The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·22104·Announced 2022-03-16

Prestone Shop Pro RV & Marine Antifreeze Recall for Methanol Poisoning Risk

Prestone has recalled Shop Pro RV & Marine Antifreeze sold at AutoZone after discovering some bottles were improperly filled with methanol-containing product and lack required hazard warnings. Methanol can cause poisoning through inhalation or ingestion and may be fatal or cause blindness.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The source explicitly states "None reported" for injuries. Methanol is a high-risk substance capable of serious harm (poisoning, blindness, death), but the hazard is theoretical with no reported illnesses or fatalities, making this a High-severity recall per the rubric: "risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported."

Plain-English summary

Prestone Products Corporation is recalling approximately 325 one-gallon bottles of Shop Pro RV & Marine Antifreeze sold exclusively at AutoZone stores nationwide during October 2021. The affected bottles have date code FT21281 printed at the bottom and contain blue fluid; bottles with pink fluid are properly labeled and safe to use.

The recalled bottles were improperly filled with a product containing methanol but do not display the mandatory cautionary labels required for methanol-containing products. These missing labels fail to warn consumers that methanol vapors are harmful and that the product can be fatal or cause blindness if swallowed. Additionally, the flushing directions printed on the bottle may not adequately remove methanol from potable water systems, creating a risk of ingestion.

Consumers who have purchased the affected product should immediately stop using it and contact Prestone for a full refund and proper disposal instructions. Anyone who has already used the mislabeled product in a potable water system should not drink water from that system and should immediately contact Prestone for instructions on how to properly flush the system.

For more information, contact Prestone toll-free at 866-625-5322 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT, or visit www.prestone.com/recall or www.prestone.com and click on Safety Notice.

The recalled product

Product
Shop Pro RV & Marine Antifreeze
Manufacturer
Prestone Products Corporation, of Torrance, California
Category
Consumer Product — Automotive / Marine Maintenance
Hazard
  • methanol-poisoning
  • missing-hazard-label
  • chemical-inhalation
  • chemical-ingestion
Affected units
325

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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