Ikea Canada has issued another recall but this time the recalled items are the best-selling MALM dressers and chests! Approximately 6 million of these recalled furniture pieces have been sold in Canada since 2002. The recall was issued because many of the MALM-style dressers don’t meet the voluntary North America ASTM standard requirements on free-standing stability. Ikea issued a wall attachment last year to prevent furniture top-overs but clearly they’re either not being used or aren’t installed correctly.
“Ikea Canada takes its role as a responsible retailer very seriously and we want to raise the awareness of the hazard of furniture tip-over in Canadians’ homes,” said Stefan Sjöstrand, the Ikea Canada President.
Since 1989, six children in the US were killed by toppling dressers and drawers so clearly this recall is the best action that Ikea can take. If you have a recalled dresser you can bring it back to any Ikea location and get a refund; however, if you want to continue using it, you can get a free wall anchoring kit from any Ikea store.
Here is a full list of recalled chest of drawers:
- BRIMNES chest/2 drw 50×77 (all colours)
- BRIMNES chest/3 drw 78×95 (all colours)
- BRIMNES chest/4 drw 39×124 (all colours)
- BRIMNES chest/4 drw 78×124 (all colours)
- ASKVOLL chest/6 drawers 45×109 (all colours)
- BRUSALI chest of 3 drawers 80×93 (all colours)
- BRUSALI chest/4 drw 51×134 (all colours)
- BUSUNGE chest/2 drw 80×75 (all colours)
- BRUSALI chest of 6/drawers 80×117 (all colours)
- HEMNES chest/3 drw 108×95 (all colours)
- HURDAL chest/3 drw 109×93 (all colours)
- HEMNES chest/5 drw 57×130 (all colours)
- HURDAL chest/5 drw 56×137 (all colours)
- HEMNES chest/6 drw 108×130 (all colours, *except painted white*)
- IKEA PS 2012 chst 5 drwrs/1 dr 130x48x86 pine
- KOPPANG chest/3 drw 90×82 white
- KULLEN N chest/5 drw 70×112 black-brown
- MALM chest/3 drw 80×78 (all colours)
- MALM chest/4 drw 80×100 (all colours)
- MALM chest/5 drw 40×123 (all colours)
- MALM chest/6 drw 40×123 (all colours)
- MALM chest/6 drw 80×123 (all colours)
- MALM chest/6 drw 160×78 (all colours)
- NORNÄS chest 4 drwrs/2 comp 108×88 pine/grey
- STOCKHOLM chest/4 drw 49×107 walnut veneer
- STUVA frame 60x50x128 white
- STUVA frame 60x50x64 white
- SUNDVIK N chng tbl/chst of drwrs (all colours)
- TARVA chest of 4 drawers, 79×92 pine
- TARVA chest of 5 drawers, 39×127 pine
- TARVA chest of 5 drawers, 79×127 pine
- TARVA chest of 6 drawers, 155×92 pine
- TROGEN chest of drawers 100×108 light grey
- TRYSIL chest of 3 drawers, 75×77 dark brown/black
- TYSSEDAL chest/4 drw 67×102 white
- TYSSEDAL chest/4 drw 87×76 white
- TYSSEDAL chest/6 drw 127×89 white
- UNDREDAL chest of 4 drawers, 87×101 black
- UNDREDAL chest of 5 drawers, 67×122 black
Click here to read more details about this Ikea Canada recall.
Click here to view all the recalled chests and drawers from Ikea Canada.
I find this very disturbing. There is NO problem with these dressers. The instructions say to anchor them to a wall, and to be honest I make my husband anchor things to walls even if it doesn’t say too. I feel bad for Ikea for having to do this when following instructions and common sense would have prevented this happening.
I agree. I have some of the recalled dressers in both my son’s bedrooms and I plan on keeping them because my husband has anchored them to the wall. Kids are getting injured/killed because parents are not following the instructions and don’t want to make holes in the walls.
I agree with you guys too, there is no fundamental design problems with these dresser. It is consumer misuse.
There are far more children killed by big screen TV in the 90s, but there are so many brands of TV that we would never think it is Sony’s responsibility. Many children are harm by these dresser simply because they dominated the market.
On the other hand, I’m tempted to get a refund of this drawer I bought over 10 years ago and trade in for a newer model…