The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·25146·Announced 2025-02-20

Sauder Tip-Over Restraint Straps Recalled Due to Failure Risk

Sauder is recalling about 15,800 tip-over restraint straps used on dressers and 4-drawer chests manufactured from July 2020 to August 2023. The straps can fail to prevent tip-over and entrapment hazards to children.

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 hazard—furniture tip-over and entrapment to children—qualifies as a risk-of-harm product. However, no injuries or illnesses have been reported. Per the rubric, risk-of-harm products without reported injuries score a maximum of 3 (High).

Plain-English summary

This recall involves tip-over restraint straps sold with certain Sauder and Sauder Beginnings dressers and 4-drawer chests manufactured between July 2020 and August 2023. The straps are designed to help prevent the furniture from tipping over. Approximately 15,800 units are affected.

The tip-over restraint straps can fail when used on these clothing storage units, posing tip-over and entrapment hazards that can result in death or serious injuries to children. No injuries have been reported as of the recall date.

The affected furniture was sold nationwide from July 2020 through December 2024 at Cook Brothers, Homemakers Furniture Plaza, and Menards stores, as well as online at Amazon.com, Best Buy.com, CYMAX.com, Home Depot.com, Menards.com, Sauder.com, Target.com, Urbanoutfitters.com, Walmart.com, Wayfair.com, and other websites.

Consumers should immediately check their clothing storage unit for a manufacture date sticker on the back. If the unit was manufactured between July 2020 and August 2023, consumers should contact Sauder at 866-218-8312 (Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET), visit www.Sauder.com and click on "Product Safety Recall," or visit www.sauder.com/About/Public-Notices/recall to arrange for a free replacement restraint kit. Consumers should remove the old restraint and install the new one once received, and keep children away from the unit while waiting for the replacement.

The recalled product

Product
Sauder and Sauder Beginnings Dressers and 4-Drawer Chests tip-over restraint straps
Manufacturer
Sauder Woodworking Co., of Archbold, Ohio
Category
Consumer Product — Furniture Restraints
Hazard
  • tip-over
  • entrapment
Affected units
15,800

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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