safety recalls
Dangerous goods retrieved
Safety recalls are official notices that a product—typically vehicles, food, or consumer goods—has a defect posing risk of injury or harm and should be returned, repaired, or replaced.
Manufacturers or government agencies issue recalls when problems emerge after sale: Check if your car is affected by any safety recalls.
The term often appears in news about automobiles, children's products, and contaminated food.
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
- warningAlert about danger
- check engine lightDashboard diagnostic warning lamp
- dangerExposure to harm
- hazardSource of potential harm
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- Vehicle Safetyairbags, seat belts, ABS, antilock brakes, anti-lock brakes
- Product Safetywarning labels, choking hazard, CPSC, defective products, product testing
- Product Liabilityproduct defect, manufacturing defects, defective goods, defectiveness, defects
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- safetyhazard, airbag, alert, danger, seatbelt
- defective merchandiseproduct defects, hidden defects, malfunctions, dead on arrival, DOA
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