Recall basicsOverview
How Baby Product Recalls Work in the U.S.
Who recalls cribs, car seats and formula, what a recall notice tells you, what a Recall Alert is, and where to check a baby product before you use it.
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How to check a crib, car seat, stroller or other baby product for a recall, what to do if yours is recalled, and what the official recall data shows.
Recall basics
How to check a product, find its model number, register it, and what a refund, repair or replacement remedy means.
Recall basicsGuide
Baby Product Recalls by the Numbers, 2016 to 2025
Our count of CPSC nursery product recalls and NHTSA car seat recalls from 2016 to 2025: by year, product type, hazard and remedy, with the method.
Recall basicsGuide
Buying Used Baby Gear: How to Check It for Recalls
Check secondhand cribs, strollers and other baby gear against the recall lists, skip cribs made before June 28, 2011, and know which items to pass on.
Recall basicsHow to
How to Check if a Baby Product Is Recalled
Find the label, search CPSC, NHTSA or the FDA, and match your model number and date code to the official recall notice, step by step.
Recall basicsGuide
How to Get Recall Alerts for Baby Products
Send in the registration card or register online, then add CPSC, NHTSA and FDA recall emails, so a recall on your crib, stroller or car seat reaches you.
Recall basicsQuestion
Refund, Repair or Replace: What a Recall Remedy Means
What the refund, repair and replacement remedies in baby product recalls mean, how often each was offered from 2016 to 2025, and how to claim one.
Recall basicsHow to
What to Do If Your Baby Product Is Recalled
Stop using it as the notice says, contact the company for the refund, repair or replacement, and never sell or pass it on. What to do with recalled baby gear.
Recall basicsHow to check
Where to Find the Model Number on Baby Gear
Where cribs, strollers, high chairs, swings, carriers and car seats carry the model number and manufacture date you need for a recall check.
Photo: ajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Car seats
Car seat recalls from NHTSA: how to look up your seat, register it, and when a seat must be replaced.
Car seatsOverview
Car Seat Recalls: How to Check Yours and What to Do
Car seat recalls come from NHTSA, not CPSC. How to look up your seat's model number, read a recall, register for notices and get the free remedy.
Photo: Oregon Department of Transportation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Car seatsQuestion
Do You Need a New Car Seat After a Crash?
NHTSA says replace a car seat after a moderate or severe crash. Its five-part test for a minor crash, and why the seat's own manual has the final word.
Photo: Oregon Department of Transportation / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Car seatsHow to
How to Register a Car Seat for Recall Notices
Mail the card that came with your car seat or register on the maker's site, then add NHTSA's recall emails or SaferCar app so a recall reaches you.
Car seatsQuestion
Is a Used Car Seat Safe? NHTSA's Five Checks
A second-hand car seat may be okay only if it passes all five of NHTSA's checks: crash history, labels, recalls, parts and manual. How to check each one.
Sleep
Crib, bassinet and inclined sleeper recalls, the federal sleep product rules, and safe sleep basics.
SleepOverview
Baby Sleep Product Recalls: Cribs, Bassinets and Sleepers
Which baby sleep products have federal safety rules, which are banned, how often cribs, bassinets and sleepers were recalled, and how to check yours.
SleepHow to check
Bassinet Recalls: How to Check a Bassinet or Travel Bassinet
How to check a bassinet, cradle or bedside sleeper for recalls, the federal rules they must meet, and recent bassinet recalls in CPSC's own words.
SleepHow to check
Crib Recalls: How to Check Your Crib and What Changed in 2011
How to check a crib for recalls, why cribs made before June 28, 2011 fail today's standards, and recent crib and crib bumper recalls in CPSC's words.
SleepGuide
Safe Sleep Basics: What CPSC and Safe to Sleep Recommend
Back to sleep, a firm flat surface, nothing but a fitted sheet and a sleep product that meets federal rules: the official safe sleep basics, with sources.
SleepQuestion
Why Inclined Sleepers Were Recalled and Then Banned
The Rock 'n Play and other inclined infant sleepers: what the recalls said, what the 2022 ban covers, and what to use for sleep instead.
Gear and home
Stroller and infant swing recalls, furniture tip-overs and the childproofing devices CPSC recommends.
Gear and homeOverview
Baby Gear Recalls: Strollers, Swings, High Chairs and More
How often strollers, swings, high chairs and dressers were recalled from 2016 to 2025, the rules behind them, and the childproofing devices CPSC recommends.
Gear and homeGuide
Childproofing Devices CPSC Recommends, and How to Pick Them
The childproofing devices on CPSC's list, from cabinet latches and outlet covers to anchors and gates, what CPSC says to look for, and one latch recall.
Gear and homeHow to
Furniture Tip-Overs: Anchoring Dressers and the 2023 Rule
Why CPSC says to anchor dressers and TVs, what the 2023 dresser rule requires, how to fit an anti-tip kit, and which plastic tip kits were recalled.
Gear and homeHow to check
High Chair Recalls: How to Check Your High Chair
Recent high chair and hook-on chair recalls in CPSC's own words, what the federal high chair standard requires, and where to find your chair's model number.
Photo: ajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0Gear and homeHow to check
Infant Swing Recalls: What They Say and How to Check Yours
Recent baby swing recalls in CPSC's own words, why swings must never be used for sleep, and how to check your swing's model number for a recall.
Gear and homeHow to check
Stroller Recalls: How to Check Your Stroller
How to check a stroller or travel system for recalls, where the model number is, what the stroller standard covers, and recent stroller recalls in CPSC's words.