Recall: Southern Living, Sunset Home Improvement Books

Recall: Southern Living, Sunset Home Improvement Books

There is now a massive recall of about 540,000 home improvement books (including some by Southern Living and the Popular Sunset Home Repair Handbook) that contain errors in the technical diagrams for various wiring instructions. The errors could potentially lead consumers to incorrectly install or repair electrical wiring, posing an electrical shock or fire hazard to consumers. Specifics aren’t, unfortunately being given, but there was already a voluntary recall of around 951,000 books back in January of this year which had a similar problem. The following product safety recall was voluntarily conducted by the firm in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Consumers should stop using the product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.

Name of product: Home improvement books under Sunset and Southern Living brands (various, see below)

Units: About 540,000 (about 951,000 home improvement books with similar faulty wiring instructions were recalled in January 2010)

Publisher: Oxmoor House, Inc., of Birmingham, Ala.

Hazard: The books contain errors in the technical diagrams and wiring instructions that could lead consumers to incorrectly install or repair electrical wiring, posing an electrical shock or fire hazard to consumers.

Incidents/injuries: None reported.

Description: The recall involves the following 17 home improvement books. These titles are out of print and were last sold by retailers in 2005. However, they are likely still on bookshelves in consumers’ homes.

TITLE ISBN-10 ISBN-13 PUBLICATION
DATE
FIX-IT
MAPS: REPLACING SWITCHES AND RECEPTACLES
0-376-07007-2 978-0-376-07007-4 JANUARY
2000
SOUTHERN
LIVING BASIC HOME REPAIRS
0-376-09052-9 978-0-376-09052-2 JANUARY
1999
SOUTHERN
LIVING BASIC WIRING (2ND ED.)
SOUTHERN LIVING BASIC HOME WIRING
ILLUSTRATED (1ST ED.)
0-376-09054-5
0-376-09041-3
978-0-376-09054-6
978-0-376-0-90416
JANUARY
1999
JUNE 1992
SOUTHERN
LIVING BATHROOMS PLANNING & REMODELING
0-376-09055-3 978-0-376-09055-3 JANUARY
1999
SOUTHERN
LIVING HOME LIGHTING
0-376-09062-6 978-0-376-09062-1 JANUARY
1999
SOUTHERN
LIVING KITCHENS PLANNING & REMODELING
0-376-09067-7 978-0-376-09067-6 JANUARY
2000
SUNSET
BASIC WIRING (3RD ED.)
SUNSET BASIC HOME WIRING ILLUSTRATED (1ST &
2ND ED.)
0-376-01584-5
0-376-01095-9
0-376-01092-4
978-0-376-01584-6
978-0-376-01095-7
978-0-376-01092-6
MARCH
1995
1987
1977
SOUTHERN
LIVING COMPLETE PATIO
0-376-09081-2

0-376-09044-8

978-0-376-09081-2
978-0-376-09044-7
JANUARY
2000
SEPTEMBER 1992
SUNSET
BATHROOMS PLANNING & REMODELING
0-376-01329-X
0-376-01294-3
0-376-01293-5
0-376-01326-5
0-376-01323-0
0-376-01322-2
0-376-01321-4
978-0-376-01329-3
978-0-376-01294-4
978-0-376-01293-7
978-0-376-01326-2
978-0-376-01323-1
978-0-376-01322-4
978-0-376-01321-7
JANUARY
2000
APRIL 1994
OCTOBER 1983
SEPTEMBER 1980
1975
1969
1963
SUNSET
HOME LIGHTING
0-376-01308-7 978-0-376-01308-8 JANUARY
1998
SUNSET
HOME LIGHTING HANDBOOK
0-376-01313-3
0-376-01312-5
978-0-376-01313-2
978-0-376-01312-5
MAY
1988
OCTOBER 1982
SUNSET
HOME REMODELING ILLUSTRATED
0-376-01288-9 978-0-376-01288-3 SEPTEMBER
1987
SUNSET
KITCHENS PLANNING & REMODELING
0-376-01347-8
0-376-01346-X
0-376-01345-1
0-376-01335-4
0-376-01334-6
0-376-01333-8
NOT
AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
978-0-376-01347-7
978-0-376-01346-0
978-0-376-01345-3
978-0-376-01335-4
978-0-376-01334-7
978-0-376-01333-0
NOT
AVAILABLE
NOT AVAILABLE
JANUARY
2000
APRIL 1994
OCTOBER 1983
MAY 1905
1974
1967
1962
1955
SUNSET
BASIC HOME REPAIR HANDBOOK (HC EDITION)
0-376-01275-7 978-0-376-01275-3 AUGUST
1987

Sold at: Home improvement stores and bookstores nationwide from 1955 through December 2005 for between $5 and $20.

Printed in: United States

Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using these books and contact Oxmoor House for a full refund.

Consumer contact: For additional information, contact oxmoor house toll-free at (866) 696-7602 anytime, or visit the firm’s web site at www.sunsetrecall.com.

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