Do not consume, use, or distribute it.

Consumers should check thermostats for battery icon on the left side of the blue lighted screen, if the battery icon is not shown, contact White-Rodgers to receive a free repair or a replacement thermostat. Options: Replace, Repair

Affected Products

This recall involves four models of White-Rodgers digital thermostats. The thermostats are white with blue lighted screens and have one of the following names printed on the front of them: "COMFORTSENTRY," "DICO," "Emerson," "Frigidaire," "Maytag," "Nutone," "Partners Choice," "Rheem," "Ruud," "Unico," "Water Furnace," "Westinghouse," "White-Rodgers" or "Zonefirst." The thermostats have a battery door on the top left corner. There are three or four buttons to the right and also below the thermostat screen. Recalled thermostats do not show a battery icon on the left side of the blue lighted screen.

Why Was This Recalled?

The alkaline batteries used in the thermostat can leak onto the circuit board posing a fire hazard.

Where Was This Sold?

Distribution information not available.

About White-Rodgers of St. Louis, Mo., a division of Emerson Climate Technologies.

White-Rodgers of St. Louis, Mo., a division of Emerson Climate Technologies. has 1 total recall tracked by RecallDetector.

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Data sourced from the CPSC. Last updated March 26, 2026. View original report